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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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New War Monarch. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 2

A new dirigible airship for the British Army has been just completed at a French factory. It is expected that given calm weather the flight of the…

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New War Monarch. the Coming of the Dirigible. London, Monday

The Cobar Herald · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 3

The new dirigible airship for the British Army has been just completed at a French factory. It is expected that given calm,…

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Steed Smarter Than Soldier

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 6

Trooper Brown of the British territorials was "green." (says the "Dundee Advertiser"). His horse likewise unaccustomed to war, seemed from its…

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Soldiers as Immigrants. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 4

The President of the South African campaigners states that after careful investigation it is possible on a conservative estimate to place on the land in…

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Aeroplane V. Dirigible in War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 2

The battleship has no absolute immunity from the attack of the torpedoboat, and very little safety indeed unless the officers and crow be both vigilant…

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Steed Smarter Than Soldier

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

Trooper Brown of the British territorials was "Green," (says the "Dundee Advertiser.") His horse, likewise unaccustomed to war, seemed from its…

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The Future of War on Wings

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 2

The conquest of the air may not be quite complete. Nevertheless, the wonderful conquests of the kings of the air during the past two years have…

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Prospects Op War

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 2

Admiral Mahan, the American authority, declares the only salvation from war is the readiness of Britain for war. When ante-dreadnoughts…

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Soldiers Massacred

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 3

Paris newspapers state that French officers and soldiers have bean massacred at Abeshr, Central Africa. A number of field-pieoes and some ammunition have been captured by the…

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The Welsh Strike. On the Verge of Civil War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 4

Desperate lighting occurred between strikers and the police at Ton-y-pandy and Pen-y-craig, in South Wales. The police in the main streets…

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Gorse Mall Mystery. Soldier Arrested at the Prison Gate. Unique Development

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 6

A development rarely met with in modern criminal history came about in the Gorse Hall mystery on Tuesday (said "Lloyd's News" on September 4)…

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The Member for Mudgee on the Boer War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 2

WHEN speaking on the censure motion, Mr. W. Dunn the new member for Mudgee, said the 'Boor War was a disgrace to the British Empire…

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How It Feels to Be Shot. Wounded Man's Description

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 2

One of the most remarkable human documents over published in a New York newspaper is Mayor Gaynor's account of the attempt to assassinate him after he…

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How the British Soldier Deals with Spies

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 3

Nowhere is there such an Empire chain as that in which every link is a British "Tommy". Wherefore the latter is an expert on the spy, and…

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