Commonwealth War Loan. Use Your Money to Help the Country
Everyone has a right to subscribe all the money they choose to the new Commonwealth War Loan, but be it many hundreds or few, or even a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
3,633 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 182
Western War Theatre. Champagne Actions. British Lose Aeroplanes. London
An official report from Berlm states:-"A French hand-grenade attack north of Le Mesnil (in Champagne) was easily repulsed. The Allied artillery is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eastern War Theatre. Riga-dvinsk Front. Germans Withdraw. London
"On the Riga-Dvinsk front," declares an official report from Berlin, "a German reconnotring detachment withdrew before a superior Russian force. In Volhynia (in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incidents of the War. Sinking of Submarine. the Baralong Case. London
In London official circles it is believed that the next step in the Baralong controversy will be German reprisals, which are expected to take the form of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. The Balkans. Greek Nervousness. Austro-germans Enter Greece. Allies Seize Islands. London
Telegrams to hand in Rome show that great nervousness is being betrayed in Athens in connection with the Balkans situation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Reception Committee
It is the intention of the Soldiers' Reception Committee, now that the holidays are over, to resume the folding of farewell ceremonies to departing troops. These will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Failure of Soldiers' Armour
Many years ago several inventors developed bullet-proof cloths or breastplates, and in spite of much advertising their suggestions were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From Our Soldiers. Glimpses of Trench Life Reminiscenes' of Gallipoli
We have been favored by Mrs P. Hiller, of Pleasant Hills, with permission to publish the following interesting correspondence by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous War News. Ford Peace Party
The Ford peace (party, together with a number of Scandinavian delegates, has departed for the Hague. The pacificists have teceived permits to travel via Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incidents of the War. Australia See War Out to Bitter End. Mr. Fisher Interviewed. London
Mr. Andrew Fisher, designate High Commissioner for Australia, arrived at Colombo on Friday evening and left at noon on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth War Loan £10,000,000. Subscription List Closes 31st JANUARY
Until the litt closes on January 31, persons who care to do so have the right to assist the country and our soldiers by subscribing to the second issue of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eastern War Theatre. Attack on Czernowitz. Fiety Hours' Bombardment. London
It is reported from Petrograd that the Russian attack on Czernowitz (the capital of Bukowina), which resulted in the city being made untenable to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recruiting in N.S.W. Biggest Week's Total Since Early in War. Sydney
The week's recruiting in the city gave a total of 2135 enlistments and the country (Saturday's returns having yet to come) 655. This is the biggest week's total since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. The Balkans. Foe Ready to Advance Into Greece. Turks 'Entry Doubtful. London
Athens reports that the Austro-Germans and BUlgarians have completed their plans for an immediate attack on the Allies in the direction of Salonica…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western War Theatre. Terrific British Bombardment. Jack Tars to the Front on Land London
Mr. Philip GiLba, war corespondent on the Western front, says the British guns are engaged in battle along the entire British line, sometimes reaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed in Sydney. Sydney
While looting over the platform rail of a train in motion to get a good view of a wreck canned by the derailment of trucks at the Clyde shunting yards this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Kicked and Robbed
Sitting on a doorstep in Spring street at 3.30 a.m. to-day, Herman Brodin, a soldier, complained to a policeman that he had been robbed and injured. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land for Soldiers. Problems to Be Faced
"Two applications only have been made, for land by soldiers who have returned from the front, and these have been dealt with in the ordinary way," said Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcoming a Wounded Soldier. Trooper Ledwidge Returns
Among the earliest of the volunteers from this district was Trooper Walter Ledwidge, familiarly known to his many friends, as "Wattie" Ledwidge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-worn Turks Return
A Constantinople telegram, published in the German press, reports the arrival! of a battalion of Galipoli troops in an unmistakably battered and war-worn…
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