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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Latest War News. LONDON, Friday. Germans Take Two Belgian Towns

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 2

The Germans have driven the Belgians back from Diest and Tirlem[?] and occupied [?] towns despite despo[?]tle [?]…

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Latest War News. (Continued from Supplement). FRIDAY. 8.10 a.m

The Bombala Times · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 1

The German Emperor, bidding farewell to the guards, said he had drawn a sword which without honor and victory he could not sheathe again. His…

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Latest War News. (Continued from page 3.) WEDNESDAY. 8.15 a.m

The Bombala Times · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 1

The Belgian seat of Government has been moved to Antwerp. Important measures have been taken to safeguard Brussels against surprise…

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War News. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1914 · page 4

LINE OF BURNING VILLAGES. One long line of burning villages near Brussels marked…

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Latest War News. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1914 · page 2

JAPAN DECLARES WAR. Japan has declared war against Germany. KIAO CHOU POSSIBILITIES…

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The War. As telegraphed to the Argus day by day. SYDNEY. Thursday, 8.0 a.m

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 1

It is officially stated that Japan's operations will not extend beyond the limits necessary for the defence of her own legitimate…

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War News. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

Japanese Bombard Kiao Chou. The Japanese have commenced the bombardment of Kiao Chou…

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Latest War News

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 1

The British forces were engaged all Sunday and held their ground in the neighbourhood of Mons, in Belgium. The first line of defence at Namur has…

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Latest War News. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

DOUGHTY FOES. The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, announced in the House, of Commons last night, that the…

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War News. LONDON, Wednesday. British German Battle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

[?] the British forc[?] the fight with the Germans, [?] a now and well protected the position,…

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Piles of Dead Soldiers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

On the southern [?] of the Canal at several places bodies of the dead were piled five to six feet deep…

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Fifty Wounded

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

The total number wounded was fifty…

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British Rescue Wounded

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

When the British destroyers went to the rescue they found the decks of the German ships lined with bodies…

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Wounded Taken to Harwich

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

A hundred wounded arrived at Harwich, but many died on reaching the hospital…

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WAR. The Very Latest

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

LONDON Monday afternoon. FRESH BATTLE IN FRANCE. A fresh battle is proceeding in France…

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War News. LONDON, Saturday. Desperate Fighting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 4

There has been desperate fighting between the Allies and the enemy…

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War News. LONDON, Sunday. Another Rorke's Drift Stand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 3

Cambrai's defence is likened to the British gunner's last stand in defence of Rorke's Drift…

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Latest War News. (Cablegram to "Manaro Mercury.") London, Monday. the North Sea Fight. Britain's Gallant Sea-Dogs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

Further particulars to hand state that the North Sea battle lasted eight hours…

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War Notes

Delegate Argus · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3

It has long been supposed that the Triple Alliance would strike in 1915. Yet calm thought shows that Germany and Austria would surely have bound Italy to them securely if they had…

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No Inevitable War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3

M. [?] Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, the distinguished French pa[?], said in London that the proposed Channel tunnei ought to be an outcome of the entente cordiale. The…

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