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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War News. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 9
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It is officially announced that the battleship Formidable was sunk in the English Channel by either a mine or a submarine. Seventy-one…

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Latest War News. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

British warships bombarded the German troops occupying Dares-Salaam, German East Africa. All the German vessels in the harbour…

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"The Times" War History. How a Famous Paper Maintains Its Staff

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

Practically no day passes on which the cables do not quote some opinion of a correspondent of the Times, and because of the fame of the staff of the…

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The Very Latest. Lord Kitchener on the War. London, Thursday morning

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

In the House of Lords Lord Kitchener made a speech in which he reviewed the ebb and flow of the battle tide. He said during the last…

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The Laws of War. What an Enemy May and May Not Do

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 14

What does being in a state of war with another country involve? What are the laws of modern warfare? What are the rights of private citizens?…

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The Wounded

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

Albert Dorrington writes from London to the "Freeman's Journal'' as follows: Wounded, wounded, every where They come in hospital trains…

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War and Matrimony

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

At the annual speech day of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, the Principal, Dr. Harden, said:—The failure of matrimony as an outlook for so many of our girls is the…

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The War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

Full details of the sinking of the battleship Formidable in the English Channel, show that the explosion occurred abaft the magazine. An unbearable stench arose…

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Comets in War Time

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

The curious are noting that in the past four centuries various great comets have been visible in the Russian dominions only eleven times,…

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Heroes of the War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

LIEUTENANT Francis £. T. Hewlett, R.N., Flight Commander of the naval air wing, who was reported missing after the attack on Cuxhaven, is one of the youngest and most brilliant airmen of…

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Interesting War Notes. Nelson's Prayer

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Now, when terrible battles are being fought every day, the nation would do well to remember the prayer Nelson wrote in his diary on October 21st,…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

An Amsterdam message says final Germans on [?] ara [?] fores back towards the Dutch [?] yard by yard, and are constructing…

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Latest War Cables. FRIDAY 3 p.m

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The Turks suffered appalling losses during the fighting around Saukemg in and Aldghan. The army corps fleeing from the fro[?] in still loning…

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Wednesday, 7.40 a.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

Fighting at Cernay, near Mulhausen, has been formidable. The roar of the guns has been unceasing for three days…

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Latest War Cables

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

Bombs dropped over Dunkirk by German aviators killed five persons. More rumors are afloat concerning the immediate prospect of rupture be…

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Notes on the War. Ravages of Cholera

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

Cholera Is reported to have been taking its toll in the Austrian ranks There is little doubt that the [?] of it for least four [?]…

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The War. Wednesday, 7.40 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

In the fighting at Cornay, near Mulhausen, the formidable roar of guns was unceasing for three days. The valleys are filled with the bodies of dead cattle and the…

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Saturday, 8 a.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

Sixty thousand Germans ore reported' to be hurrying into Bosnia and concentrating at Sarjevo. There is no reference to the…

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Latest War Cables. Monday, 4.36 p.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

The British Government's reply to the American note declares that it is far from the intention of the Government to deny to the United States its…

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