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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War. LONDON

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 6

German aeroplanes visited England on Thursday and Friday, but no damage resulted. One flew over Sheerness aud Gravesend and he…

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Further War News. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 13

An official communique reports that isolated German attacks between the Lower Vistula and Pillica and that abortive German attacks to the…

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"The Times History of the War." Latest Details by Cable

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 11

Now that the flood of cheap literature about the war has abated a little the reading public is looking round for something of a more substantial and…

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Latest War News. Enemy Less Active in the East. Russians Capture 40 Officers and 1700 MEN. London, Wednesday afternoon

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 12

A Petrograd communique states that the enemy is less active on the Bzura and Rawka and between Pillica and the Upper Vistula The…

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Wonderful Escapes. Soldiers Who Defied Bullets

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 15

There is a story told of an old veteran of the First Napoleon who lived until 1865 in the French village of Savary, and who owned a wooden…

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The War. Prom Day to Day. Germans Checked London, December 25

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

On both fronts' there has been heavy fighting an to advantage sees to he with the Allies. The Russian operations are declared…

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War Distances

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

War, besides being a great leveller, is also a great educator. Places we had never even heard of previously are now becoming as "familiar in our mouths as…

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War More Merciful

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

A general impression is that with powerful weapons of great precision greater loss of life and greater pain are caused. That view is almost certainly…

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Interesting War Notes

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

When a Russian air scout near Krasnik was shot at the bullet penetrated the oil-tank of his machine, but, pressing his foot against the hole, he…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

S[?] in Northern Alsace has at last been teken by the French After [?] struggle the enemy was [?] to [?]the place owing…

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Broken Hill Sensation. Fight with Turks. Four Persons Killed and Seven Wounded

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

A tremendous [?] Was caused at Broken Hill on Friday when the report was [?] that Turks had attacked a [?]train conveying…

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The War. Wednesday, 7.55 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

Every British ship engaged in the Cuxhaven, raid returned to its base without loss of material or life, though German submarine constantly attempted to attack…

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A Military Forecast. Duration of the War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The Loudon "Daily Mail" of November 9 printed the following:-- We are able to state that a at high French military authority has given…

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Attack oil Picnic Train. Broken Hill Sensation. Four Persons Killed and Seven Wounded. Two Turks Shot

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 7

A tremendous sensation was caused at Broken Hill, when the report was circulated that Turks had attacked a picnic train,-conveying pleasure…

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Prisoners of War. How Civilized Nations Treat Them

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

The lot of a prisoner of war, whether he be a captured foe or a detained reservist, need not be altogether an unhappy one. He must, of course, be…

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Latest War Cables. Monday, 4.12 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

A meeting of burgomasters at Ghent resolved that Germany's demand of a war levy of £19,000,000 should be met by a general levy on…

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Monday, 7.30 a.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau advises that fie British battleship Formidable, 15003 tons, a sister ship to the Bulwark, has been sunk in the British Channel…

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The War. From Day to Day. Saturday. Fighting in Flanders. Escmy's Heavy. Lossees

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

St. George has been captured by the Allies. The capture of St. George affords the Allies valuable artillery positions…

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War Coincidences

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

Some remarkable coincidences have been recorded in connection with the war: A married couple living at Avercynon, in South-Wales, went to…

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War News. LONDON

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

A German attempt to cross the right bank of the Vistula has failed. Experts consider that the battle of the four rivers in the eastern area has…

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