Commonwealth War Loan
The work of receiving applications for the Commonwealth War Loan is now in full swing, and the prospectus and application forms are available at any one…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 99
The War Anniversary. London
The Central Patriotic Committee places the chief value of the celebrations on Wednesday next of the anniversary of the declaration of war upon messages of good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General War Cables. London
Second-Heutenant Brian Simpson, of the Royal Horse Artillery, a grandson of a former Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has died of his wounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. a Great Event.—the Federal Income Tax.—loans and Interest Rates.—the Liverpool Camp.—business Firms and Patriotism.—the Time to Enlist.—a Local War Medal. Sydney
Said the Frenchman of the Light Brigade: "Magnificent, but not war." Say all of us of Australia Day: "War, and magnificent." But it was war's better…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Warsaw Given Up. But Russia Unbeaten. Petrograd
The latest official communique reports: Barren enemy attacks have been made at Buisk, between the Dwina and the Nicmen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser's Manifesto. He Did Not Wish the War. Amsterdam
Advices from Berlin states that the kaiser has issued the following manifesto to the German people:— "A year has clapsed since I was obliged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. the Russian Troops. the Ozar's Order. Petrograd
The Czar has issued an order to the army and navy which says: "Despite their efforts, which have covered the flag with fresh glory, the enemy is not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returning Soldiers. Perth
The hospital ship Ballara[?] arrived at Albany on Friday evening, and 42 West Australian sick and wounded men were disembarked. They were brought by easy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. the War and Immigration to Australia
Sir,—Two facts connected with the much discussed but all too little, practised question of immigration are generally overlooked. Firstly, that God does not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Russia's Withdrawal to Be Temporary. Desperate Fighting. Petrograd
The latest communique states:—We [?]ought a desperate engagement with the Germans on Friday and Saturday on the River [?]., below Hauck. After many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lieutenant-colonel Wounded
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Henry Tudor, Royal Field Artillery, who has been wounded in action in France, is the only surviving son of the late Rev. Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Atrocities. Wounded Men Killed. Paris
A further official report has been issued of German atrocities. It details numerous cases of French civilians having been used as screens for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What the War Has Proved
To prevent future ware that eminent sociologist, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, thinks that Europe must have a "comprehensive union or federation competent to procure…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General War News. London
The British army is experimenting with 500 steel helmets for use in the trenches. A British steam lorry skidded into a detachment of British soldiers at Rouen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joffre's Understudy. War College Professor
It is a truism that war makes and unmakes reputations, writes Gharies Dawbarn, author of "Makers of New France," in "T.P.'s Weekly." It is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →United States Navy. Unprepared for War
In view of the remtions between America and Germany, President Wilsen has called for a report on the state of the navy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saving the Gun. Glorious Incidents in War
In a certain battle during the American Civil War a Confederate commander stood up a hilltop, gloomily watching a Federal battery, which was doing immenge damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War. Warsaw Still Free. Furious Fighting. Petrograd
The latest communique says:—We have taken 500 prisoners and six machine guns east of Pontevesz. The enemy has progressed on the right…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Austrian Panic. Soldiers Demoralised. Milan
Italian artillery rapidly advanced and successfully commenced an attack on the second Austrian line extending from Rubbia to Pietra Rossa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returning Soldiers. Adelaide
The steamer Ballarat, with a large contingent of Australia disabled soldiers, arrived at the Semaphore shortly before dawn to-day, and anenored in the…
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