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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

Mr. M. Donohoe, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, witnessed the Austro German attack on Czernowitz. Two columns crossed the Sereth River, in…

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The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 1

A report from Copenhageu states that the German Emperor and Prince Henry of Prussia have gone to Wilhelmshaven to direct the blockade…

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Off to the War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Miller, junior clerk in the Dubbo Forestry, Office, has passed the medical test for admission to the medical Expeditionary Forces, and will leave…

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Going to the War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Miller, junior clerk in the Dubbo Forestry Office, has passed the medical test for the Expeditionary Force, and leaves at the end of the…

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Notes and Comments The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

The parlous condition of Germany in regard to foodstuffs, inevitably recalls the boasts that were freely made before the war. Aa a nation so…

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WAR. (Later particulars appear on another page.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

A communique states that 1500 shells were fired on Rheims on Sunday aud Monday. The interior and the roof of the Cathedral were further…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY

Western Age · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 2

A German aeroplane flew over Sussex on Sunday and dropped several bombs. Three' were dropped at Beamtree, another at Colchester, and…

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Keeping Abreast of the War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 9

"Life," the popular Australasian magazine, continues to provide a more comprehensive view of the progress of the war than any magazine we know…

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The War To-day's Wires

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 5

The steamer Oakby has been sunk in the British Channel. The crew were saved. The British troops occupied an…

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War Telegraphy. How Communication Is Maintained

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 4

An extract trout the letter of a telegraph expert at the front gives an idea how telegraph communication is carried on in the field. The story, from, the…

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Hoping for Rich Victory Making War "Sternly."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

The Kaiser has spoken to his troops. This was at German headquarters, where some thousand soldiers and officers took part, all belonging to headquarters, and…

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 7

Another serial raid on England occurred on Sunday. A Gorman 'plane flow over parts of Essex, dropping several bombs. The presence of the machine was first…

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Millionaire Soldier. Sixteen Germans in 18 Shots

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 4

"Whon I left for the front," miles M[?] Lieutenant X—, in a London paper, "I had in my section a queer 'type' whom, frankly, I could not stand…

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War Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

There is a storm of indignation over the decision of the War Office to introduce a drab [?] for the use of High-land regiments in the field, The…

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The Horrors of War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 1

The plight of the Belgian people is deplorable There is everywhere in the country shortage of food, in Louvain there is actual starvation. To…

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Cars at the War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

The destruction of cars, motor lorries and motor bicycles at the Front is so great that the British Army has had to create a special…

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Off to the War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 1

In addition to residents who have volunteered for the front and to whom reference is made elsewhere, the following young men have decided to…

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Going to the War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

Messrs. Joe Lang, of the Common-wealth Bank, and Charlie Miller, of the District Forestry Office, who are going to the Front, got a send off from a…

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Letter to the Editor. the War Funds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

Sir,—In your to-day's issue appears an advertisement of a general meeting of those interested in the local patriotic movement for the purpose of reviewing…

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The Pigeon Post. Still Used for Sending War Despatches

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

After all other means of transmitting secret information between Britain and the Fatherland had failed them, the Germans have retorted to…

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