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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Sad Premature Explosion. Forty Soldiers Injured.paris. Friday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 2

A company of dragoons was during some training manoeuvres blowing up improvised bridges on railway lints at Rheims, when the dynamite catridges prematurely…

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Serious End to Skylarking. Man Badly Wounded. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 2

A young man named, Thomas Doyle, aged 21 years, who resides at Surry Hills, was taken to the hospital last night suffering from a bullet wound in his left temple…

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Cablegrams. War Spirits in Balkans. Liberation of Macedonla. Sofia (Bulgaria)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 5

An executive committee has been formed representing all parties and classes. It will collect funds for the relief of the sufferers by the Koehana massaers, and…

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War on Turkey Urged. Sofia,, August 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 42

The massacred Bulgarians by Turks at Kochana last week has greatly excited the people. The Nationalist press urges the Bulgarian Government to declare war upon…

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The Tripolitan War. Seeking a Peace Basis. Berne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

An announcement has been made with regard to the peace negotiations reported a few days ago as being in progress at Zurich (Switzerland) between Turkish and…

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England and Germany. "War Never Nearer."

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 3

Mr. W. Maclean, a member of the Canadian Parliament, in an article in the "World," declares that war between Great Britain and Germany was…

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Turco-italian War. Italian Fleet Near the Dardanelles. Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 5

The Italian fleet, a portion, of which recently made a dash up. the Dardanelles, is reported to be again at the entrance to the Straits…

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The War Against Man. Suffragettes . Annoy Sir Edward Grey. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 5

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) was subjected to some annoyance yesterday by advocates of the Women's Suffrage cause…

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Propitious Time for War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 2

The Belgrade correspondent of the "Telegraph" states that the Tsar Ferdinand attended the Bulgarian general's war conference which agreed that the present was…

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The Balkans Danger. Montenegrins Want War. Protest Against Turkish Atrocities. Cettigne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 2

It is apparent that only a spark is required at the present time to set the Balkans, and perhaps Europe, ablaze with war…

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War in the Air. the Position of Germany. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 2

The "Taglische Runsrohau." one of the leading Conservative newspapers, frankly declares that the best of Germany's dirigibles would be ineffective against the…

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The Cry in Bulgaria Autonomy for Macedonia or War with Turksy. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent states that the Bulgarian view of the Invitation of Count Berchtold is that it would only help the Albanians, but does not meet the…

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Soldier's Two Families. a Remarkable Tragedy. LONDON, 19th August

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 4

A great sensation has been caused by the shocking domestic tragedy at Eastboure yesterday, when a non-commissioned officer named Hicka Murray…

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Raid on Gambling Den. Five Killed; Fourteen Wounded Lisbon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 2

The police made a raid on a gambling den at Chaves, which was frequented by smugglers and bandits. A fierce conflict resulted. During the…

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Servia Urges War. Belgrade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

A meeting at which there was an attend-ance of 5000 denounced the massacre at Dubnitza. Afterwards the assemblage form-ed into procession and, marching in front…

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Cablegrams. Ominous War Cloud. The Balkans' Trouble. Servians Massacred by Turks. Great Excitement in Belgrade London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

So soon as one feature of the many-sided Balkan situation discloses a tendency to improve, another set of disquieting incidents stand revealed…

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The Trouble in Turkey. Continued Unrest in the Balkans. Further Massacres of Christians. The Bulgarians Want War. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

Four hundred Malissori, led by priests, have attacked Durazzo, a port of Turkish Albania, on the Adriatic, 50 miles south of Sentari, which has a population of…

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Mutual Help in War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 32

A recent cable message from Capetown giving comments made by Lieutenant General Sir Robert Baden-Powell on the subject of Australia's defence problem…

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Soldier Aviators Collide in a Dense Mist. Fall to Awful Death

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 6

As the result of a collision in mid-air two French Army aviators, Captain Duboi[?] and Lieut. Peignan, met with a terrible death near Douai on Wednesday (says a…

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Cablegrams. the Tripolitan War. Peace Pourparlers Likely. Turkey Renounces Tripoli. London

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

The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Mail" telegraphs that there is now everyprospect of official pourparlers between Italy and Turkey succeeding the informal…

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