In Antwerp When War Came Sergeant Olsen's Experiences
Sergeant Olsen, of the Newcastle Water Police, who has just returned home, after a five mornths' tour in Europe, gives an interesting account of the experiences…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
860 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 43
Second Edition. the War. Russian Successes. Occupy Part of Przemysl. Rome
A message from Vienna, states that the Russians occupied the greater part of the town of Przemysl, frocing the Austrians to seek shelter in the eastern forts,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Dejected. French Soldiers Confident. Paris
M. Doumergue, the French Minister for the Colonies, has returned from a visit to the battlefields in the north. He says that come of the wounded he saw were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carpentier Not Wounded. Paris
It is denied that Carpenter, the boxer, has been wounded. He is attached as a mechanic to the aviation camp, and has never gone to the front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Risks and Rates. Sydney
At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, it was made evident that the mercantile community of Sydney strongly resents the publication by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoners of War. Communication with Families. Geneva
The International Red 'Cross Committee has founded an agency to enable prisoners of war to communicate with their families and receive replies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Complaint
Sir.—One of the worst growing forms of nuisances that could possibly intrude itself to the notice of the soldier is the hotel bar, "military enthusiast." Rarely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The British Soldier. French Officer's View. Highly Complimentary. Paris
"Le Figaro" records the impressions of a French officer regarding the British Tommies. "The way they accommodate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"A Three Years' War."
Lord Kitchener is reported to have said that this will be a three year' war. Either he overrated the Germans, or he knows more of possible developments than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Horse in War
History over repeats itself; and though prophets for a decade have dreamt of great wars of this century as wars of the air, they have not been wholly correct…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Japanese War Game
It is a commonplace that games reflect the temperament of the nations or races by which they are played; and If athletic games, or sports, generally show a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The German War Machine
The German war machine seems to be breaking down, most fortunately for the world, particularly for us. If it had worked to German expectations, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Legislative Assembly. War Questions. Sydney
Mr. R. D. MEAGHER, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. MERCER asked the Premier if it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Correspondent. Soon Be Obsolete
If a war correspondent is not dead he must be described as moribund. His case is not one of inanition; he is its anxious as over to live, But he has been,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Germans and War. Will They Persist?
How long will the war last? Th[?] question which, beyond all others, is [?] debated at the present time. The an[?] to it must depend on the last resort [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expense of the War. Opinions of Experts. Paris
"Le Figaro" publishes an article, sumning up the opinions of leading German experts. These estimated the expenditure for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany Sought War. Syndicalists' Appeal. Unheeded by Germans. Paris
M. Jouhaux, the general secretary to the French Labour Confederation, narrates an interview he had with Herr Legieu, the secretary to the German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. Fighting in Belgium. Almost Continous. Germans Embarrassed. Melbourne
The following cable message has been received from the High Commissioner dated Tuesday, 12.45 a.m.:— Reliable: Fighting in Belgium is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany's Plans. Before the War. Wholly Defeated. London
"The Times" publishes an article written by a well-known publicist of a neutral country, who was in Germany when the war broke out, and since with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Funds. for the War Contingent. Ada Crossley's Concert. London
The Australian War Contingent Association Fund amounts to £7125. A special committee has been appointed to canvass to further the funds, and it…
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