A Soldier Constable on Conscription
Sergeant A. F. Toone, who is still officially attached to Ashford as a constable, and who enlisted early in the war, in a letter to Constable Olive, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New England · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
3,073 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 154
Grandfather Enlists
"For God's sake, send along some" more men; they're wanted badly enough," was the appeal recently received by Mr. James Clarke, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. London
A London paper declares that President Wilson's reference to peace without victory is absolutely bewildering in view of the German crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London
Mr. Candler, writing from Mesopotamia on January 19, says: This morning we occupied a triangle of trenches, the last, foothold of the Turks in the bend of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News London
Lord Sydenham in an article in the Sunday Times, says: The Germans ate concentrating in Alsacc, and possibly c[?] templating an attempt of the Verdun type…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Archbishop Mannix on the War
Sydney, Monday.—At the opening of a new Roman Catholic School at Brunswick, Victoria, yesterday, Archbish[?]p, Mannix said they had hoard a great deal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Deutschland Overdue. London
The submarine Deutschland is overdue, and the agents are anxious concerning her safety…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Work for Recruiting Committees
A number of the Recruiting Committees have already got their organisation going for the purpose of obtaining subscribers to the War Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. the Western Front. British Operations Successful. London
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Successful operations were carried out this morning in the neighborhood of Letransloy. The whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inverell Soldiers. Fighting at Pozieres
Mrs. Bone has received a letter from Private Jack Watkins, from which she gives the following extracts. After thanking her most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A War Question
A recent message from the official Australian Press Representative with the Common wealth forces abroad is worthy of more than passing notice. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The war Salonien, Saturday. Aerial Success
There have been considerable British aerial successes, numerous raids, and bomb-dropping on dumps, camps, and the railway behind— the enemy lines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Loan. Work for Recruiting Oommittees
A number of the Recruiting Committees have already got their organisation going for the purpose of obtaining subscribers to the war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imperial War Council. Mr. Hughes Can't So
Mr. Hughes says it is impossible to say who will represent Australia in London. With politics in their present disturbed state the could not possibly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War. Prussian Militarism. (Router's Telegram). London, Monday Night
A New York newspaper says that although the German Emperor, who is wedded to rapacious war gods, is unable to perceive the danger-signals at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farms for Soldiers
Altogether 216 estates have been resumed under the Closer Settlement Acts up to the end of last year at a total cost of £6,000,000. Eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Notes
President Wilson to the German [?] his birthday. Another slump in recruiting in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Service Committee
A beetling of the War Service Committee was held in the council chambers on Tuesday night. The Mayor (Ald. Cram[?]) presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. The Frozen Front
Mr. Phillip Gibbs, writing to the "London Daily Chronicle," says:— "The hardest frost of the war in France and Flanders is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Western Front. Sydney
The French easily repulsed German attacks [?] and Weilerkopf, Bombs were dropped on a number of [?] railway stations…
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