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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The Turkish War. Appeal to the Powers. Enver Bey Routed. Constantinople (Via Constanza)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 5

Mahmud Shevket Pasha, the Grand Vizier, intimates that the resumption of peace negotiations is imminent, but that these will be conducted with the…

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Montenegro and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 11

While the Austro-Servian question, which appears to have weathered the most dangerous stages, is for the moment of secondary consideration, news…

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France and Germany. a War Cloud. Increasing the Armies. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 5

The Government is asking for a vote of £23,000,000, spread over several years, for the purpose of augmenting The army and strengthening the…

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The Eastern War. Attack on Enver Bey. Fire in Constantinople. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 5

It is rumoured that an attempt has been made to assassinate Enver Bey, and that he was severely wounded. A Turkish soldier entered the…

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The Eastern War. Montenegrin Losses. Cities Like Hospitals. Cettinje

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 5

Details with regard to the storming of Bardanjolt, near Scutari, by General Martinovitch's columns, state that 300 volunteers, armed with shears,…

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The Turkish War. Checked by Snowstorms. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

Boisterous weather and frequent snowstroms have checked hostilities. The Bulgarians are in difficulties in regard to obtaining supplies, owing to…

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Horses for War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 16

A census or horses has been taken by the military authorities in order to obtain information as to the number likely to be available in case of war. In that…

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The Eastern War. Turkish Defence. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 5

A gale has delayed 35 Greek transports at Mitylene, which intended to land troops at Besika Bay. Twelve thousand Turks have…

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The Eastern War. Allies Inactive. Peace Negotiations. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 5

The Power have not yet received Turkey's acceptance of their collective Note. The London "Daily Telegraph's"…

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The Eastern War. Demands of Servia. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 5

Bulgaria has referred her dispute with Roumania to the Six Power's for decision. The "Tribunal" states that Servia…

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The Eastern War. Stopped by Snowstorms. Italy and Aegean Islands. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 5

Severe snowstorms are impeding operations at Adrianople, Bulair, and Chatalja. It is stated that Italy is secretly…

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The Eastern War. Powers Will Not Act. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 5

Powers do not regard the reply Turkey as a basis for fresh pour[?]rs. [?] allegations as to the proposals…

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Horrors of War. Alleged Atrocities. Belgrade, January 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 7

Last night I received from Mr. T. S. Vilovksy, chief of the Press section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter directing my attention to a…

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The Soldiers' Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 3

Sir,—On visiting the "Soldiers' Baths" recently, about five o'clock in the afternoon I was faced with the necessity of disrobing before an…

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Earmarked for War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 4

Great Britain is taxing her people to the dissolving point. Taxation there is not here. The British revenue is very variously raised and what is actually…

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The Balkan War. Demands of the Allies. Mediation Disregarded. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 5

Notwithstanding the proposed mediation of the Powers, the Balkan Allies have formulated their terms, which are as follows:—…

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Africa and India. Experiences of Soldiering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 8

Forty-two years ago a sturdy lad of Ashford—the Kentish Ashford, which gives the title of baron to the Keppel family—took a notion to be a soldier, and,…

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A Distinguished Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

General Sir Reginald Pole-Carew, M.P., who has intimated that health considerations will compel him to resign his seat for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall, is…

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The Balkam War. Attitude of the Powers. Albanians Defend Skutari. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 5

Marshal Mahmud Shevket, the Grand Vizier of Turkey, in the course of an interview, said that the Powers were merely exercising their good…

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The King's Medals. War Office Announcement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

In November last Mr. E. Flynn, president of the Newcastle and Northern District Naval and Military Association, wrote to the War Office in London,…

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