War Telescopes
The Germans have adopted several devices to cope with problems not foreseen at the start of the war, such as armoured-car destroyers, quick-firing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1915
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 99
Prisoners of War
In both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday a discussion took place on the treatment of prisoners of war in Germany and Great Britain respectively. Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Matters in Sydney. Wounded on the Way. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, has been informed that the first drafts or wounded soldiers for Sydney are on their way to Australia. Beyond that no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War To-day
The cable messages from Europe this week have been of such a nature that many conflicting impressions have been excited in the minds of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. French Success. Advance Maintained. Paris
A communique states:— The fight northward of Arras was extremely intense. There were numerous desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snap Shots. an Acrostic. Why Is England at War?
WHY IS ENGLAND AT WAR? B ECAUSE E NGLAND L LOVES…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Find Diamonds. South-west African Campaign
Desert though it be, and unpleasant as the scorching sun and the constant duststorms undoubtedly are, the coast belt of German South-west Africa has interested…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →London News. Monetary Peril and Recruiting.—the Canadians.—prisoners of War.—mr. Balfour. London, April 30th, 1915. Monetary Peril and Recruiting
The shadow of war fell deep[?] you us during the week-end. The news form the front was enough to justify anxiety, and for a few hours it looked as though the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded Australians. Melbourne
The Minister for Defence stated yesterday that he had received a cable from Cairo to the effect that 11 officers and 29 wounded Australian men had left Suez…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Babies in War Time. London
A committee of which the Archbishop of York was chairman, investigated the alleged increase in the number of illegitimate children owing to the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Politics in War Time. Views of Mr. Cook. Melbourne
Mr. Cook, referring to Friday's proceedings in the House of Representatives, said the, Prime Minister had made the first application of the gag he assisted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. the Western Front. German Plans Fail. British Troops Success. Amsterdam
During the nine days when the Beigo-Dutch frontier was closed 400,000 German troops traversed Belgium, and of this number 300,000 were sent into the firing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Teeth. Melbourne
"There still appears to be some misapprehension on the subject of teeth in relation to recruiting," said Senator Pearce yesterday. "Colonel Featherston…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Care of the Wounded
There is good deal of confusion in the public mind concerning what must he done to properly care for the wounded soldiers who will return to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners of War. Obtaining Information. Melbourne
The Governor-General to-day received a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the effect that the Turkish Government had agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Heroic French. Fight for Arras. Vivid Account. Paris
The villages to the north of Arras have been reduced to a jumbled heap of bricks and mortar. Huge chasms, lined with sandbags,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Health of Soldiers. Sir John French's Despatch. Sydney
In a despatch, published in the "London Gazette," a copy of which has been forwarded to the State Governor, Sir John. French discloses the methods by which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia and the War
Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, has made it quite clear that the position as far as regards recruiting is not looked upon as satisfactory. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who Forced the War?
Even Herr Dernburg, Germany's special envoy in the United States, finds it impossible to keep consistently to the pretence that the war was forced on his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. War Millions. British Finance. Huge Figures. London
Mr. M'Kenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a financial statement in the House of Commons. He stated that there was a deficit of…
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