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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Killed in Action

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 4

Following is a list of the names of local soldiers who have been killed recently in action in France. We have not been able to obtain…

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The War Western Front

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

The British have advanced rapidly south-east ward and eastward of Peronne, reaching 10 miles east of the Somme…

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Little Points of War Law

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

"Smith is a Hun. His real name Schmidt, and his father used to make sausages in Frankfort." That is Ilber, in ordinary times. Now you can say that, and worse, but…

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Win the War League at Nabiac

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 4

A successful meeting to form a branch of the above was conducted in the Nabiac School of Arts on the 6th inst. by Mr. G. Herron,…

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"Blatchford" on the End of the War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 7

It in too commonly assumed by civilians that an army driven out of one strong position can fall back unshaken upon another, and make as good a fight. That is an error…

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The War. SYDNEY, Wed., 11 a.m

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 4

The Australians were the first troops to enter Bapaume. The pursuit of the enemy continues…

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A Dramatic Aspect of German War Chemistry

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

IF Germany had not succeeded in utilising any of the nitrogen-fixation processes for making synthetic nitric acid, observes Doctor L. Backeland, the chemist member of the U.S.A…

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The Sea Must End the War. Tenderness for the Enemy

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

"Our Government and our Foreign Office have from the beginning of the war shown an incomprehensible tenderness for the enemy. The Germans think that the English…

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"Do It Now!" in the Balkans. Speeding Up the War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

Dr. Seton-Watson, who has devoted ten years to a study of Balkan history and politics, and is Hon. Lecturer on East European History at King's College, London, writes…

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Liberty Will Win. American View of the End of the War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

All the American newspapers printed long reviews on the occasion of the closing of the second year of the war. There is unanimous agreement, except…

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Killed in Action

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2

Following is a list of the names of local soldiers who have been killed recently in action in France:—Private White, a son of Mr. and…

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The Big War Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 3

The Russian Government has appointed a commission to inquire into the offences of former Ministers, and civil military officials…

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Killed in Action

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 5

News was received on Saturday that Private Herbert Lulham, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lulham of Nablac. had been killed in action in France…

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District News. Coopernook. Welcome Home

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

A "welcome home" was tendered to Trooper Longworth in the Coopernook School of Arts by the Lower Manning Rifle Club assisted by the…

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The War West Front

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 3

The French drove back the enemy as far as the outskirts of Savy, where the enemy took up a position in a line of previously…

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Latest War Cables. Monday, 8.40 a.m

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 5

THE latest French communique says: We drove the enemy as far as the outskirts of Savy, where they took up a position in a line of previously…

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The War. the Enemy Retreat. Stronger Resitanle. Paris

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 5

The latest French communique states:— North of the Somme we drove back the enemy as far as the…

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Soldier's Mail. Address Form Changed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

The practice of stating in the address the brigade, division, or corps to which a unit is thought to be attached causes considerable…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 5

Gunner. Thomas Salmond, writing from Franch under date 9/12/1[?] to Miss Kate Pool[?]py, of Aldavilla[?] says: "Thanks for the splendid…

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Soldier's Cottage

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

In connection with the cottage to be built fir a disabled Macleay soldier or a soldier's widow, Messrs Chalm[?] and Rolph have made a model of the…

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