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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 6

A vivid story of the bravery of the Gordon Highlanders is told by Sergt. Major Hands. He states that the Gordons were ordered to storm the enemy's…

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America and the War. Reply to German Professors

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 7

Ninety-three of the most prominent men of Germany, distinguished in various branches of science, art, education, and literature, have recently circulated…

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Obsessed by War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Albert Dorrington, writing from London, has the following in the "Freeman's Journal": since the war a number of philosopher and…

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The War. (Earlier particulars may be found on another page

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 1

The Germans blew up a bridge in Hasselt Canal, but omitted to notify the railway authorities. A military food train fell into the canal, and 14…

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The War. Aerial Raids. Frantic Joy in Kaiserland America Disgusted. German Bishops Protest London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

The Zeppelin raid is denounced throughout Scandanavia. The nnanimous opinion is that it was of no military importance…

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Retort of a Soldier's Wife

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

When a detachment of troops had entrained at an east coast railway station and their womenfolk, after saving good-bye, were leaving the…

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Soldiers From India

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Lord Kitchener, reviewing tho British troops front India, said if any division could break tho German resistance) It was that one. He had hoped…

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Living Like Princes. Wounded in Moscow

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 3

There is no such simple and cheerful and open-hearted and gossipy city in all Europe as Moscow in the opinion of the correspondent of the New York Herald. It has the…

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Angel Comforter. Grand Duchess As Nurse. Wounded Officer's Story

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

All elderly Russian field officer relates the following story: "On arriving from the battlefield. where I was wounded by three bullets from a…

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Will Change All. War and Europe

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 3

It is reported in the newspapers that ladies in the fashionable world of New York and [?]ing to establish America as the arbiter in [?] fashions. The French sceptre is…

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The War. SYDNEY, Thursday. 9 a.m

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

Two zeppelins passed over Yarmouth yesterday evening, and five bombs were dropped in the town. Three persons were killed and several…

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The War. SYDNEY, Saturday 11 a.m

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

The Canadian Government has sent an icebreaker to Archangel to keep the port open. Sixteen ships are frozen in, and their prospects of…

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Latest War News. the Australia. Sydney

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

News received early this morning states that the Australian flagship captured a German liner acting as a supply ship to German cruisers, and…

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War and the Woman. By Max Re[?]

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

I've been up to the ice-blink twice, and i was in Alaska three years ago," said Trevelle. "This beats anything I have seen, easily. What would you say the…

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England in War Time. Pride in the Empire

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 3

A lady who is a leading member of the staff of Bedford College for Women, of London University, writes to her brother in Melbourne, under date November [?], as…

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War's Good Side. Checking of Disease. Typhoid Almost Eliminated

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

The war-and may slay ruthlessly with one hand. but he ministers with the other to the rick and feeble. Half of him is clad in armor and the other half in the garb of a…

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Her Death Warrant. Turkey and the War. Piled Up Provocations

Western Age · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 3

Turkey's abrupt entry into the war may (in the opinion of a New York paper) precipitate that punishment foreseen by a writer in the Paris Figaro as a result of her recent…

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The War To-day's Wir[?]

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

Extreme cold prevails e[?] Europe, and operations in [?] theatres are as a consequence [?] The "Daily Mail" states [?]…

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The War News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 3

The Balkan correspondent of "The Times" declares that 20 train loads of German troops have passed southward from Hungary on their way to the…

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The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 1

The report regarding the sinking of a German supply ship by the Australia has been confirmed. The German cruiser Blucher, [?]…

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