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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Ernest Vizetelly. War Correspondent's Life

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 6

"In a book which deals with the 'People's War' in Prance after the defeat at Sedan, and the downfall of the Second Empire, Mr. Alfred Ernest Vizetelly relates some of the…

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Generals Who Have Made History. When Soldiers Defied Governments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 38

For a precedent to the sensational action of General Gough and the officers in Ireland, who resigned their commissions, one has to go back to the American Civil War…

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A British Soldier in India

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 5
Also in The Corowa Free Press

A buck-jumping waler (Australian horse) is no joke to sit if he means to get rid of you. Tommy Rawson was one of the finest riders in India. One night at his…

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The Milkman's Revenge. Rothschild' Not Seriously Wounded. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 3

The condition of Baron Henri de Rothachild, who was shot by a dairyman named Proudhon as he was leaving the Antoine Theatre, on Saturday, is not serious. A…

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An Echo of the Japanese War

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

In "A Wanderer's Trail" an excellent volume of travel tales by Mr. A. Loton Ridger, one of the more interesting sections deals with Japan…

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Russia Prepares for War Fourteen Defence Bills. Adopted at Secret Session of Duma. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

The Russian Duma, at a special secret session, has adopted it Defence Bills. These include measures authorising the Prolongation of the term of military…

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The French Foreign Legion Composed of Soldiers of Fortune From All Over the World

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

Perhaps none of the world's modern troops have more of a glamour, romance, and reputation for fierce fighting than France's Foreign…

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Assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. His Wife Attempts to Shield Him. And is Fatally Wounded. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

It transpires that the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and his wife, were assassinated by a Servian student who had been banished from Bosnia. He first threw a…

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Great Sea Fight. Incident of the American War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. Edgar Stanton Maclay, an American naval writer tells in the "New York Herald" the story of a great sea fight between a British…

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Woman's Career As a Soldier

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 6
Also in The Corowa Free Press

"Albert Cashier," an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as a soldier…

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Woman's Career, As a Soldier

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 5

"Albert Cashier,"' an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quiney, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as a soldier…

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The Engineers. Interesting Display. Wireless in War

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 4

War is now a science. Victory in the future will depend not only on the strongest and bravest soldiers, but upon the cleverness of the engineers…

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100,000 at Service to Dead Heroes. the Bravest Incident of the Tripoli War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 4

A solemn State commemoration of the heroes who fell in the Libyan war was held recently in every town in Italy, and thousands of gold and…

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New Blood Specific tried in Hospitals. Tests Show Successful War Upon Bacilli

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 4

A new medical specific for the blood, found to improve the quality to a remarkable degree and give the blood power to overcome the germs…

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CABLEGRAMS. Home Rule For Ireland War with Honor If No Peaceful Settlement. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster leader, inspected 2000 volunteers at Larne on Saturday afternoon. He asked the men to have confidence in their leaders, and said…

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Home Rule Crisis. Sir Edward Carson in Ulster. "Peace With Honor, or War With Honor." A Critical Situation. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

Sir Edward Carson addressing 2000 Ulster volunteers, said "I see no evidence of peace, and while the shadows remain Ulstermen must be prepared. Unless…

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Cablegrams. Home Rule for Ireland Exclusion or War. Sir Edward Carson's Grim Determination. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 2

The celebrations held in Ulster yesterday in commemoration of the battle of the Boyne passed off quietly, and they were not marked by any serious…

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Unnamed Hero. How Three Officers Were Murdered. Wounded Man's Thought for Friend

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 6

Details have been received in Great Britain by mail from India of the fatal shooting at Tank Tahsil. on the North-west Frontier, of Major G. Dodd, Captain G. B. Brown…

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