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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Second Edition. the War. Sir John French. Reviews the Fighting. Up to the 7th September London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 6

It is officially announced that Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, reporting the proceedings of his force up to the 7th September, says that the…

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Kaiser's Son Wounded. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

It is officially announced in Berlin that the Kaiser's son, Joachim, who was serving log as an aide-de-camp in the firing line, has been wounded by a shrapnel bullet…

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The Casualty List. Officers Killed and Wounded. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

The Press Bureau's latest list of casualties comprises nine officers killed and 90 wounded…

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Relief for War Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 3

Sir,—Will you allow me once more to bring under the notice of your readers the destitution and suffering in England and Belgium through the war. In…

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Prizes of War. More British Captures. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

The German ship Orlando, with a cargo of nitrate, from Mexilian, has been captured, and brought to Falmouth. The German four-masted ship Goldbek,…

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Origin of the War. Urged by Germany. Entente Believed Unready. Rotterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

The "Nieuwe Rotereamsche Courant" publishes a piece of war history from a Berlin correspondent. The military party reckoned that it was…

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The British Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4

Quite a number of minor prophets have had to bury their heads. Also no few major ones have had to join them. Admiral Percy Scott has been proven…

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Hindering Enlistment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4

In considering the arrangements which have been made for the enrolment in this State of members of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary…

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The Killed and Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 5

Lieutenant Commander Charles B. E[?]well was lent by the Imperial Navy for duty under the Australian Government. He came to Australia as First…

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The War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 4

Australia has now commenced to fight the battles of the Empire. The capture of German New Guinea with the islands of the Bismarck…

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War Risks. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 6

Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, yesterday received the following cable message from Mr. Lewis Har[?]urt, Secretary of State for the…

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German War Loans. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 6

The newspaper "Messagero" publishes a telegram from Berlin stating that Fraulein Krupp has underwritten thirty million marks of the German war loan…

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Fears in Berlin. Immense Cost of War. the Unemployed Starving. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 5

A private letter received in England from Berlin states that the inhabitants of that city are beginning to recognise that there is a prospect of defeat…

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Second Edition. the War. Sir John French. Liked by His Men. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 6

A soldier's letter is quoted, saying, "There is no side about Sir Johan French. When he passes along he is just as ready with a smile for the ordinary Tommy as…

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A Girl Soldier. Participates in the Fights. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 6

A laundress wearing a Zouave's uniform, participated in the marching and fighting at Meaux. Despite her protests, the authorities…

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War Distress Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 3

Sir,—At a meeting of the Newcastle branch of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, yesterday, it was resolved (in…

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Germany's Obsession. Dream of War. Must Be Obliterated. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 5

The "New York World" says that Germany has for years been developing industries largely on borrowed capital, while her own resources have been…

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Help for the Wounded. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 5

The steamer Red Cross, with hospitals for the benefit of all the armies engaged in the war in Europe, has sailed for Falmouth…

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Grim Relics of War. Starving German Soldiers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 5

Reuter states that a thousand citizens visited the battlefield of the Marne on Sunday and gathered relics. Those were mostly German helmets and…

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The War Menace. Effect in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 9

The condition of business in the States was showing improvement from day to day, under the stimulus of abundant crops, when the war news from Europe…

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