General War News
The heavy rains which are occurring daily in England are causing great discomfort among the troops at Salisbury and other training camps…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1915
4,156 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 208
Sports and the War
"It is safe to say that at least half of the Rugby Union players of the State have joined the colours, and already it is clear that the union will have to throughly…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Church and the War
Sunday, January 3, being the first Sunday of the year, was observed in all churches and chapels throughout the United Kingdom as a day of prayer and…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Latest War Cables. SYDNEY
The Germans demanded a war tax of £480,000 from the Belgian town of Courtrai, and to satisfy, the demand seized £480,000 worth of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ladies' Page. Woman's Part in War
The Imperial Consul-General for Russia in Australia, Mr. A. N. d'Abaza, has I been revealed to the public as a speaker of no mean order. The discovery was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The War. Turkish Army Corps Captured
Reuters' Petrograd correspondent on Tuesday states the Russians at Sarykamish captured the whole of the ninth Turkish army corps…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →100,000 Men. Australia's Part in War
Mr. Joseph Cook, leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, Melbourne, referred to the last proposal of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This War May Mean 1000 Years' Peace
The Bishop of London, in an interview with a "New York Times" correspondent, asserted that if England should win in the war, it might mean ponce for a thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →War at Broken Hill. Turks' Attack Picnic Train
A train en route from Broken Hill to Silverton, conveying a Manchester Unity Oddfellows' picnic party, was attacked by a number of entrenched…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Information. German Strategy in the Great War
"What is the real meaning of the furious attempt to got to the Channel coast, which has cost the enemy such awful slaughter?" asks the London "Truth." As a…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Twilight of War. Hospital Vignettes. "Germans No Good."
A group of Tommies had gathered round me in the grounds of the Hotel X., now a military hospitals They are air convalescents, and wear the regulation uniform of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Prophets. Strange Forecasts of the Great Conflict
That clever Parisian chiromancer, Mme. de Thebes, whose prophecies in the past have proved so startlingly correct that she has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Austrians in Retreat. Abandon War Materials. Petrograd
The Austrians retreating from the Uzok Pass region aer abandoning much material. The battle around Sarykamish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australia and the War. Motive for the Broken Hill Outrage
Documents in the Eastern language have come into the possession of the Broken Hill police, purporting to give an account by Gool Mahomed and Mulla Abdullah of…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Late War News. Allies Re-capture Trenches. London, January 7
The latest communique-states:—We repulsed two attacks at the dunes and southeast of Saint Georges. We progressed for 100 metres north-west of Rheims,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →War News. (Continued from Page 23) Important Capture by French
A communique states that the French captured a quarry on Monday night near the junction of the Rouvrois, St. Mihiel, and Maizey roads, also the trenches in the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Profits on Wheat Increased by War. Australia's Great Chance. Plea for Larger Acreage
"Every extra shilling a bushel received for wheat means an additional £5,000,000 for the Commonwealth," says Mr. A. E. C. Richardson,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. To-day's Latest. Turkey's Position. Stampeded into War. Turks Suffer Severely in Asia Minor. Strained Relations with Greece. The Arrest of Cardinal Mercer. The Pope Protests
Sherif Pasha, in an interview, stated that the Turks did not wish to join Germany, but had no alternative, because they were at the mercy of Talaat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonderful Escapes. Soldiers Who Defied Bullets
There is a story told of an old veteran of the First Napoleon who lived until 1865 in the French village of Savary, and who owned a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Earlier Messages. The following appeared in our "War Extra" of yesterday:— in France and Belgium. The Capture of Steinbach. German Aviators Busy
The storming of Steinbach was marked by the complete capture of a position so entrenched and seamed with passages through rock that the…
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