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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War News. LONDON

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4
Also in Macleay Argus

Rome is informed that the visit of the Austrian Crown Prince to Berlin failed to yield the results expected, consequently the relations of the…

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The War. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 14

The Germans bombardad the Russian front in the Sambri district, Galicia, and sent forward a division of infantry supported by artillery…

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Wounds in War: a Note of Hope

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 5

Deaths of wounded men in the France-Prussian war were one to every six; in the Russo-Japanese war in Manchuria the percentage of Russian…

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Interesting War Notes. What the Stars Tell About the War. Remarkable Royal Horoscopes. By a Well-known London Astrologer

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 5

The planets influence the lives of men, but they do not compel. Nevertheless the influence is of such a nature that it stimulates or depresses, as the…

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War-horses in Action. Risks They Run on the Battlefield

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 5

It will probably surprise you, said a retired colonel of Hussars, to learn that a cavalry horse usually enjoys a battle at least as much as his rider…

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Poetry Song of the Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 16

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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Women's Work for Soldiers and Sailors

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

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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War Prophecies

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

Military experts are of the opin[?] that war will continue for a couple of years. They are not always right in their prophecies, however. They told…

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Tug of War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

The Oddfellows had issued a challenge to the whole district to produce a team, 12 stone and under, to meet them in a tug of war on…

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Famous War-horses

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

No man has a greater regard and love for his horse than Lord Kitchener, and when his equestrian statue was being erected in Calcutta, he told the…

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The War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

Official information has been received by the Navy Office from Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, stating that on January 6 the battle-cruiser Australia captured a German…

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Interesting War Notes. the Plantin Museum

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

The Antwerp museum is unique in its way. There is nothing like it in all Europe. It consists of a multitude of rooms--each of which contains objects…

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War Sport: Newest Game on Earth

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

The French aviators are whiling away their monotony just now--if there is such a thing as monotony for these gallant gentlemen--by means of a new…

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The War. From Day to Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

The Russians are delighted at Rears Admiral Beatty's victory. The news was received in Paris with the greatest satisfaction, spirited newspaper…

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The Big War. SYDNEY, Wednesday, 7-47 a.m

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 7

The Germans attacked Cuzov (Poland) to daylight. The Russians retreated to reserve trenches, and subsequently charged,…

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Short Story [Published by Special Arrangement.] Contraband of War. [Copyright.] Continued from last week

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

"No," laughed the girl. "If you will have the basket from me, it's there." Saule nudged Wyllson hard, and whispered, "Look here, let her go. I…

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Animals Who Fight with Soldiers. What Military Pets Have Done

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

The news that the pet goat of the 2nd Battalion of the Welsh Regiment has been killed in the Battle of Aisne reveals the fact that the soldiers are…

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A Soldier's Hymn

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 8

Lord God, in midst of fire and steel We face the cruel foe. But ere we fight, to Thee we kneel, That Thou Thy mercy show…

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Armoured Canadian Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

Like knights of old, the Canadian troops for the front are equipped with armour. It will be in the form of a spade, to be carried on the back when…

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