Pay of Soldiers. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the Premier, replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly to-day, said the State proposed to pay its employees who were on military service…
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 20 of 43
The Ruined Cathedral. Women Pray Under Fire. German Wounded Killed. London
An eye-witness of the bombardment of Rheims, says that the shells killed three-fourths o0, the German wounded. Notwithstanding the entry of the shells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Salvation Army's Attitude. a War of Honour
In the course of a lengthy address at a big demonstration at the Salvation Army Citadel. Newcastle, last night, Commissioner Hay, head of the organisation in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia V. Germany. the Eastern Theatre of War
Some interesting information about the country on both sides of the Russo-German frontier was recently contributed to the "Fortnightly. Review" by Mr. Ellis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sword and Bayonet. in Ancient and Modern War
The history of the sword is the story of the races, and the sword, the favourite weapon of man in the b[?]ze age, has out-lived changes in the idea's and fashions of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Second Edition. the War. the Naval Disaster. Survivors Landed. Amsterdam
A Dutch steamer has landed eighteen wounded and five dead from the sunken British cruiser, She' had originally 114 survivors, but transferred the others to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Wounded. Amsterdam
A telegram from Maestricht, states that fifty thousand German wounded passed through Liege during the last few days en route for Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Premeditated. German Preparations. London
It now transpires that the steamer Badem, which was acting as a tender to the German cruiser Dresden, which the Holmwood was sunk, cleared from Cardiff with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Fight. Germans Lose Heavily. Defeat Soon Expected. Many Wounded Abandoned. London
Reuter's correspondent in Paris, telegraphing on Wednesday, reports that wounded men from the battlefield state that the Germans have lost enormously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. the Naval Disaster. How the Boats Sank. the Crews Coolness. London
When the first British cruiser met with disaster, her sister cruisers, which were a mile off, heard the explosion and thought the Aboukir had struck a mine. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Welcome Home
The roadside airs are sweet that breathe of home. When from their hedge-row nooks the merry flowers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australia and the War
Australia is on the eve of realising the personal sorrows which must inevitably attend a great campaign. She has already suffered losses in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Futility of War
Lord Eisher: "Under modern conditions of industry and finance civilised nations have interests so Intimately bound together that the violent disruption of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's War Correspondent Sydney
After exhaustive consideration of the claims of many applicants, the executive of the Australian Journalists' Association has unanimously selected Mr. C. E. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser and Czar. Letters on Eve of War
A White Book, published in Berlin, and quoted by Reuter, gives the text of the last letters passing between the Czar and the Kaiser before the declaration of war…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Second Edition. the War. Mr. Churchill Interviewed Well Satisfied with Events. London
The Press Bureau published Mr. Churchill's interview with a representative of the "Glornald Italia." "Mr. Churchill said he always regarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight on the Oise. Allies' Left Advances. Great Fortress War. Progress Necessarily Slow. Paris
A Communique has been issued, stating that the Allies' left on the right bank of the Olse has progressed about 18 kilo-metres into the Lassigny district, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Hospital Trains. to Remove the Wounded. Paris
The British have organised two special trains for the conveyance of the wounded from the front to the base hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Aspect of the War
The brief and matter-of-fact statement by the Admiralty of the recent disaster in the North Sea puts forth a view which has no doubt struck many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Fighting. Hand-to-hand Combats. Many Killed and Wounded. an Artillery Duel. London
The "Dally News" says that Germans last week-end left trenches and occupied a village is order to shelter from a severe storm…
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