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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

313 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 16

The War. Wednesday, 8 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 3

A Paris official report states that the enemy are missing a strand on the front marked by the River Aisne, and in the centre, as well as on the heights north of…

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Latest War Cables. [?] BY 8.[?] a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 5

It is rumored at Amiens that the Germans are beaten, as their artillery fire is slackening owing to their supply of ammunition giving out…

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Latest War Cables Received Monday 4 p m

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 2

Six German corps, under General Tretza, were completely defeated near Sandemirz, only the remands of the corps remain…

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A Costly War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2

Mr. Edgar Crammond, a well- known expert war-finance gave an address to the Aldershot Military Society in January of the present year,…

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The War. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4

The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that the cost of German military administration is £3,000,000 a day. Germany's total expenditure, in…

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Merchants and the War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

A German business man in Colombo wrote to Sydney under date August 28:--"Just a line to tell you how deeply I deplore the…

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The War. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

Paris reports no important change in the position of the armies, although the enemy are slightly giving way, but entrenching at Montfaueon. A…

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The War and the Unemployed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

Mr. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially informed by the Minister for Public Works that his department cannot purchase sleepers and girders…

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A Story of the Boer War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 9

Brigadier-General J. E. Gough, in a lecture at the London University, on "Counter Attacks," emphasised the value of suddenness and…

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The War Three British Cruisers Torpedoed. Received Wednesday 1035

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 2

Three British Armoured Cruisers, Aboukir, Cressy and hague were torpedoed by German submarines in the…

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The War. Situation Unchanged. the Battle of the Aline Still Undecided

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 4

MONDAY. The Australian submarine AE1 has been missing since September 14. No enemies were seen in the vicinity, and the…

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The War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

Reports from the battle-front received on Sunday night stated that there had been strenuous fighting all along the line, due to renewed activities…

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War Nomenclature

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 6

The phraseology of the immemorial, has been pressed into the service of religion. The Church is "the Church [?] nothing…

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Late War News

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 3

A message received from the High Commissioner for Australia on Monday stated that counter attacks on the British front had been beaten…

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Latest War Cables. TUESDAY, 4 p.m

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 3

Mechlin has again been bombarded by the Germans. Ten civilians were killed and many wounded. Several persons were also killed on Sunday…

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The War. Wednesday, 7.52 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 3

Turkey has decided on a partial mobilisation. Mr. Gibbs, the well known author and war correspondent, cabling from chalona,…

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Latest War Cables. Monday, 4.57 p.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 5

A German aeroplane dropped bombs into Paris yesterday, killing a man, and injuring a child. A bomb dropped from a Zeppelin at…

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The War. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 4

The position is critical. The bulk of the Russians are advancing on the eastern forts from Grodek. The right wing at Radymmo continues the…

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The War. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 6

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Hutton welcomed 1700 Northumberland men at Aylesbury camp. A remarkable scene was witnessed, when…

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War News. SATURDAY, 9 A.M.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 5

The German cruiser Emden arrived off Madras, and Bred nine shots into the city, damaging several buildings, and killing three Indians. When the local forts replied, the…

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