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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War. To-day's Cables. the Balkan and Turkish Arenas. The Fall of Lovchen. Due to Shortage of Ammunition Another Case of "Too Late." A Formidable Offensive Against Salonika. Turks Fear An Attack from Mitylene. French Troops at Corfu

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

The Austrians claim to have captured 26 guns from the Montenegrins when Lovchen was taken. A Rome message says the fall was…

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Anzac Troops Expected at Salonica

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

German newspapers estimate the Anglo. French forces at Salonica at 250,000, including 180,000 soldiers actually in the firing line. The artillery, they say, is strong…

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Anzac Magazine to Be Published

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

Captain C. E. W. Bean, the official press correspondent with the Australian Expeditionary Force, who is at present in London, has arranged with Cassell's for the…

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£10,000,000 War Loan

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

Dear Sir,—In the great war in which we are engaged the Prime Minister on behalf of the Commonwealth has given in undertaking that…

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Latest War News LONDON

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The Miners’ Federation has unanimously decided to oppose the compulsion bill, and has ordered the executive to summon a conference to consider…

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Miscellaneous War News. Enemy Firms in Britain. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 5

In the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr. Ernest Pretyman, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, stated that a Bill dealing with enemy companies and…

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The Economic War. Germany Confident of Position. Imperial Chancellor's Speech. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The German Imperial Chancellor (D. von Bethmann-Hollweg opened the Prussian Diet on Thursday on behalf of the Kaiser, who is confined to his bed…

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The War. The Balkans. Occupation of Corfu. Indignation in Germany. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The occupation by the Allies of the Greek Island of Corfu for the purpose of transferring the Serbian army to the island to save it from starvation, has…

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Western War Theatre. Hoist with Own Petard. Gas Driven on Enemy. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

A Paris communique states:-"During an attempted German attack in force in the Meuse region a change in the direction of the wind drove back a cloud…

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Eastern War Theatre. Russia's Effort. Germans Hasten Troops From Other Frosts. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The Press Bureau at Petrograd states that with a view to coping with the Russian offensive the Austrians have recalled four divisions (80,000 men) from the Balkans…

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Late News the European War Kaiser's Serious Illness Sister Summoned to Bedside LONDON, January 14

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

A wireless message received at Rome states that Queen Sophin of Greece, has been summoned to the boslaide of her brother, the Kaiser…

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Incidents of the War. Kaiser's Condition Worse. the Doctors Recalled. Queen of Greece Summoned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

It is stated in Rome from neutral sources that the condition of the Kaiser, who is suffering from a malignant throat disease, accompanied by blood poisoning, is…

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At the Front. (All Rights Reserved.) a Thrilling Story of the Transvaal War. Synopsis of Previous Part

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

Lieutenant Hugh Carruthers, and officer of the British army, is on leave, shooting big game in South Africa, when the war with England…

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From Our Soldiers

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

Mr G. J. Stibbard has received acknowledgements of having received sheepskin-vests from Henty by Privates J. Mitchell, W…

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Eastern War Theatre. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

An Austrian communique claims that the Austrians repulsed five attempts to pierce their front near Yoporoutz, and that the Russians suffered heavy losses…

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No Peace the Next Year. a War Prophecy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 4

"Old Moore's Almanac," recently issued in London for the "219th year, declares upon the basis of astrology that the war will end until 1917…

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Miscellaneous War News. Captain Von Papen's Papers.london

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

Greatly to the disgust of Captain von Papen, late German military attache at Washington, the authorities at Falmouth . seized his papers which were not protected…

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Incidents of the War. Has the Kaiser Cancer? London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

Reports of the illness of the Kaiser which have been received in London continue to be contradictory.A message from Zurich asserts that…

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The War. The Balkus.LACK Of Concerned Programme.why the Allies Bungled. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

Signer Baryalia, Italian Minister of State, in a speech at Bologna, said that the responsibility for the fall of Mt. Lovchen, the importance of which had been…

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Last Days of Anzac

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The Press is featuring the narrative of Malcolm Ross, a New Zealander, of the last days at Anzao…

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