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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Progress of the Wounded

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunduy.—All the seven wounded at Broken Hill are progressing favorably, except Campbell, who is in a critical condition…

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Invisible War

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

This war might well be called the war of the invisible millions (says the Paris correspondent of the "Central News"). Apart from occasional bayonet charges…

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Wounded in the Rain Long Wait for Succour

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

Amongst letters from the front from British soldiers, the following appeared in the London "Daily Mail" :--Sergeant w. H. Brown (2nd Manchester…

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Long War Expected

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Germany now says the war may continue till next autumn. In order that the food supplies may not become exhausted in that country. 10 per cent, is to be…

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German War Review

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

How systematically Germans are being educated by the Campaign of Hatred to regard England an "the one and only enemy" is proved by "The First Hundred…

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The Wounded Indians. Cheerful, Brave and Patient. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

The sick and wounded Indians at present undergoing treatment at Brighton Pavilion are cheerful, brave and patient. Many of them make inquiries…

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Mysterious Shooting Affair Laborer Seriously Wounded. Wellington, N.Z.

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Last night Patrick Noonan, a laborer Was talking to a group of men in front of the Court House Hotel, when he was shot in the left groin. He was…

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War Notes. Awful Carnage

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 8

A lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment, writing from Belgium regarding the action in which Captain W. R. Russell, son of the late Sir William Russell…

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French View of the War

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 8

Under the general heading. The great Crusade of the Civilised, M. Finot, in La Revue contributes several articles. In La France Pacilique he poinis out…

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The War Will be Long. Prisoners Gloomy View

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Suturday.—"Eye-witness" says that fighting is proceeding on a ground where both sides were excavating in all directions for weeks until it became a…

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The Very Latest. Prisoners of War. Germany's Estimate

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

AMSTERDAM, Saturday.—A telegram from Berlin states that the war prisoners in Germany number 8138 officers and 577,875 men, including 492 British officers…

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Blame for the War. an Austro-hungarian Protestation. Efforts for Peace

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

ROME, Saturday.—The newspaper "Neufreipresse" demands the publication of a red book describing the Austro-Hungarian standpoint in the negotiations preceding…

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Surgery and the War. Treatment of Bullet and Shell Wounds. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

The British Medical Journal says that surgeons are showing a tendency to restrict the searching for and extraction of bullets and fragments of shell, the…

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The Northern Star. Published Daily. at Lismore, Richmond R., N.S.W. Mondy, January 4, 1915. War in Australia

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

The reading public, on perusing the "Star" on Saturday morning, were dumbfounded on receiving the intelligence of a Turkish-Australian conllict. This…

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Battleship Formidable Sunk. Over Six Hundred Perish. British Soldiers Emulate Traditions of Bravery. Great Hostile Fleet Behind Heligoland. Commander Hewlett's Thrilling Adventures. Re-organisation of British Forces. Egypt to be Invaded. Russians Defeat the Turks. British Battleship Sunk. [?]Either by Mine or Submarine. Seventy-one Rescued. the Others Missing

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Press Burean states that the battleship Formidaole was sunk in the Channel, It is uncertain whether the disaster was the result of a mine…

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War Notes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

Harry Lander has given £1000 to the Price of Wales Holier fund. A. Pretty good rejoinder to has critics' allegations or meanness…

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Belgian War Houses

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

Belgian's native draught horses have proved exceedingly useful in moving about, back and forward, the big guns that have played so noole a part in the…

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"Late" War News

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Newspapers during the war have to date been publishing as war news quite a quantity of matter which the average reader finds difficulty in…

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Aeroplanes in War

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 7

It is quite impossible to obtain anything like complete, precise, and reliable information concering all the exploits of the Allies aerial forces. However, from…

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How the War Goes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

English files which have just readied this office confirm the cabled statement that the people are steeling themselves for a long and bitter war. Those in…

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