The War. British Capture. on the Lille Road. London
The "Daily Chronicle's" Calais correspondent states that the British on the 15th instant captured Frelinghein on the main road from Lille to Ypres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1915
1,979 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 99
Our Sydney Letter. the Stump Orator and the War.—beware of the Modern Prophet.—interpreting the Income Tax.—a Great Bank and Its "Half-year."—something Strange in Cablegrams.—colonel Holmes and New Guinea.—"pambula." Sydney
Objection has been taken to stump speakers attacking the flag. Everyone knows the kind of speech without reading it—"capitalists' war keep out of it; down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American Navy. Unprepared for War. Washington
Rear-Admiral Fletcher reports an alarming shortage of officers and men in the American fleet. He states that 10,000 are needed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Western Campaign. Enemy Held Back. Paris
The latest communique states: "The enemy gained a footing in the trenches north of Notre Damo de Lorette, but were expelled, as the result of a counter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Soldiers. Melbourne
Mr. Jensen, the Assistant Minister for Defence, stated to-day that names of Australian soldiers invalided home would be published, while any dismissed for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier M.p. Wounded
Lieutenant the Hon. Edward Algernon FitzRoy, M.P., 1st Life Guards., who has been wounded is the brother of Lord Southampton, and was born in 1869…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney's Wounded. Melbourne
The Navy Office has received information by cable message that all the wounder of H.M.A.S. Sydney are convalescent except Ordinary Seaman, Meldrum,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Loan
The rush to subscribe to the British war loan was the outstanding event of the time in London. It exceeded all expectations. A great increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →When the War Will End
Do you want to know when the war is going to end? I will tell you, not approximately, but exactly—you may put your money on it—the war is going to end…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Motor in War. Great Value Proved
The Allies and the Germans live on their motor car service. So says John Prisleau in "London Daily Mail." The chief point which strikes one about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London News. the War Budget.—mr. Asquith's Statement.—american Friendship.—post Office Railway. London, November 28th. the War Budget
Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented to the House of Commons on Tuesday his great War Budget—the Budget that is to provide the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. German Offensive Held to Be Broken. Paris
An official summary of the present situation since the battle of Ypres states that it resulted in the complete stop of the great German offensive operations,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of a Soldier. Sydney
Private H. P. N. Hall, E Company, one of the expeditionary force which returned from Rabaul on Saturday last, died in the Garrison Hospital at Victoria Barracks,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Restaurant. "Eat As Much As You Like."
Two friends of mine have just had a taste of what the soldiers suffer. They had marched many miles, one with a chafing boot. They had seen the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Progress of the War
The official announcement made by the French military authorities that the German offensive is broken and that their defensive will be broken in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Planned. Viennebe Admission. Rome
A correspondent in Venice states that the Viennese newspapers for the first time frankly acknowledge that the present war was planned between the Kaiser and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Opinion. Murder, Not War. Rome
The journal "II-Secolo" states that the action of Germany in raiding the peaceful fields of Norfolk was not war but murder. It will make Germany's position all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Strenuous Fighting. Allies Keep Moving. Paris
The latest communique reports that there has been fighting all day at Fontaine Madame, in the Argonne, near St. Hubert, and at Hartmanns Weilerkopf, in Alsace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Are We Cruel to Stock?—the Censor and "H."—boniface Insists on Fourpence.—respecting Five Hundred Soldiers.—a Newspaper Item.—senator Pearce and Optimism.—a £1000 Worth of Diamonds. Sydney
The cruelty-to-stock question is up again. The old allegations have been launched in more heated language. A local critic says that when we complain of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sport and the War
Early in August—but, no, why should I tell you of the outbreak of a war in Europe, of which you probably know full as much as I do, and maybe more; for…
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