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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The War. Allies Gain Ground. Dixmude Recaptured After Severe Fighting. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 5

A communique issued at midnight states.—We had a good day, from the sea to the north of Lille. We repulsed German attacks north of Zonnabeke, and south of…

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Second Edition. the War. the Recent Naval Battle. Off Chilian Coast. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 6

The German official version of the battle off the Chillian coast says that the Nurnberg fired at a range of 10,400 metres and silenced the British…

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Lord Roberts. Veteran Soldier Dies. on a Visit to France. to Meet His Indian Troops. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 4

Field Marshal Lord Roberts died yesterday in France from a chill. Lord Kitchener last evening received the following telegram from General [?]…

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German Contrast. Dirt and Illtreatment. Sufferings of Soldiers. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 5

The "Telegrant" quotes Professor Czerny's article in the "Dentache Medicinshe Wochanschrift." showing the horrors of transporting the German…

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The War. the Western Battle. Heavy German Losses. Train Loads of Wounded. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 5

A communique issued at midnight says: The most noteworthy incident of the day was the throwing back of the enemy on the right bank of the Year Canal. The…

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War and Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 6

Writing in the "Contemporary" on "War Credit, Business," Mr. Theodore Cocke Taylor, M.P., head of a big Wollen, manufacturing firm, and an advocate of…

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Second Edition. the War. German Preparations. Blown Up by Belgians Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 6

Belgian engineers have blown up a German-owned villa commanding a position at Coxyde, between Nieuport and Dunkirk, with concrete foundations…

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Soldiers and Taxation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 4

Senator Pearce the Minister for Defence, has announced that members of the Expeditionary Forces who are liable to pay a land tax will…

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Lord Roberts' Death. a Fit Ending to a Great Soldier's Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 5

Lord Roberts woe making, a brief visit to the Indian troops, of whom he was Colonel-in-Chief, when he contracted a chill on Thursday, and succumbed to…

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"God's Test by War."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 8

Under the above title an article by Mr. Harold F. Wyatt appeared in the "Nineteenth Century and After for April, 1911, So aptly does it fit the circumstances of…

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"War Will Be Impossible."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 8

It is now predicted that the Hertzian waves will put an end to war. Recent discoveries, which enable the operator to have greater control over the waves,…

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A Victim of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 7

One of the victims of the fighting at Luneville on September 3 was Dr. Frank Ludwig, who was one of the leaders of the Southern German Revisionists…

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Flying to War. British Airmen's Feats

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 8

During the first week of the war, writes Mr. C. C. Grey, editor of the "Aeroplane," in an English newspaper, the French army had 350 military…

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A War Disaster. Hospital Train Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 3

One of the most dreadful chapters of the war was a disaster to a hospital train of French wounded, which, returning from the front after the battle of the…

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War at Sea. Prospects Against Germany. American Admiral's View

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 7

In an article in "The Academy," of September 12, Rer-admiral A. T. Mahan, of the United States Navy (retired), discusses the prospects at sea of the…

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Second Edition. the War. a Daring Deed. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 6

During the fighting southward of Ypres on the, 11th, 80 British infantry became isolated, and were unable to rejoin the main body. They refuged for the night…

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The War. British Valour. Described by the French a Terrible Contest. Prussian Guards Routed. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 5

The latest communique states that the situation is unchanged. French papers describe the British attack on the Prussian Guards at…

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Behaviour of Some Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 4

It is apparent, from the unaffected and easy-going character of many of the young members of the defence forces now in encampment in the Newcastle district…

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In Africa. De Wet Wounded. Brave Man's Escape. Pretoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 5

General de Wet has been wounded in the neck. He is alleged to be losing his influence with his followers, and the rebel…

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The War. Allies Progressing. Violent Bombardment. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 5

A communique issued at midnight states:—'"The enemy renewed the attacks eastward and southward of Ypres without modifying the situation. During the last…

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