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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The Balkan War. Bulgarian Defeat. Division Wiped Out. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 5

Reuter states that the war is now regularised by formal declarations. The Powers will content themselves with expressions of strong…

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The Balkan War. Bulgarian Defeat. Attack on Servia Foiled. Belgrade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 5

The Bulgarians penetrated for [?]ighteen miles into Servian territory, [?] burnt 41 villages, on their way [?] Sonavegatz…

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Another Enemy. Roumania Declares War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

It is reported from Bukarest that the Roumanian army has been ordered to enter Bulgaria, and that the Government has notified Bulgaria of…

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The War Ended. Bulgarian Collapse. Russia's Probable Action. Europe Watching Austria. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 5

Advices from the Continental capitals are to the effect that the Balkan was is virtually over. The chief European interest is in…

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The Rand Situation. Railway Difficulty. the Soldiers Commended. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 5

The Capetown correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" says that the older officials, even those belonging to the Railway Society, are…

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The Balkan War. Outrages Denied. Bul Garians Seeking Peace. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 5

King Ferdinand has personally telegraphed to the London "Evening News," absolutely denying the reports of outrages on Greeks or Servians…

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Soldiers at Heart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 9

Every man who is worthy the name of man is at heart a soldier, whether he considers his enemy to be the Continental Powers, or whether he is anxious to fight…

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Soldiers All

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 9

I always dream of a day when every man will as the voluntary and ordinary act of citizen, join the cadets, then the Regulars or Territorials, and finally, the…

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An Airship Wrecked. a Soldier Killed. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 5

The airship Schuetteland broke adrift from its moorings, and was wrecked. Two soldiers were carried up with…

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Mechanical Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1913 · page 6

Particulars of the alleged invention of a machine soldier by a Danish engineer are given in a French newspaper. The machine soldier consists of a cylindrical…

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British Money Market. Disturbed by War. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. Watt, the Sate Premier, speaking of his mission, said the London Money market was greatly disturbed during the last four or five months. The Balkan…

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A War of Money. Approaching Truce. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1913 · page 5

Financial circles are greatly interested in the approaching truce between the two most powerful money groups in Germany…

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Chinese Rising. Foreigners Wounded. Peking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 5

Further attacks upon the Shanghai arsenal were repulsed. The shells caused many fires in the city, and damaged the French…

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The Balkan War. Armistice Conference. a Truce Refused. Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1913 · page 5

Delegates of the different States have started for Bukharest to discuss the holding of an armistice conference at Nish, simultaneously with the…

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The Balkan War. Fighting Proceeding. Greek Successes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 5

The Greeks has occupied Xanthi, 70 miles north-west of Dede Agach. The Bulgarians had pillaged the town, and curried off the Greek…

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Balkan War. Roumania's Army. at Sofia's Threshold. Bucharest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 5

The advance guard of the Roumanian army has halted at the eastern suburbs of Sofia. An informal meeting of the Peace…

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Dead and Maimed. Losses of the War. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 5

The "Ziet" calculates that the Servians had 31,000 killed and wounded; the Greeks, 18,000; the Bulgarians, 80,00; and Montenegro, 1600…

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Summons Cases. Defaulting Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

William Henry Docwra, Herbert G. Hawcroft, Edward Price and James Lambert, were charged that, as members of the citizens' forces, they had failed to…

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Torturing the Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 5

The total Greek loss was 2500, while the Bulgarians probably lost 6000. Several Greeks who had been captured on Sunday were found with…

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War Relief Fund. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 5

Mr. Grey Smith, a Rhodes scholar, and Dr. O'Leary, both of Melbourne have gone to the Balkans to represent the War Relief Fund…

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