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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 1

A large band of Bulgarians crossed the Servian frontier and engaged Servian troops. They captured two guns. Recent fighting in France points to…

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WAR. (Later particulars appear on another page.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

A German submarine off the Sicllly Isles chased the steamer Cambridge. Shells damaged her deck, but the steamer escaped…

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The War. More Submarine Victims. Prussian Brutality. Successful English Air Raids. German Dreadnoughts Active. Vigorous Cannonade. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

There was a vigorous cannonade from Zeebrugge on Friday, the warships replying…

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Women and War

Western Age · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 4

Over two thousand years ago there was a war between China and Mongolia, and China was invaded by a Mongolian army under Mao-tun. The Chinese…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY

Western Age · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 2

A Copenhagen despatch says the German battle fleet has been out off from its base by its own mine field, which broke adrift during a storm…

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War Funds

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 3

A feature of the Show was the number of stalls devoted to war purposes. All the patriotic funds were represented, some disposing of goods by…

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The War To-day's Wires

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 8

It is hardly realised even in France, owing to the brevity of the communiques that a three weeks' continuous battle has been raging in the Champagne…

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 7

The Official Press Bureau in Paris describes the capture of the Hartmann's We[?]kopf attack on the 26th. It says: The attack was directed at the…

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General Joffre the Soldier. Character Study of Him in the Field

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 11

The following is a translation of an article by M. Stephane Louzanne, editor of the Paris "Matin," The article is one of a series of sketches which the…

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The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 1

Dr. Thring, of Sydney, who has returned home after spending six months in the front, says the war will end before August. Though he believes…

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The War's Duration

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

The commanders-in-chief of the Allied armies predict that the war will not be prolonged. The winter has almost passed on the western side…

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The War Outlook

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 3

Austria and Germany are reported to have 6,000,000 then under arms. The fact is not necessarily disconcerting, huge though the figures be. If we…

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War Marriages by Proxy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

A new bill (writes the Paris correspondent of "The Times" on February 10) will be tabled to-morrow in the Chamber, which will enable French…

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When the War Will End

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

Colonel Foster, Director of Military Studies at the Sydney University, who has, just returned from England, expresses the opinion that the war will…

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The War. Heavy German Losses. Greece and England. Italian Fleeet Moving. Significant Italian Movement London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

It is reported that a number of Italian warships are concentrated at Augusta and Taranta, within a few hours steam of the Adriatic. Their…

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Aspersed Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

An indignant deputation comprising 61 Australian soldiers invalided from Egypt, requested on Wednesday that the Australian public should be made…

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War and the Woman II

Western Age · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

The first of many visits-how soon it was forgotten, that others more intimate should be remembered! She came almost every day during the…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY

Western Age · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 2

A Roma paper states that the Austrians have lost 300,000 men in the Carpathians of whom one-third are prisoners. Whole divisions were…

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America and the War. Two Australian Views

Western Age · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

Mr. J. H. Greene wrote to the New York Times on January 26:—Allow an Australian of 13 years' residence in the United States to explain his attitude…

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World League of Intellect Thinkers Should Dictate. Idiocy of War

Western Age · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 3

It Is probable, strange as it may appear, that America, in virtue of her non-participation in this world war, is more impressed by its sheer foolishness than any of the…

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