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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 99

Tragedy in India. Soldiers Run Amok. London

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

The India Office reports a tragedy in an Indian cavalry regiment stationed at Jhansi. Two Mahommedan soldiers ran amok,…

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Soldiers' Letters. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 6

Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, states, in view of complaints which have reached the department as to the non-delivery of litters to and from…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Little Grumble Now and Then.—australia Day and Our Nabobs.—every Man to His Game.—the Case of the Children.—bad Lots Who "Want" to Be Soldiers.—the Bogus Hero and Sympathy. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 4

The public are waking up! Thus one of the wise men of the House of Representatives. While it is certain enough that they know more than they did six…

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Australian Wounded: Cathedral Organ Recital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 4

In addition to the excellent musical programme for to-night's recital of French music at the Cathedral, the Bishop of Newcastle will deliver in address on…

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Letters to the Editor. Australian Wounded Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 3

Sir.—I notice in your issue of the 2nd instant another letter from the pen of "inquirer" [?]re the above fund. I wish it to be understood that there is no…

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The War. Heavy Fighting. on the Western Front. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 5

The latest communique is as follows:— The Germans, in close formation, on Saturday night attacked our positions on the sunken road from Angres to Ablain, but…

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Soldiers' Orphans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 4

Before it is over tills terrible war will make many hundreds of Australian women widows and many hundreds of children orphans. These are…

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Science and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 3

It is a merciful thing for humanity that however rapidly weapons of war grow in destructiveness,, the arts of healing more than keep pace with them; with…

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Truth About the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 3

It is interesting to examine the state of stul[?]fication at which war has arrived. Let us make a brief resume of the engrossing and more or less veracious serial…

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The War Loan London

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

Guinness and Company have subscribed five millions to the war loan…

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Italy at War. the Opening Scenes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 6

A message from the Italian front in Eastern Friuli, dated May 27, described the opening scene of Italy's invasion of Austria. The first command for the…

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War by Gas. "Men Drop Like Flies."

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

A British officer writing to his father in Edinburgh a few days ago, gives some striking details of the tremendous nature of the German effort on the British…

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Liberal Conference. Resolutions Regarding the War Sydney

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

The seventh annual conference of the Liberal Association of New South Wales was opened In the Manchester Unity Hall, 162 Castlereagh-street, this…

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End of the War. the Kaiser's View. Amsterdam

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

A message from Berlin states that the German Emperor addressing the troops in Berlin last week swore that there would be winter campaign, arid that the war…

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The War. Fighting Continues on the West Front. Paris

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

The following communique was issued yesterday:— After a violent bombardment, the Germans made two night attacks, one against…

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Letters to the Editor. a Soldier's Request

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 3

Sir,—Between four and five years ago I had the misfortune to get a loan on a pair of field glasses that had been presented to me on leaving for the South…

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Lawyer, Politician, Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 6

Mr. J. Douglas Young, who has been granted a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery, was one of the finest athletes at Cambridge. He was…

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General Von Sanders Wounded. Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 5

General Liman von Sanders, the commander of the Turkish troops has been wounded…

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German Savagery. Wounded Men Burned. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 5

The "Novoe Vremya'" carefully investigated the case of the Germans in Gallcia burning alive Russian wounded, together with doctors…

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The War. Germans Repulsed with Heavy Losses. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—The British repulsed several counter-attacks south-west of Pilken, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy…

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