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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Rifle Clubs' Functions. Use in Exempt Areas. Boys and Ex-soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 2

Rifle clubs are to play an important part in the defence scheme of Australia if Senator Pearce's ideas are realised. While the Minister was watching the…

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The Balkan War. Bulgarians Marching on Constantinople. The International Situation. British Fleet Preparing for Sea. Arnaut Chief Yields to Servians. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 2

For the immediate present interest in the Balkan situation has swung from the theatre of war to the attitude of the Powers. "Will the Powers intervene" is…

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The Killed or Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

A consensus of estimates at Sofia shows that at Lule Burgas alone 20,000 Turks were either killed or wounded in the great battle…

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Echoes of the War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

A message from Vienna states that six Austrian warships have left Trieste, and it is presumed that they are bound for the Levant…

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O'er Thracian Fields. War Correspondents Story Continued

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

Mr. Martin Donohoe, the war correspondent with Abdullah's army, continues his narrative of the Bulgarian pursuit over the Fields of Thrace, subsequent to the…

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36,000 Wounded Turks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

Trainloads of Ottoman soldiers wounded in the recent fighting have been arriving in Constantinople during the last few days. The total number of wounded Turks that…

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Caking for Bulgar Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

The Bulgarian night-atacks on the opened a hospital with 2000 beds at Tirnovo the old capital of Bulgaria…

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Turkey in War-time

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 37

The Rev Francis E. Clark, founder of the great Christian. Endeavour movement, who recently spent more than two months in the empire of Turkey, travelling over…

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Turkey Nearly Roasted. Preparing to Quit Europe. Constantinople in Trouble. Starving Turkish Soldiers in Revolt. Terrible Privations of the Wounded. Great Britain Anxious. Battleships Full Steam Ahead. to Land Force at Stamboul. Porte May Cross the Bosphorus. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

There is every indication the British Government fears that a grave situation is imminent at Constantinople. Admiral Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bt., is…

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Sidelights of the War Attitude of the Powers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

Many of the Austrian newspapers express themselves as convinced that Austria and Italy will veto any attempt on the part of Servia to obtain an outlet on…

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The Balkan War. The International Situation. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 1

It is stated in Balkan official circles that the Allies will not tolerate any foreign interference in the conditions of peace, and that the whole campaign…

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Great Turkish Reverse. Nazim Pasha Defeated. Helter-skelter Flight From Bulgars. Dead and Wounded Left on Filed. London, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 41

The silence of Tchorlu has been broken, and it is now known to the world that 150,000 Turks, led by the Minister for War (Nazim Pasha), have been vanquished…

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The Balkan War. Continued Advance of the Allies. The Turks Demoralised. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

While the Turks are preparing to make their last great stand before the Bulgarians advancing on Constantinople, King Ferdinand's troops are rapidly…

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55,000 Killed or Wounded. Five Days' Carnage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 5

Official figures have been made available at Sofia of the casualties in the five days-fighting last week, which included the battles of Lule Burgas and Bunar His…

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Sidelights of the War. Bulgars From Canada

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 November 1912 · page 2

Five hundred Bulgarians have reached England from Canada, and they will leave immediately for the seat of the war in order to join the troops at the front…

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War or Arbitration

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 2

Some years ago an eminent peace advocate declared that either a world shuttering war, or a world united declaration with the force behind it that…

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Sidelights of the War. Help From Indian Moslems

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 2

The Moslems of Bombay are subscribing thousands of pounds every day to the Red Crescent, funds. They have already remitted £17,000 to Constantinople…

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The Balkan War. Bulgarians Closing in on Constantinople. Fall of Salonika. Fierce Battle near Chorlu. River Runs Red with Blood. Servia's Demands and the Peace of Europe

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 2

The Bulgarians have captured Fort Delijumus, about twenty-six miles north-west of Constantinople. The Bulgarians have also occupied Visa…

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War. Powers and the Balkans. a Round Table Conference. Discussion at Buda Pest. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Constantinople telegraphs that the Great Powers have agreed to a Round Table conference in which the Balkan States shall participate…

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150,000 Killed and Wounded. River Runs Red with Blood. London, November 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 42

To date the total casualties in the war, including those sustained by both sides, amount to 150,000. Corpses and war material dam the river…

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