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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 99

Labour and the War. Differing Views. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 5

The Norwich Labour Conference yesterday day discussed the war. Prominent Labourites refrained from speaking Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P.,…

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The War. French Pressure. a Gradual Advance. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—We have captured three successive lines of trenches south-east of St. Mihiel. We have also gained a footing in the…

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Making a German Soldier. Bitter Letter From Recruit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 9

Germany is sweeping up her men and putting them through their [?]ces, we know, says the London "Evening News," but of the training of the new German…

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Britain in War. Sir John Madden's Impressions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

Some aspects of the war which have not been related by cable message, how the people of England have been affected by it, and how they are behaving under…

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Duration of the War. Views of Public Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 3

Mr. Hearst's newspaper in New York recently celebrated the sixth month of the war by the publication of estimates of the situation as it is and forecast of the…

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The War. German Losses. Many Officers Killed. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:–We are made appreciable progress eastward of Verdun. We occupied the village of…

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Our Sydney Letter. 20,000 Men and £5,000,000:—Our Growing Trade with America.—a Great Battle.—war on King Alcohol.—the Decline in Building.—the Sydney Bridge. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

The Premier's minute on the Norton Griffiths agreement is a very interesting, document. The question originally raised, "Why N.G.'s credit is better than the…

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Australasia and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

It would appear that New Zealand as well as Australia is troubled by the class of circle who continually complains that not enough assistance is…

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King and President. Letters on Eve of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

A letter which president Poincare of France addressed to King George on the eve of the outbreak of war, and the King's reply, which Sir Edward Grey promised…

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The War. Russia's Success. the Enemies Defeated. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

The intest communique states:—All the runn[?] of the principal chain of the Beskill Mountain, in the Carpathians, are in our hands…

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Germanised War News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 7

An association of newspapers and news agencies of the Allied Powers has been formed and was inaugurated at Paris recently at a gathering attended by M…

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Worse Than War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 16

Fearful, devilish, and calamitous as 0 great war must be, there would be something yet worse. To stand selfishly aside while vile wrong is being perpetrated…

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Breaking War Law

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

In "International Law," as set out in the "Field Service Pocket Rook" (British War Office), "it is forbidden (a) to employ poison or poisoned arms; (b) to kill…

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Turn of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

The announcement that Britain, Belgium, and France had taken up the offensive throughout the whole of the Yser region came from an unofficial…

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The War. German Losses. Severe Defeats. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:— Since Sunday we have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy between the Meuse and the Moselle, capturing strong post…

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The War and Science

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 6

Before the advent of the present European war scientific men throughout the world were congratulating themselves that united international activity was…

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The War. Allies' Progress. Two German Defeats. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 5

The latest official communique says:—Prisoners emphasiac the importance of the French success at Lee Eparges. The Germans brought up a division of…

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The War. Long Frontiers Occupied by the Allies. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—After an all-night struggle we captured three hundred metres of Henches in the Argoune, and also captured a now line…

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Pretexts for War Profits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

Of all the pretexts offered for war profits quite the worst to date, and that is saying a lot, is the stupid and baseless stuff talked and written about the…

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War Terms. Their Derivation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 3

There is a certain romantic interest in the consideration of the etymological history of war terms. In running over the current expressions, as…

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