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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War Summary

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

A writer in the New York "Times" says that the British fleet accomplished what was expected of it. The circumstances produced strategy…

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War Gossip

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

One of the most thrilling episodes of the fierce on the banks of the Aisne is the story of the fight put up by 160 men of the…

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War and Disease. War an Eliminating Factor

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

The editor of the "Army and Navy Journal," New York, writes:—The war war with Spam in 1898 resulted in the ending of the yellow fever as a…

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The Defeated Turks. Remarkable Tenacity. Wounded Continue to Shoot

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

PETROGRAD, Wednesday.—The Turks fought bravaly and held Darykamysh resolutely, making frequant bayonet sorties. Even the wounded continued to fire after…

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Why Germany Wanted War

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

I have read "Usher's Pan-Germanism," Bernhardi's "Germany and the Next War," "The Men about the Kaiser," by an English…

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North Coast War Kitchen

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

At a meeting of teh Grafton branch of the Red Cross Society it was decided to co-operate with Lismore an working with the object of securing funds to defray the…

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War Miscellany. New British Army

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

Six new armies, of three army corps each, are announced as constituting the mew British military force. At 40,000 member army corps, this would…

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Money and the War. Will Germany Become Bankrupt?

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

"In my judgment the last few hundred millions may win this war. This is my opinion. The first hundred millions our enemies can stand…

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Latest War News. Earl Kitchener's Report. Resume of Events. America's Position. Test Case Probable. Satisfying Tone Prevails. Exchange of Prisoners

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday,—All the belligerents have agreed to the Pope's proposal that disabled prisoners should be exchanged…

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Review of the War. Highest Official Opinion's. a Notabley Satisfactory Tone. Allies' Daily Increasing Resources. Confidence of a Triumphal Issue

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—Earl Kitchener and the Lords of the War Office, in reviewing the ebb and flow of the battle tide during the past few weeks, consider that…

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Six Weeks' Fighting. Lord Kitchener's Report. Recruiting Proceeds Normally. A Tribute to Servia. Promised Zeppelin Visit. Demonstration Over French Coast. Smashing the Turks. Doomed to Extermination. Has Austria Asked for Peace. Reported "Climb Down." Lord Kitchener's' Report. Last Six Weeks' Campaign. a Soldierly Utterance. French Relieve Worn-out British. Germans Checked in Poland. Premier Botha's Masterly Administration. the Eastc Oast Raid., Opposition's Cordial Support. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Kitchener said: Which I last addressed your Lordships six weeks ago, General Joure had just sent up strong…

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Floods in England. Concentiration Camp Affected. Canadian Soldier [?]Rowned. Oxford and Island

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—Considerable damage has been caused by the flood in the Fan country of Somerset. Salisbury Cathedral is flooded, Acors camp onSalisbury…

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The European far. Lord Kitchener's Speech. 'Prosecuting the War to a Trium-phant End." Big Turkish Force Surrounded. Roumania Getting Ready. LONDON

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

Bread in England lias advanced to 7½d per quarter loaf. Corn merchants attribute the advance to the rise in freights and the failure of the…

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The Tide of Battle. British War Lords' Review. Confidence of Triumph. The Allurement of Calais. Germany Reinforces for Another Attack. The Qreat Turkish Defeat. Three Generals Captured. An Unscrupulous Trader Mica Merchant Punihed

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Wednesday.—Indra Khand, of the Gunput Roy Company, has been sentenced to 18 months' rigorous punishment and a fine of one thousand rupees…

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War Notes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

X-rays are largely being used to prevent the inclusion of copper and other metals in cottons bales. In England bread has advanced to…

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War Summary

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

Turkish and German engineers intend sinking a large number of old steamers laden with stoves and wirth in the Dardenelled…

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Interesting War Notes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

Life Guardsmen cost £27 to equip with full uniform. The sale of spirituous liquors in Russia has been prohibited for as long as…

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WAR Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 1

The Germans are gradually being forced back towards the Dutch frontier. Extensive defence works are being constructed by the Germans 2½…

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War News. LONDON

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

Four French and two British participated in an aeroplane night attack on Metz in Lorraine. Considerable damage was done to the various…

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Food Problems in War Time

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

One fact which cannot be too strongly impressed upon the public is that there is little or no fear of shortage in the principal…

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