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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 130
General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander on the Western Front, reports: We made a successful raid on the enemy trenches near Autreville. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →According to a writer in "Chambers' Journal," Heligoland is in a state of "nervy" expectation; in all directions torpedo-craft with lights out cross each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Among the passengers by the R.M.S. Morea, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday from London, is M. Menecault, a French Government official at Noumea,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest communique states:—After two days' bombardment a strong German force attacked Hill 304 and Morthomme. Repeated efforts penetrated a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On account of the difficulties in connection with other dates Mr. Harry Gullett, the official war correspondent of the Commonwealth, who was on the western front…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The proposal to send Australian and New Zealand wounded via Marseilles to Egypt is exciting much comment. Official medical opinion sharply…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The British War Office has intimated that it will accept suitable candidates between 8½ and 23 years for training for commissions in the Cavalry, Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Tennant, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, replying to a question in the House of Commons, stated that Germany was no longer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The 51st annual session of the New South Wales General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church was commenced in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the House of Representatives to-day the financial position of the Commonwealth was submitted. Mr. Higgs, the Treasurer, submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is officially announced that Australian and New Zealand troops have arrived in France, and have taken over a portion of the front line of trenches…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Holman, the State Premier, made a number of important proposals to the Political Labour Conference to-night, the chief one being the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is impossible to apply the ordinary canons of criticism to a War Budget, which is necessarily affected by the force of circumstances over which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The debate on the Compulsory Military Service Bill was continued in the House of Commons last night. Various amendments to alter the age limits were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The latest communique states:—The German artillery is less violent. Our curtain of fire checked the enemy attack west of Hill 304. The Germans were unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentences passed by courts-martial on a number of members of the Australian imperial Expeditionary Force have been confirmed by the convening authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two important announcements have been made this week regarding assistance to be rendered to returning soldiers. The first, which is of a Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Provost Battersby, in the "Morning Post," says: "Apparently German aviators had seen the picturesque Antipodean hats, so it was unnecessary any longer to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On June 30th, the War Chest Fund Committee wishes to sell a button to every citizen of New South Wales, male and female, young and old. Special effort is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands' of Socialists held an anti-dynastic, anti-war demonstration in Sofia. The police fired on the crowd, killing…
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