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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Eastern War Theatre, Activity of Austrians in the Carpathians. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

A Petregrad communique was: "The Russians to the northwards of Rawa destroyed an armored motor car which was bembarding their position. Grenter…

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War in the Air. Air Raid on Essen. 400 Motor Cars Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The Amsterdam newspaper "Handerisblad" states that the raid made (by the Allies' neropinnes of Essen (the site of the great Krupp works) last Wednesday,…

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Late News European War the North Sea Fight How the Blucher was Lost LONDON, January 26

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The sailors who have returned to Grimshy from the naval engagement in the North Sod state that a British destroyer sighted the enemy on the…

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Western War Theatre. German Attacks Repulsed LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 2

"On the Year the Belgiens have progressed in the region of Pervyse,' says an official report issued in Paris yesterday. "The Germans at daybreak attacked our…

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Incidents of the War. Russia Blocking German and Swedish Trade. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 2

A message from Copenhogen states that several Russian submarines unexpectedly appeared at Hugon, and the traffic between Sweden and Germany…

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Living Like Princes. Wounded in Moscow

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 6

There is no such simple and cheerful and open-hearted and gossipy city in all Europe as Moscow in the opinion of the correspondent of the New York Herald. It has the…

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War Rotes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 46

When and how the war will end [?] can conjecture, though ultimata victory for the Allies is certain. It will, according to Lord Kitchener, "commence next spring"…

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The War

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Henri Bourassa, a French-Canadian, and leader of the Nation alists in the Canadian House of Commons, is being denounced by…

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French War Minister

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 21

The French War Minister (M. Millerand) is at present visiting England. On Saturday he inspected the troops at Aldershot, and subsequently conferred with the…

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Long-planned War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 21

The Venice correspondent of a Rome newspaper states that Vienna newspapers for the first time frankly acknowledge that the present war was planned last spring…

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Contraband of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 22

An important statement, in which the United State's Government's view of the contraband of war question is expressed, has been published…

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Deliverance From War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 21

In connection with the war the Roman Catholic Consistory has definitely fixed the following dates for an expiatory function, for which the Pope has written a prayer…

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War-horses in Action

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 38

It will probably surprise you, said a retired colonel of Hussars, to learn that a cavalry horse usually enjoys a battle at least as much as his rider, and displays…

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America and the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 22

Mr. Bryan's letter explaining America's position in the war has elicited voluminous comment, which clearly shows that German misrepresentations have been given a sharp…

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"Not War, But Murder."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 21

"II Secolo," the well-known Milan news paper, comments in scathing terms on the Zeppelin raid on England. Germany's action in the peaceful fields of Norfolk was…

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Turks Weary of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 21

Telegrams from Constantinople received at Odessa state that a movement in favour of peace being arranged as speedily as possible is gaining ground in Turkey. The…

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The War. Today's Latest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

Several German aeroplanes, bound for a raid on Dunkirk, were intercepted by British aviators. A fight ensued at a height of 6000 feet. Though the British…

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Kaiser's New War Minister

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 20

General von Falkenhayn, chief of the German General Staff, has resigned the portfolio of Minister, for War. He has been succeeded, states an official Berlin…

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War From the Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 21

The German official justification of the recent air raid on Yarmouth and other towns on the east coast of England was that Yarmouth was a fortified place, and…

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Miscellaneous War News. LONDON. Thrursday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

At the canual meetings of two of the (ending banks, tributes wore paid to Mr. Lioyd-Goorse, Chancellor of the Exohe-quer, for his masterful handling of the…

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