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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 99
The "Route March next Saturday is going to be a thing to remember. Everyone is looking forward to it, and hoping for fine weather. While the "next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is now stated that Viscount Crichton, oldest son of the Earl of Erne, who was reported in November as being a prisoner in Germany, was killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senator GIVENS, the President of the Senate took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Senator LONG (Tas.) asked if the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Office announces that violent and continual counter attacks by the enemy on Hill No. 60, at Zillebeke, near Ypres, recently captured by the British,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. M'DONALD, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. Mr. ANSTEY (Vic.) moved that it be an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lieutenant-colonel Charles Campbell, of the 16th Lancers, who has been wounded for the second time since landing in France, is a fine pole player and a good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Harold Ashton writes to the "London Daily News" from Northern France:— This war is not wholly a war of murder and maiming. Humanity, gentleness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is no exaggeration to say that our great popular national sport of fox-hunting saved our country when the war began. In the first levy of horses the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →One of the lesser evils of war is that it tends to distort the language into a semi-technical jargon, and to reiterate phrases which once were picturesque and effective,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The first batch of crippled British soldiers released from Germany on account of their being unfitted for further service have reached England. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Dogs of war" is a phrase which once meant a thing as real as the warhorse. Dogs have played their part in battles and campaigns, and in the old wars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recently an advertisement appeared in the "Times" from a man who desired to find in England a lonely retreat whore echoes of the war did not reach, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Will they all come back, our ain dear men? Will they all come buck, our Hiclan' men.—Old Scotch Song…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Press Bureau has issued the story of the capture of the Bois d'Ailly, which was strongly fortified. The enemy employed large forces of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The increase in the cost of living still continues one of the burning topics of the hour. When dealing with it one find it difficult to avoid exaggeration or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Count Gleichen, who has been recommended for distinguished services, already has K.C.V.O. C.B., C.M.G., and D.S.O. after his name. His military…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian interest in the operations against Turkey is necessarily materially increased by the belief that at least a portion of the military…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A communique issued on Saturday stated:—The Anglo-French troops have made progress between Steenstracte and Ypres on the Poet Capelle-road. We…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The newspapers draw attention to the contribution from Sydney to the cre[?] for soldiers' children of which Madame Viviani is the supervisor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Roulers correspondent of the "Telegraaf" states that the fighting near Poelcapelle and Langemarck was the most severe and Langemarck was the most…
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