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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Monday, 1.40 p.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 3

Two hundred Turkish officers and 300 men were killed in the first day's bombardment of the Dardanelles. A thousand Wore killed on the second…

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Latest War Cables. the End of the Uresden Sydney , Tuesday Merning

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced in London that the German [?] has been sunk. The [?] was the sole survivor…

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War News

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 13

An Austrian paper states that the Germans are making active preparations to prevent the British landing in Belgium. The garrisons at Knocke…

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War Is Hell

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

The wounded Germans from St. Elvo describe the fight as a most bloody and determined one. The dead were piled so high that the corpses served as…

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Italians Favor War

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

A big demonstration was held at Milan favoring Italy's intervention in the war on the side of the Allies. Big crowds marched through the streets…

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Pleasure and War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

"Can any of us understand why in this day of national peril such a spirit of gross materialism should be apparent on every side ?" was the…

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War News LONDON

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

The complete blockade of Germany has been gazetted. The favorite son of the ex-Sultan of Turkey has been strangled at…

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The War in Alsace

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

During a recent fight in Alsace the Chasseurs Alpins defended the newly won French positions with the bayonet. No quarters were asked for or given…

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Latest War News. Germans Weakening

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

It is reported that the German offensive at Prasnysz is weakening. The Russian cavalry cut behind General Eichorn's retreating columns and…

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Pages of War. Some Pen Pictures From Front

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 12

A faint jingle of steel-work, the soft squelch of horses' feet churning the clayey hillside track, the sharp report of a cracking branch, a muffled oath…

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The War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty reports that seven steamers have been tropedoed and sunk since March 10th by German submarines. Great Britain has declared wool absolute…

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Weather Prophets in War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

A feature of the present war is the extent to which weather prophets are working in conjunction with armies. Skilled meteorologists are attached to…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 2

The Daily Mail correspondent at Claduid stales that a British cruiser [?] the liner Maeedonia. A Danish report states that an…

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The Big War. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 7

The Germans have violently bombarded Ypres and Steloi. Wurtemburg troops strongly reinforced, advanced against the British…

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General War News His Father's Habits

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 1

The following story is told in regard to Sir James Willcocks, and is stated to oe the only occasion when ho was shocked out 'of his natural calm. He…

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Interesting War Notes. Uhlans and Their Lances

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

The Uhlan—the cavalry arm of the German army—has had his full share of fighting at Liege and at other places on the long line of battle now raging…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 2

The Russians have progressed along the whole of the [?] front from [?] railway to the River Orzise German [?] have…

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Lawyers and the War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 1

The members of both branches the profession have good reason to be proud of the response which has been made in the legal world to the man…

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General War News Hero Without Arms

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 1

A soldier who lost his two arms [?] in the campaign was strolling the other day near the Invalides, at Paris. Passersby stopped to look at…

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General War News Battlefield Debt Repaid

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 1

A corporal of the Cold[?]eam Guards has described how he repaid a battle field debt:—"At Le Cateau I was engaged by a German lancer, and in…

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