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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Spies in War

The Inverell Times · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 6

[?]APOLEON'S Italian blood and training added to the profound distrast with which he regarded everyone about him and [?]pecially thoce of generous lofty…

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Sketcher. the Humours of War Pri[?]ssuring

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 7

HOW did privateering come into existence Why, privateering is as old as the game of war itself. In the darl days of sucient…

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Soldiers Under Fire

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 5

"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost Irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for an many…

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Soldiers Under Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Phillppines, "and that accounts for so many…

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A Royal Soldier

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 2

In spite of his German origin, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar has been an Englishman all his life. He was born at Bushey House, where his mother was…

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War by Telephone

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 6

A chat over the telephone between the generals of opposing armies as to the pros and cons of the situation has become a by no means uncommon occurrence…

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Japanese Soldiers. There Will Soon Be 450,000 Men Trained for Military Service

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 3

Japanese soldiers of all ranks appear never to be unmindful for an instant of the services in which they are engaged. They do not dissipate[?]…

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Fallen Soldiers. a Memorial Window

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 2

We have received the following circular from Colonel Lassetter for publication :--Dedication of Memorial to Fallen Comrades--…

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The Coming War. Russia Solid in Manchuria. London, October 8

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 2

It is reported that Russia proposes to Japan the partition of Korea between the two nations but that Japan rejected the suggestion and insists upon the…

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A British Soldier's Adventure in India

The Inverell Times · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 3

While out in India I was stationed with my battery at a place called Mhow. One of our gunners, who had always had the reputation of…

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Th Coming War. LONDON, October 15

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 2

Additional Russian warships and about 100,000 soldiers are proceeding to the Far East. The Russian Government asks for a…

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War for Russia Means Revolution

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 1

THE Russian Government is face to face with a strike organisation infinitely more complete, more numerous, and more determined than over…

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Japan and Russia. a Sydney Resident on the Situation. War Predicted

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 5

A Sydney resident named J. Morris, who has just returned from a visit to China and Japan, says that all Japanese preparations are made for a…

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A Romance of the War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 3

IT is stated that during the South African War two Boers became detached from a commondo in a northern desert beyond Lydenburg, and having wandered about and…

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A War Romance

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 2

IT is stated that during the war two Boers became detached from a commando in a northern desert beyond Lydenburg, and having wandered about and nearly perished from…

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A War Against Beards

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 7

SEVENTY years ago a social tyranny prevailed which regarded the beard as an outrage. I remember when only four men in Birmingham had…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

A stained glass window, to perpetuate the memory of the officers and men of the New South Wales Second Regiment who were killed in the South African war, was…

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War Medals

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 5

GLEN INNES residents who fought in South Africa and who have not yet received war medals are reminded that they may obtain same by applying to headquarters. Sydney. Early application…

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South African War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 4

Writers of treatises on the South African war published by a German General and his staff, consider that General. Buller's leadership caused…

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Seven Hundred Years of War

The Inverell Times · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 3

Field-Marshal Count von Waldersee of the German Army, recently [?]ummed up the result of 700 years of fighting between France and…

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