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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 99

An Engineers' War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 14

This is an engineers' war, and it will be won or lost owing to the efforts or shortcomings of engineers…

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War and Character

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 14

The war came upon us suddenly. What its ultimate effect may be on national character we cannot tell; but for the prosent it has brought forth a widespread…

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The War. the Ypres Fight. British Rally. Regain Lost Ground. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 5

"Eye-witness" with the British Forees states that before the battle of Ypres the British line ean from the cross roads at Broodseinde, cast of Zonnehcke, to the…

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Music for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 14

We want small bands to play good, rousing noisy marches in the streets. I don't want your classical music. I am sick to death of It. The soldiers and…

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Soldiers' Equipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 2

Recently, when the wet and cold warther set in suddenly, there was a great outery that the soldier boys now at Broadmeadows, or at least a great many…

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Deaths of Soldiers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 5

The defence authorities have received news of the deaths of the following members of the Expeditionary Force:— West Australia.—No. 805, Private James…

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Australians in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 4

Australia is at last taking part in real earnest in the war, and, although details are painfully slow in filtering through, her troops have acquitted…

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Turkish War Loan. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 5

A message from Berlin states that Djavid Bey has arranged for a Turkish war loan of £50,000,000…

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The War. in the Dardanelles. Storming the Forts. Success of the Allies. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 5

It is officially stated that the disemberkstion began sunrise on Sunday, April 25th. The British troops effected a landing…

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Slightly Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 5

Mr. G. Smith, of the N'S.C., Hunter-street West, Newcastle, received a cable message from his son, First-Lieutenant F. G. Smith, yesterday, sent from…

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Sulphide Staff War Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 5

In October last a fund was opened among the members of the staff at the Cockle Creek smelting works, numbering about sixty, and the accounts for the first…

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The War. Battle of Ypres. the Allies Advance. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 5

"Eye-witness" with the British forces on the continent states that when the French soldiers were retiring before the clouds of gas, the British position was…

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Slightly Wounded

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

Mr. J. A. Cadell, manager of the London Bank of Australia, Newcastle, has received a cable message from his soz. Lieutenant T. L. Cadell, of the Third…

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Wounded Scot's Experience Treatment by Germans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 6

Lying wounded on the floor of a cattle shed for two days, without either food or covering, was the terrible experience that fell to the lot of of James M. Bir[?]…

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Italy's War Fever. Religious Omens. Rome

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

Feverish interest is exhibited in the great national demonstration in Genoa on Wednesday, when the King is expected to unvell a monument, to the Garibaldian…

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Protestants and the War. Germany Denounced. Sydney

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

Bro. F. Reed, the grand master of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society, in addressing the delegates to the Grand Council this, morning at the Oxford Hall,…

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Presbyterian Assembly. References to the War. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 6

References to the war, its cause and effect, bulked largely in the addresses delivered by the retiring and new moderators at the fiftieth Presbyterian…

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Kaiser Plotted War. Seven-year-old Speech. Invasion Propresied

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

The Kaiser may say that he did not want war. Here is pr[?] from his [?] in 1908 that he did. One of the most remarkable features of…

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America and the War. President Wilson's Policy. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 6

Sir Douglas Mawson, who arrived in Sydney to-day by the Sonoma from San Francisco, while defending the attitude of the American people on the subject…

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The War. German Attacks Foiled by the Allies. Paris

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

The latest communique states.—There were two German night attacks on Sunday and Monday, both of which were repulsed. One was against the British north of…

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