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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War-horse

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 2

From the earliest times the horse has been a potent factor in war, and to-day his education is a delicate and serious matter…

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War News. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 10

General Smuts, in moving the second reading of the Indemnity Bill in the Capetown Assembly, emphasised the fact that the rebellion in Africa was…

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Latest War News. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 12
Also in Nambucca and Bellinger News

There are persistent rumors that the German cruiser Dresden, which escaped from the British fleet in the Falkland Isyand fight, is hiding in…

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Interesting War Notes. Power of Modern Rifles

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 14

It is pointed, out by Dr. W. G. Posnett, who was in charge of the surgical wards of a large general hospital during the Boer War, that the bullet at…

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A Pastoral Letter An Archbishop on the War

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 17

In the course of a Pastoral letter to the clergy of his diocese, the Archbishop of Brisbane makes the following reference to the great war:--…

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Travel in War Time. Experiences of Two Macleay Ladies

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 7

We have received the following interesting budget of experiences on the voyage from England to Australia of two Frederickton ladies--Miss Vary…

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The First Pages of a Tremendous Drama. Being a Review of Volume I. of "The Times History of the War." [Now Available in Australasia]

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 11

The first of.. the four volumes of its History of the War which the "Times" announces it will publish during the year, is now in the hands of the…

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War Notes

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

The report of the American Vice Consul at Berlin that Germany is "on the verge of starvation," must be taken with more than a grain of…

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The War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty Estates that Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse his arrived at Smyrna with the East Indies squadron. For two hours Fore Yenic Kale was subjected to a…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

The War Office states that the Fourth Army Corps and Indian Corps advanced on Wednesday on front 4000 yards wide for three quarters of a…

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Interesting War Notes. a General's Baggage

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 5

It may be laid down as a military axiom that a general's ability is not measured by the amount of baggage he takes to war…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

Snowstorms in the Champagne district fire interfering with the Allies operations. The Allies continue to advance west of Pert[?]les Hurlus,…

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Wednesday, 1 p.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 7

Dining several days' battle proceeding the capture of a hill in the vicinity of Grodno a German army corps lost 13 to 15 thousand killed…

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A Soldier's Dream

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 4

"QUITE the queerest thing I heard out there was of a man of the Manchesters," (says a private of the Black Watch, who is now in Edinburgh). "One night be had a dream…

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Home-made Gifts for Soldiers and Sailors

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 8

Those who have left the working of their gifts for camping-out friends and for others at sea until practically the eleventh hour, may possibly welcome a…

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General War News German War Material

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 1

The Handed-bled from Berlin that the German [?] works are [?] some three million tons [?] monthly and that…

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General War News Crown Prince Shoots

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 1

The Prussian Crown Prince, tho Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and tho Duke or wurtemberg lodged. in M. Altert Doyens house during the…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

The Berlin war office admits that the German position at [?] was [?] but it adds that fighting [?]…

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The War. Thursday, 7.40 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 6

Desperate fighting has taken place over the whole Nieman-Vistula front, the enemy bringing great forces to the fighting line. The Police action is alternatively an…

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