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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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"Hands Up!" an Incident of the Boer War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 6

The coffee was passed round, and the Intelligence Officer, seeing an opportunity in the recent outburst, crossed the room and sat beside the…

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Cablegrams. How War Was Averted. During International Crisis. by Britain's Action. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 December 1911 · page 2

The statement made by Captain W. V. Tuber, Unionist M.P., for Hampshire West, that in July List Great Britain was ready to assist France against Germany by…

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War in Tripoli. Further. Italian Successes. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 5

News from Tripoli states that Ita[?] troops have occuped Tajura and the Oasis unopposed…

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Austria and Italy. War Narrowly Averted. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 5

A sensational statement has been, published in the Brunswick. "Zeitung" concerning the relati[?]s between Austria and. Italy…

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Britain and Germany. That Averted War. German Social Democrats Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 2

Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader, replying to the British Labor Party's pacific address to the Social Democrats of the Reichstag, declares that the party will…

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Aviation. Murders by a Poacher. British War Office Movements. London, Sunday. French Peasant's Awful Crimes Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 2

The British War Office is offering prizes to tie value of £0000 for an aeroplane competition, which is to be open to airmen of every nationality. A French peasant named Courmier was last month sentenced to 21 clays' imprisonment for poaching. Upon being released yesterday he armed himself with a…

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Great Britain's Army. Half Trained Soldiers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 2

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, in a letter to the press, deprecates the optimism of Lord Haldane (Secretary of State for War)…

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Ominous Signs. New War Central in Europe. London. December 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 45

The Sofia correspondent of "The Times" telegraphs that a train-load of war ma-terial from Germany has arrived at the Turco-Serivan frontier on route to Salo[?]…

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What War Means, the Commandeering of Sayings Bank [?]Nds

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 2

An [?]dent in the con[?]ing dispute between France and Germany may be cited as proof that the small savings bank depositor is about to become on important…

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Mr. Smart Found Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

Mr. Smart has been found lying wounded outside Kazerun. Medical aid was despatched to succor him. It appears that his escort consisted of 50 sowars…

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The Chinese Rebellion. Japanese Soldier to the Front. General Shiba at Hankau. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

It is announced that Major-General Goro Shiba, Commander of the 2nd Brigade Heavy Artillery, who was the Japanese commander at Pekin during the Boxer…

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