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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Turks Again Routed. Three Days' Battle in a Snowstorm. Bombardmont of Soissons. Bravery, of the French. Anti-War Demonstrations in Austria. Big Turkish Loss. the Russian Victory

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

PETROGRAD, Saturday.—A communique referring to the recent, battle at Karavnam says:—In addition to the destruction of the Fifty-second Regiment…

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A Comparatively Calm Monti Soissons Battle Particulars, Great Russian Victory. Turkish Army Corps Exterminated Slack on Russian Fronts. German Offensive Futile. Lines of Communication Threatened Austrians Suffer and Die in Filth Turkey's Army for Egypt. A. Badly Organised Force. The Gordons' Glorious Charge. Demonstrations Against Italy. Pillaging Arstrians. Conditions of Indescribable Filth. Wounded Lying Everywhere and Anyhow. Servians Make Heavy Sacrifices. Entry of Belgrade Over Flower-strewn Paths. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Times" with the Servian forces writes: When the Austrians were driven away from Walievo they pillaged every…

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War

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

The fiercest battle north-east of Soissons has ended in a temporary check for the French, who were forced at that point to withdraw south of…

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War Notes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

Dr. T. C. C. Evans, of Kyogle, Who on the outbreak of war, volunteered his services with the Army Medical Corps, received word of his…

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Locals for the War

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

On the whole --while some may hold that more of our young men might have volunteered --the Tweed district is sending a fair quota of its worthy…

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Latest War News. LONDON

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

A German force in mass moved against the North Staffordshires near Ypres, but were bogged and made an easy mark for the British…

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New War Weapon Annihilate Explosive Shells

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

The old saying that "necessity is the mother of invention," has once more been proved to be true; the urgent need of the British, French, and…

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When War was Debated. Lord Haldane Criticised

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The "Daily Chronicle," in rebutting attacks made upon Lord Haldane, states that Lord Haldane on August 2nd was helping Mr. Asquith at…

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Money for Soldier's Wives

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

Some concern has been occasioned among the paymasters of he Commonwealth military districts by the discovery that a considerable…

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Social Democrats' Conference. Attitude Towards the War. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

The net result of the Social Democrats' Conference at Copenhagen is a resolution wherein the attention of the workers, particularly in…

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War Books

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Cradick, of Casino, who is at present in Sydney, is combining business with pleasure. He recently sent up a large stock of the…

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War Notes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

In order to prevent Anti-Germen feeling affecting the Government Mr. Hermam Homburg, Attorney-General of S.A., has resigned his portclo…

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Fired on the Red Cross Doctors Unable to Tend Wounded

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Every attempt of the Germans to reach Calais seemed foredoomed to failure. After the desperate fighting round Armentieres and Arras, where…

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The War—and After

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

In order to satisfy the German Socialists the Kaiser lias assured his subjects that there Will be plenty of land and plenty of food for all of them when…

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The European War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

The reported British success ;at La Bassco has not been confirmed. The mud is everywhere rendering the trenches a quagmire…

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Effectb of War in Malay States

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

BRISPANE, Thursday.—One of the pioneers of Lower Bunma, Robert Hangen, was a passenger aboard the stedmer Mataram, which arrived at Brisbane to-day from…

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A Cleric's View of the War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Father Fouhy, of Toowoomba, who has just returned from a tour of Great Britain and the Continent, during an interview by the brisbane "Courier."…

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The War. Clever Capture Germans Caught Napping

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—The "Daily Chronicle's" Calais correspondnet statte that the British on the 15th inst. captured Frelinghelm on the main road…

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From Bangalow to the War. a Hero's Exploits

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 7

Probably very few who read a columnlong appreciation in the Sydney prees, recently, taken from English files, would recognise in "Dick Reading. Hero," a former resident of Bangalow,…

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The War and the Booze Lords. a Pitiful Spectacle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 7

Albert Dorrington, writing from London to the Sydney "Freeman's Journal," says:—"The unhappiest phenomena of the war is the excessive…

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