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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 99

The War. Fall of Warsaw. Bavarian Troops Enter. After Terrible Losses. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 5

Warsaw has been evacuated by the Russians. Advices received in Amsterdam from Berlin state that it was reported that…

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Enlistment in Britain. Cause of Registration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 13

"Conscription is [?]vitable in England unless conditions radically change within the next sixty days," wrote Mr. Ewan Justice, an American journalist, in the middle…

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The World at War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 6

The new motion pictures illustrating "The World at War" will be introduced at the Central Hall to-night. They, it is said, show every phase of the world…

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General War News. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 5

Sir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister of Canada, speaking at the Canada Club's luncheon, said that the enemy's victory at Warsaw was nothing compared with…

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The War. Furious Fighting. on Polish Territory. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 5

The latest official communique says:—The enemy is attacking the first line of the positions of the fortress on the left bank of the Nlemen, near Kovno. Our…

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Attitude of Greece. View of a Greek Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 5

Mr. James Kolyvas, a famous Greek wrestler, returned to Newcastle last week, after an absence of ten years in his native country. During the decade Mr…

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Returning Soldiers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 5

The wounded men returning by the Ballarat landed yesterday. It was strange to see on the Block a grim mingling of luxury and of war—at one moment the…

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Wounded Turks. No Hatred of Allies Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

An arrival from Smyrna reports that the wounded men are stated to regard Gallipoli as the "devil's own abode," for if they were lucky enough to escape the…

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General War News. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

A telegram from Capetown states that the recruiting week is expected to result in the enlistment of a full contingent. A previous difficulty was the scale of…

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Rumoured Holy War. Naples

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

The "Mattino" states that the Pope is inquiring into a report that the Bishops of Serajevo, Agram, and Zara, the capitals of the Southern Austrian Slav States…

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Amusements. the World at War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 6

A magnificent ten-reel him of the World at War screened at the Central Hall last night, held enthralled the interest of a crowded audience. It is composed of a…

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Letters to the Editor. Twelve Months' War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 3

Sir,—In that excellent calendar of principal dates in the great world-war now raging, appearing in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of Wednesday last, 4th…

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The War. Hard Fighting Continues in Poland. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

The latest communique states:—In the direction of Riga, in Courtland, on the Battle, we dislodged the enemy from the region between the Dwina and the lower course…

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A Novocastrian on Tour. Italy in London in War Time. a Patriotic Demonstration. London, Monday, 21st June

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 6

Gathering in the neighbourhood of Cleopatra's Needle, on the Embankment, yesterday's patriotic procession to celebrate the first Italian success in the…

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Soldiers As Haymakers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 5

The Board of Agriculture has promptly come to the assistance of farmers who find themselves inconvenienced by a shortage of labour for the hay harvest…

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Agriculture After War

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

The General and Executive Committees appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain to develop the scheme for restoring the areas in the…

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A People's War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 4

A distant writer gets the "hang" of this unconsciously. In a very able paper he discusses the war from its democratic standpoint. He says it is the first time…

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Germany's War Plans. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 5

One of the last discoveries of General Botha's troops in German South-wont Africa was 27,000 rifles packed in cases, also eases containing parts of a large…

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General War Cables. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 5

The "Financial News" congratulates Mr Hughes, Federal Attorney-General, and the Commonwealth upon the decision on the metal question. The opening…

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The End of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

One does not so often nowadays hear the question asked: When do you think the war will end? It seems, however, that at least one person is able to supply the…

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