Canadian Soldiers. Large Force Training. Ottawa
Colonel Hughes Canadaian Minister for Defence, announces that the militia authorities propose to train one million Canadians to shoot straight at 1000 yards'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
860 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 43
Soldiers' Widows. Emigration to Australia. London
At Buckingham Palace to-day Queen Mary gave an audience to Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia; Sir Timothy Coghlan, Agent-General for Now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Wounded. No Field Hospitals. London
The Germans have no field hospitals, merely a large number of doctors, who do dressings and perform operations in any available buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Poet
First, and as a warning, this is not an autobiography! As if the fighting in Europe was not bad enough to satisfy the most morbid cravings of jaundiced desire,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dead and Wounded. Succour From Paris. Paris
It is reported that forty Red Cross automobiles have left Lille for different places in the neighbourhood of recent battles, where the dead and wounded are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. British Gallantry. a French Tribute. Germans Occupy Amiens. London
The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" says a French officer stated that the British Expeditionary Force is still intact…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Stories. German Horses Shot. Squadron of Lancers Caught. London
Among further stories from wounded" soldiers is one from a Fusilier, who said: "The Germans did not give us much time to think. We had no time either, as we…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Soldiers. How They Escaped. London
A number of British soldiers have reached Folkestone, who were cut off from their regiments at Mons. They wandered through the German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matters in Britain. King and Queen Visit Wounded Soldiers. London
The King and Queen received an ovation yesterday on visiting 300 wounded soldiers in the London Hospital. The Dockers' Union have issued a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Callousness. Kill Wounded Comrades. London
Stories of German brutalities are accumulating from all quarters. In Have the British Army Medicals declare that when German soldier is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France and the War
In a magazine article published a couple of month before the present war started, the following appeared in reference to military matters in France:—"The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Rates Unchanged. Sydney
The Sydney Marine Underwriters received the following cable message this afternoon fromk London:—"War rates unchanged. Lloyd's agent Capetown cables…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, September 3. the War
Of course here as elsewhere, the European Armageddon continue to be the Chief topic of discussion. It is still too big for most people to realise. The calm…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Suez Canal. in Time of War
The decision of the British Government to transfer troops from India to take part in the war in Europe caused attention to he directed to the position…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Taxation. to Relieve War Distress. Washington
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the President of the United States, proposes to ask for a joint session of Congress, to pass a war taxation measure to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Worst of the War. Nerve-racking Noise. London
A sergeant-major in a letter from the [?] says: "The worst about this war [?] the fear of losing one's life, but [?] nerve-raking noise of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, August 28. False War News
We have been troubled by many rumours of disasters, not only to the British troops, but to the first expeditionary force that left a fortnight ago for an unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Edition. the War. German News Method. Bribing Newspapers. London
A White Paper has been issued, which describes the German Government's recent active support of secret organisation for the distribution of news in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Truce in Ireland. Volunteers to Enlist. London
The Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast has passed a resolution deprecating any attempt to interfere with the Home Rule truce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Book on Soldiers
Everyone, and particularly every boy, is curious at the present time concerning the armies of Great Britain and the colonies and of continental colonies…
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