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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 99
It was a splendid record of naval achievement which Mr. Churchill was able to lay before the House of Commons on Monday, and one which reflects great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In wartime and at sea—not on a ship of the Silent Navy, which comes and goes unheralded and unnoticed, for that is the way of Admiralty, not in the frost-bitten…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An official communique issued at midnight states:—Our artillery destroyed several caves used as shelters at Pasley, in the Aisne Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German's timely reinforcements, consisting of ten army corps, have thus far saved the Uzok Pass from tailing into the Russian's hands, but the latter almost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifteen Austrian soldiers penetrated the Trentine through one of the passes. The customs officials exchanged shots with them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The well-known naval writer, Mr. F. T. Jane, holds that it was over the armed liners that Germany's plans came to grief. About a year before the war,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest communique states:—Our artillery stopped an attack on the trenches at Bordes St. Mattre, in the Aisne Valley. A subsequent bayonet charge inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Football Association has decided that if the war lasts no serious matches will be played next season., It is estimated that this will mean a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Major William Francis George Wyndham, M.V.O., King's Royal Rifle Corps, who has been wounded, is a son of Sir Hugh Wyndham, K.C.M.G., C.B., the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An expert writes in the "Daily Mail":— "What are the explosives of which so much is heard in nearly every report from the front?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The sight of a battlefield after the fight is enough to inspire princes with a love of peace and a horror of war. It is better to have an open enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It has recently been stated in the French press that a French prisoner of war in Germany obtained his release on promising to return to France to act as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Full reports of Mr. Asquith's speech last month throw some interesting light on war expenditure and the confidence of the Imperial Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latent communique states:—Our attacks on both sides of the river Fecht, in Alsace, forced the enemy to precipitately evacuate Esclbruke, above…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Ronaidshay, the latest member of Parliament to join the Army, is Lord Zotland's son and heir. He is a keen sportsman and traveller, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A diary found on a dead German records the everyday experiences of a German soldier, from Christmas Eve, when he left his home at Mulheim,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"There is no foundation for the rumours and insinuations that gift articles are being improperly sold in the canteens or that regiments tare not getting what…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The "Telegraph" states that British warships bombarded the German forces at Middelkerke and Ostend. The inundations in the Yser region are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A bill to amend the War Precautions Act was read a first time, on the motion of Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, it the Senate to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Field-marshal Sir John French, commanding the British Expeditionary Force on the Continent, has issued the following bulletin:—…
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