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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 99

The Tsar and His Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 3

In a character sketch of the Tsar, a writer in the "times" says:—The Tsar to-day has outlived the accusation of insincerity, has outlived all his…

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Hidden Treasure. Found by a Soldier. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

A French Territorial, while digging a trench, dug up a jar which was found to contain securities for 100,000 francs (£400)…

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German Socialists. Support the War. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

The Socialists Conference at Berlin by 65 votes to 26 declared against Herr Lieute[?]t's anti-war attitude…

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Returning Soldiers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

Referring to the action of General Bridges in shipping home to Australia several members of the First Expeditionary Force whose conduct in Egypt…

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After the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 15

I believe we shall emerge from the war stronger than ever before, and the world will be the happier for the mad but futile efforts of the Kaiser to substitute a…

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The British Wounded. Dixty Per Cent. Recover London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 5

Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons, that 60 per cent. of the men in the Expeditionary, Force who had been wounded had…

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War and American Finance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 14

In the report which the Secretary of the Treasury has presented to Congress at Washington, there is given a vivid picture of the effects which the European…

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N.z. and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 7

I note that your Attorney-General, Mr. Hall, on his return to Sydney, stated that there was more enthusiasm in connection with the war here than there is…

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Germans Who Deplore the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 9

The German Humanity League are not the only Germans who, denounce the Kaiser and his military conspirators and long for peace…

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War with a Clear Conscience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 15

Can we lay in this war that our Christian conscience is clear? That is a difficult question. To be frank, I do not think much of the Christianity of any man to…

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Housewives and War. German Professors' Advice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 16

The professors of economics at the University of Berlin have according to the "Glasgow Herald," issued an appeal to the German nation to frustrate the British…

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The Rules of War. Germany's Violations London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 5

Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, speaking in the House of Commons, said that the Government was considering the necessity of adopting more stringent…

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The War. German Defeats. British Success. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—There has been a violent bombardment against [?]euport. Out artillery responded with good effect…

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News of the War. Despatches to Be Published. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 5

Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated yesterday in the House of Commons that the Government had arranged for the publication twice a week of the…

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Deadly French War. a Night Attack. (London "Daily Telegraph.") in Belgium, Saturday, December 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

Once more the curtain has been raised for what exports believe to be the beginning of another gigantic struggle in Flanders, and what is hoped will be the…

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The German Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 15

The German soldiers as a rule are highly educated. They have marvellous physical vitality and power of endurance; they are highly organised, and they…

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Soldiers' Wives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 15

Though it may be true that we have among our soldiers' wives, just as there are among wives of other people, a few Women who do not know how to spend…

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London News. London, December 24. Christmas Week.—the Soldier's Christmas.—the Navy and the Raid.—public Opinion and the Raid. Christmas Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

London has assumed this week a more cheerful and more Christmastide attitude. The shops are crowded, although purchasing is not in the same lavish scale…

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The Soldiers' Christmas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

All our men at the front are rejoicing at the completeness of the provision for their comfort at Christmas and New Year. The army authorities have supplied them…

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The War. Artillery Fight. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 5

The following communiques have been issue: The Germans are violently bombarding in the sea to the River Lys…

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