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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The Week's War News

The Bombala Times · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 3

A German submarine sank the British cruiser Hawke, 7,350 tons, belonging to the training squadron in the North Sea. Thirty-two survivors…

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Latest War News. (Continued from Supplement,)

The Bombala Times · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 1

The German position on the Belgian seaboard and in the vicinity of Bruges and Ghent is becoming critical. They are under the fire of eleven warships…

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War News. LONDON, Tuesday. Fighting Near Ostend

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 4

The Germans' westward move from Ostend has ceased. Fighting between the Allies and Germans in that vicinity…

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Latest War News. (Continued from page 3,)

The Bombala Times · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 1

Further details of the naval engagement off the Dutch coast describe the German gunnery as very poor. The British destroyers were almost…

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War News. LONDON, Wednesday. Ostend Re-taken by Allies

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 2

According to the London "Morning Post" the Allies have re-taken Ostend…

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Latest War News Cablegram to "Mercury." LONDON, Friday. Allies Occupy Courtrai

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 2

The Allies have pushed their left wing in Belgium further east. They have occurred [?]…

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Ostend Full of Wounded Germans

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

Ostend is full of German wounded…

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Galician War Active

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

There is hard fighting in Galicia…

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Latest War News Cablegram to "Manaro Mercury." London, Monday. German War Cost

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 2

The cost of the war to Germany during the first two months is estimated at £175,000,000, and the economic loss…

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War News. LONDON, Saturday. Allies' Splendid Work

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 4

It is officially announced the the Allies have repulsed considerable fores of the German, on both fronts…

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The War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 2

A communique states that the German attacks were particularly violent at [?]port Dixmunde and La [?] but [?] all repulsod…

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Latest War News LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

Enemy's Efforts Moderating. The enemy's efforts on the Nieufort-Dixmade front are apparently moderating…

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The Week's War News

The Bombala Times · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 3

The retreat on the German right threatens to become a rout. The total of the German casualties in the Nieuport district is 10,000. A German…

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War News. LONDON, Tuesday. Violent Battle in Belgium

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

A violent battle has taken place between Nieuporl and Lys. The Germans crossed the Yser…

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War News. LONDON, Saturday. Another Forlorn Hope

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 4

The correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says that the Germans in attempting to force their way to Calais,…

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War News. LONDON, Saturday. Two Austrian Submarines Sunk

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

In a recent engagement between the French cruiser Waldeck Rousseau in the Adriatic Sea, and two Austrian…

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Latest War News Cablegram to Manaro Mercury. London, Monday. Turkish Warships Active

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

The Turkish warship Han[?]ichs bombarded Novorossiysk for three hours…

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The War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 3

There is brighter news from the front at Ypres the British drove the Germans back to Reuters with heavy losses at Westende the enemy suffered defeat while…

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The Week's War News

The Bombala Times · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 3

Paris correspondent states Germany has offered to make peace with France. France was to receive Metz and portions of Alsace-Lorraine. Germany to…

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War News. LONDON, Tuesday Severe Fighting in Belgium

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

Recent fighting in Belgium was of unprecdented severity. The fields and trenches were littered with the dead…

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