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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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War Tn Morocco the Case for the Rebels. the Sultan's Cruelty. Fez

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

The tribes in revolt have issued a manifesto to the European nations stating that they have no desire to harm Christians or Europeans…

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War in Morocco Column Marching to Relieve Fez. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 2

General Monier has taken command of a relief column numbering 700 (? 7000), which is rapidly marching to Fez…

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Pigeons As War Correspondents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 45

For more than two thousand years carrier pigeons have been used to carry messages when no other means sufficed, and during the seige of Paris, when 363 birds…

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War in Morocco. Tribesmen Lose Heavily. Tangier, May 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 43

The Beni M[?]ir tribesmen, who attacked the French column outside Fez, sustained heavy loss. When they retired, they left 80 dead on the field…

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A Woman's Revenge. Mexican War Incident. Mexico City, May 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 46

A thrilling incident in the war is reported from Northern Mexico. A widow, named Talamantes, whose husband and two sons had fought on the in…

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Aeroplanes for War. Demonstration in England. Ministers Present, London, May 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 43

A great demonstration was held yesterday by the War Office authorities to test the adaptability, of aeroplanes for military purposes. It took place at Hendon…

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Great Flying Race Twenty Machines Compete. French War Minister Killed. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 2

A great flying races from Paris to Madrid was commenced here yesterday. Twenty well known aviators competed, and in addition nine military officers…

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War in Morocco Serious French Casualties. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

Severe fighting between French troops and Moorish tribesmen has taken place on the Muluya River, about seven miles west of the Algerian frontier…

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War in Morocco Tribesmen More Tranquil. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 2

As the relief column under Colonel Brulard approaches Fez the tribesmen have become quieter, and some of them have retired…

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War Ts Morocco Fez Relieved. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 2

News is to hand from Fez to the effect that the French relief column under the command of Colonel Monier has entered the city without firing a shot. They…

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Guest of the War, Minister. London, May 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 42

The Kaiser was yesterday the guest at luneheon of Lord Haldane, Secretary of State for War. Invited to meet his Imperial Highness were Lord Kitchener…

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War in Morocco Rebels Withdraw Without Fighting. Fez

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 2

The Moorish rebels who were besieging Fez withdrew a few days ago in the direction of the town of Mequinez, one of the summer residences of the Sultan. 36 miles…

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War Tn Morocco Fighting with Fanatical Fury. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

An Englishman who is accompanying the Moore under Elmerani, half was between Fez and Rebat, writes that the rebels hemmed in the relief column, whose…

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War in Morocco Sultan's Request for Protectorate. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

"Le Matin," the well known Paris daily, has made a further reference to its own announcement that Sultan Mulai Hafid had asked for the establishment of a…

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War Stores Scandal Case of Colonel Morgan. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

A number of questions were asked in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon in reference to the appointment of Colonel Morgan to the new position of…

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War in Morocco Wireless Station at Fez. Tangier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

lu connection with the French occupation of Fez, a wireless station is being established at the Moroccan capital…

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Fanatical Tribesmen. Holy War Proclaimed. Tangier, May 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 43

A disquieting account of the march through Northern Morocco of a Moo[?]sh force, under EI M'Rani, the Sultan's Khalif at Casablanca, is given by an…

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War in Morocco. the Pretender Killed. Rebels Surrender. Tangier, May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 43

The rival Sultan, Mula-el-zin proclaimed by the Berber tribe at Mekinez has been mortally wounded by a shot in the stomach during a fight with the Sultan…

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War of Millions. How Great Capitalists Fight. Steel Trust Revelations. Washington, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 43

The story of a battle for millions was told by Mr. John W. Gates, one of the directors of the United States Steel Corporation, before the committee which is…

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War in Morocco Suburbs of Fez Destroyed by French. Women Sold Into Slavery. Tangier

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

On the evening of the arrival of the French column at Fez a detachment from the garrison under officers of the French mission destroyed Lemta a suburb of…

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