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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

175 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9

Cholera in India. Outbreak Among Soldiers. Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 5

Cholera has broken out among the Soldiers of the Royal Scots and Lothian Regiments in the cantonment at Benares…

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Riots in Egypt. a Holy War. Cairo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 5

Anti-European riots have occurred in Alexandria. Two hundred arrests have been made. Many Christians were wounded, and…

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Charges Against Italy. Soldiers Mad with Vengeance Turin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 5

An Italian press correspondent, telegraphing from the frontier of Tripall, through Stampa, reports that he witnessed a number of executions…

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A Barbaric War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

The intense indignation which is being manifested all over the civilised world by the stories of the hideous atrocities being perpetrated by the…

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The War in Tripoli. Fighting in the Open. Enemy Concentrating. Tripoli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 5

It is officially announced that the Arabs and Turks outside Benghazi have concentrated at Elkabra, sixth miles away…

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The War in Tripoli Severe Engagement. Tripoli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 5

Notwithstanding the large reinforcements of troops recently landed in Tripoll, the Italians in occupation are being hard pressed by the Turks…

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Italy and Turkey. War in Europe. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 5

Italian official circles consider that they have given proof of their forbearance in refraining from attacking European Turkey, but state that their…

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War in Tripoli. Prisons Now Full. Tripoli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 5

The sentences passed on captive Arabs vary from a few years to confinement for life. The prisons being so full, they have…

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Britain and Germany. a War Avoided. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

Extraordinary statements were made during a debate at the New Reform Club by Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, M.P. (Edinburgh Burghs), Mr. W. P. Byles,…

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The War in Tripoli. Photographs Not Allowed. Tripoli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

General Caneva, the Italian commander in Tripoll, has withdrawn the permit of the London "Daily Mirror's" correspondent, owing to his having…

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The War in Tripoli. Torrential Rains. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 5

Tripoli advices indicate that torrential rains destroyed the Italian trenches at Cumeliana Well, forcing the Italians to establish new posts…

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The Oasis Tragedy. Murder, Not War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 5

Mr. Francis M'Cullagh, the war correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette," who has just returned from Tripoli, gave a lecture in the Memorial…

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The War in Tripoli. Italian Reports. Enemy Demoralised. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 5

Official reports received from Tripoli are to the effect that petty Turkish attacks on the Italian army continue from time to time…

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The Chinese Revolt. Hostilities to Continue. Soldiers Leaving Pekin. Pekin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 5

General Yuan Shi Kai has not visited the Assembly; for though he has been appointed Premier, he considers himself responsible to the Throno…

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Soldier's Golden Wedding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 3

General Sir Stanley Edwardes, of Sponden, Sandhurst, Kent, who has just celebrated his golden wedding, is the son of a soldier. His lather was Captain George…

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War in Tripoli. Heavy Fighting. Great Turkish Losses. Tripoli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 5

There was fighting during the whole of Sunday at the oasis, where, the Turks and Arabs were strongly entrenched. The Italian attack was very…

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Miners' Federation. War Chest Drained. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 5

Owing to sectional strikes in Lancashire and Cheshire, the war-chest of the Miners' Federation has been trained…

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The War in Tripoli. Lord Roberts' Opinion. Justice to Italy. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 5

Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, in reply to a correspondent, stated that it was totally unfair to criticise the Italian Commander-in-chief in Tripoli without…

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War and the People

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 10

No war in which this country has over engaged has brought the slightest betterment to the homes of the people…

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The War in Tripoli. Fighting Continues. Turks Driven Off. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 5

The Italians at Tripoli drove off a large force of Turks and Arabs with the bayonet. The Italian artillery then shelled the…

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