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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War News. LONDON, Saturday. Enthusiasm in Italy

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

There was [?] enthusiasm throughout Italy at the steps for the declaration of war…

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The War. Latest cables to Mercury. LONDON, Monday. Australians Batter the Turks

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 2

General Hamilton reports that 2000 Turks were killed out of 7000 casualties inflicted by the Australians on 19th May…

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The War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 2

All the forts in the Dardanelles have been silenced. Germany has lost 17 submarines since February 18th…

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Our Wounded. Red Cross Needs. Lady Helen Munroe Ferguson's Appeal

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 3

Lady-Helen Munro Ferguson asks us to publish the following:— The number and urgency of the many appeals now before the country…

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War News. London

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 1

It was officially announced in London on Monday morning that Italy has declared war on Austria-Hungary. The events of the previous couple of…

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Latest War News

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 1

Determined fighting continues in the Russian theatre of war. The Russians are holding their own, notwith the Germans desperate attacks…

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Germany Declares War on Italy

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

Germany has declared war on Italy, which has commenced…

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War News. LONDON, Wednesday. Allies Hammer Turks

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 3

The Allies repulsed the latest [?]…

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War News. LONDON, Tuesday. 22Nd Casualty List

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

The 22nd casualty list contains 274 names, introducing 32 deaths…

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The War. Latest Cables to "Mercury." LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

Another Zeppelin said was made on Essex on Wednesday night. Twenty incendiary bombs were dropped at Southend. Two…

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Railway Smash. Many Soldiers Killed. London

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

A local train from Carlisle was shunting at Gretna, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, to enable the midnight, express from Euston to pass, when a…

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Manaro Soldier Killed in Action

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

Wool was received a few days since that Signaller William John Morrice 3rd Battalion Australian Expeditionary. Forces…

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Von Sanders Wounded

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 3

General Von Sanders, commanding enemy forces, is reported wounded…

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The War. Latest Cables to "Mercury." LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

Reports from Constantinople state there is the greatest consteruntion there owing to the visit of the British submarine…

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War News. MELBOURNE, Saturday. Twenty-sixth Casualty List

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 3

The twenty-sixth casualty list contains [?] names including 25 deaths, nearly all from New South Wales. this brings the…

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The War

Delegate Argus · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced that the British battleship Triumph (11,985 tons) was torpedoed and sunk at the Dardanelles…

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War News. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Australian Casualties

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 3

Two casualty [?]…

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The War. Latest Cables to "Mercury". LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

It is officially announced that a British submarine torpedoed a large German transport in the Sea of Marmora. The…

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Protest Against War. Voice of Four Million Germans

The Bombala Times · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

In sharp contrast to the official and other declarations that Germany has but one mind, one will, and one object, comes the authentic voice of four…

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All War Material Removed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 3

The material captured from the Austrians and the batteries were all removed…

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