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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 99

Laws of War. Official German Views. "Frightfulness" in Theory

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

Under the title of "The German War Book," Professor J. H. Morgan has together with a critical introduction, provided a literal translation of the handbook on…

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Wounded and a Prisoner

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

The Hon. Gerald Ward, who is wounded and in the hands of the enemy, is the fifth son of the first Earl of Dudley, and married Lady Evelyn Crichton, daughter…

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Father Vaughan and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

Speaking at a New Year's reception and social gathering held in connection with the Church of SS. Mary and Michael, Commercial-road East, Father Bernard…

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German Army. Question of Numbers. the Wastage of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

"The times" military correspondence wrote on January 20th:— The writer's recent estimates of German numbers have produced such large…

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The War. Great Battle on the West Front. the Allies Victorious. Paris

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

The latest communique states: Niou[?] has been violently bombarded by 42 [?]timetre guns. The British, supported by our heavy…

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German Idea of War. Sydney

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

A handbook issued by the general staff of the German army has reached the Premier from the Agent-General. "A war conducted with energy," it…

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A War Which Draws Us Together

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

Out of the storm of battle a great now spirit of brotherhood has been born into the world, calling together the scattered and divided parts of it, uniting them in a…

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Matters in Sydney. America and the War. Sydney

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

Mr. Limberz, president of the American National Bank, at Leadville, Colorado, arrived in Sydney this morning by the Niagara. Discussing American finance, he…

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Second Edition. the War. a Great French Victory, in Alsace. Geneva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 6

The latest reports state that the French have scored a great victory near Soizing, in Rcichactkertopf, Hills, in Alsace…

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The War. Allies' Successes. Great Progress Made. Slaughter of Germans. Paris

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

It is officially reported that several weeks' operations in the Champagne district have been completely successful, compelling the Germans to employ four…

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Progress of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 4

A notoworthy feature of the present war, so far as Britain is concerned, is the silence of the public in regard to the progress of the war. Great…

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The War. Allies Victorious. German Defeats. Paris

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

A communique issued at midnight states:—We have consolidated our position everywhere. Previous communiques state:—The…

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War Cartoons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 7

Messrs. Wm. Brooks and Company Sydney, have reprinted in brochure form some thirty of the war cartoons of Mr. D. H. Souter, which have from time to…

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The War. French Heroism. Allies Great Successes Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states: We have established [?]eives firmly in the discuss of Champegne which we recently captured…

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Self Convicted. German Soldiers' Revelations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 2

A fruitful publication bearing on the question of atrocities and [?]eaches of the law of war committed by the German troops in France and Belgium reaches us…

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War and Worry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 3

"Among the classes suffering from the war there is one whose case has never been formally considered although its dimensions are not small," says the…

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War and American Politics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 6

There is apparently a danger that German-American intrigue may, at the present juncture, influence the Democratic Administration in the United States…

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Australian Ladies. War Clubs in England. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

A number of Australian and New Zealand ladies have formed a war club at Somers Town, in London, for the wives and dependents of soldiers and sailors…

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The War. Favourable Actions All Alung Allies' Lines. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

The latest communqiue states: The German who captured St. Elol have been given out, and the village retaken. There have been numerous favourable…

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German Soldiers. Shot From Behind. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

Two hundred Germans, in the midst an engagement at Hazelbrouck, offered as surrender. They were all shot down by German…

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