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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Interesting War Notes. Former Antwerp Sieges

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

Antwerp, which held out so gallantly against the German's, has been laid siege to on several occasions in the past. During the religious troubles…

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Facts About War Funds. Will Germany Become Bankrupt?

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

"In my judgment the last few hundred millions may win this war. This is my opinion. The first hundred millions our enemies can stand just as…

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Wednesday, 8-5 a.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 9

Casually lists issued at Vienna, not including the last two months, give a total killed of 43,090, and wounded and captured of 249,270…

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Royalties and the War. Friendly Princes Who Have Become Foes

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

The extent to which the Royal Families of Europe are affected by the present upheaval can only be realized by, a proportionate review of the…

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Short Story [Published by Special Arrangement.] Contraband of War. [Copyright.]

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

Stamford, of the 3rd Dragoons, Saule, of the 90th Field Battery, and Wyllson, of the Rutlandshire Regiment, were seated on a grassy bank…

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The Toll of War. What Great Battles Cost In Human Lives

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

The tell--counted in human lives-- of the great struggle against German militarism is going to be terribly heavy. Of that there are already…

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The War. From Day to Day. Wednesday Fighting in the West

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

The French "Eye.Witness" state that-since January 6 the Allies have consolidated their success beyond the Yser…

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Kitchener and Cobb. Duration of War. the Disputed Interview. Brilliant Journalism

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

The extracts which follow have been taken from the interview which Irving Cobb, the American war correspondent, had with Lord Kitchener,…

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The Big War. Zeppelin Raid on England. Bombs Dropped at Sandringham. SYDNEY, Wednesday, [?]1 p.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

It is rumored in Vienna that the German Imperial Chancellor will shortly resign. It is reported from Amsterdam that…

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Women's Work for Soldiers and Sailors

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

Nimble fingers are busy at work everywhere for our wounded heroes of the war, and women's local work parties are turning out numbers of…

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Poetry Song of the Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

What of the faith and fire within us Men who march away Ere the barn-cocks say Night is growing grey,…

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Soldiers or Executioners?

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

"War," he said, has its ethics, and those ethics lane often upsetting of and destructive to the ethics of peace; but if every soldier is to…

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War Horses From Wauchope

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The train load of 20 trucks of warhe[?]s mentioned in our last issue were loaded at wauchope by messrs. stanley Jones and coy. of Kempsey…

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The War. Wednesday, 7.50 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 6

Austrian casualty lists issued in Victoria not including the last two months give the total of killed as 43,000, and place the number of wounded and captured at…

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Latest War Cables. Monday, 4.22 p.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 5

On sighting the German warships on Sunday, the British promptly pursued the fugitive squadron, and joined action at half past nine in the…

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The War. From Day to Day. Saturday German Offensive Broken

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

An official war summary says that since the enemy's western offensive has been broken the operations have been of a siege charecter. The…

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The Big War. Naval Battle in the North Sea. Germans Badly Worsted. One Sunk and the Others Run. SYDNEY. Saturday, 8 a.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 3

Since the battle of Ypres there has been a complete stoppage of German offensive operations. Assuming the character of a siege…

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Tracing War Prisoners

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 5

Readers with relatives reported as "missing" at the front, which may mean that they have been taken prisoners by the Germans, will doubtless…

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A War Alphabet

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 6

A for the Arms we honorably bear, B for the Burden each Briton must share ; C. for the courage, as brave as of yore,…

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War News. LONDON

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 6

Refugees from Palestine, report a steady concentration of Turkish troops in the Beersheba region, 40 miles from the frontier and 150 miles…

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