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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 99

Comforts for the Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

As previously stated, the committee of the War Chest Fund is appealing for funds to enable them to promptly send further sums of money to Egypt in reply…

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Archduke Francis. Reported Wounded. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

German officers state that a, bomb exploded prematurely during a recent battle in the Carpathians, severely wounding the Austrian heir in the right leg…

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German Cruelty. Kill Russian Wounded. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

It is officially announced that Prince Kurakine, a special Red Cross envoy to the front, telegraphs that German cavalry, after their artillery had…

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The War's Development

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 4

Events in Europe are rapidly shaping themselves into what may be termed the third stage in the war. The first was the fighting at the initiation…

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In the Dardanelles. Australians' Heroism. Unique in War's History. Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

Messages received from a special correspondent state that details of the battle of Gallipoli are stupefying. The Australians' heroism is described as…

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The War. German Defeats. Allies' Great Gains. Brilliant Successes. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—The British, whose progress at Richsbourg continues, inflicted great losses on Germans…

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Second Edition. the War. the La Bassee Fight. the Black Watch. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 6

The Black Watch led the latest success northward of La Bassee. They were compelled to cut barbed-wire entanglements under a terrible enfilading machine gun…

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Comforts for the Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

The committee of the War Chest Fund is appealing for funds to enable them to promptly send further sums of money to Egypt in reply to Colonel Ryrte's cable…

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Wounded Australians. Kindly Treatment. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

Four hundred wounded Australian soldiers have arrived in England, and are in the military hospitals. A number of light cases are already…

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General Bridges. Seriously Wounded. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

Sir Roneld Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, has received the following cable message from Sir Ian Hamliton:— "Deeply regret to announce that…

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Portuguese Revolt. New Premier Wounded. Madrid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 4

Two hundred were killed, and 500 wounded, mastly Republican Guards, in the revolutionary fighting. Senhor Chagas has been appointed…

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Stream of Wounded. Practically Incessant. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

Bages telegrams to neutral countries repot heavy fighting in the Ypres district and that the stream of German soufied is practically incessant…

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British Doctor. War Prisoner in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 6

Dr. L. J. Austin, one of the English doctors exchanged with the first batch of burgeon-prisoners reieased by the Germans, has written in "My Experiences as…

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Devastation of War. Villages Wiped Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 11

The story of the village of Neuve Chapelle, which forms part of the British sattle front in Northern France, is a story of destruction which has overtaken…

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The War. Allies' Successes. Germans Retiring. Many Killed and Captured. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—The [?]emy, threatened with complete onve[?]pment by our recent successful attacks, [?] evacuated all positions westward of…

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British Soldiers. Escape From Germany. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

Six British soldiers, who wore cut off in the retreat from Mons, have reached Holland, after nine months of hairbreadth escapes, dodging the Germans…

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Crucified Soldiers. the Canadians' Revenge. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

An officer of the Leicestershires writes: —"The Canadians were forced to abandon a wood which they had been holding, and a wounded man managed to drug himself…

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Comforts for the Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 5

The committee of the War Chest Fund is appealing for funds to enable them to promptly send further sums of money to Egypt in reply to Colonel Ryrie's cable…

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Wounded at Malta. Great Enthusiasm Malta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 5

Unprecedented enthusiasm marked the arrival of the Australian and New Zealand wounded. The majority of the men were lightly…

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Matters in Sydney. Helping Our Wounded. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 5

According to Colonel Holmes, German New Guinea is not a British possession, as many people suppose. Colonel Holmes, who was formerly Administrator of…

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