Chocolate Soldiery
The central recruiting committee in Victoria made the following comment on the attitude towards active service of some of the members of the militia:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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Our Soldiers
The Gilgandra "Castlereach" connecting upon the enlistment of Mr. Arkins, M.L.A., says the general opinion is that Mr. Arkins would have to put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Re-action After War
"It is not likely under existing circumstances that private firms, in face of the absolutely abnormal conditions prevailing, would be inclined to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sayings of the War. Certain
"Nothing is more certain than that the Government need the help of a reconstructed Military Council, acting as a General Staff, with as able and eminent a soldier as we can…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Influence of War on Industrial Transportation
Much has appeared in the current issues of the journals devoted to motoring of the work the various forms of trucks are performing in the war zone, but little has been said about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Captain. Fought in War of '70
Captain Arthur Constant Aucher is Frenchman. He has been an Australian resident since 1880. Ten years prior to that date he was a young lieutenant of the 84th Infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War! Aerial Warfare. Turks Completely Disordered. Turks Astonished. Hangars Destroyed. Serbs Out of Danger. London, February 22
Five French aeroplanes bombarded the German munition depot at Lorraine. German aeroplanes bombarded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Wires. the Latest News
The London "Observer" states that Germany has massed in the west two-thirds of her armies, with a vast proportion of her accumulated shells. If…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. News Day by Day
Mr. Hilaire Belloc stated that if the Russians, are not compelled to use a large force to capture Trebizond, on the Black Sea, they will probably strike…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Anzac" Night
The troops in the Dubbo Military Camp contemplate a big recruiting rally in Dubbo one Saturday night in the near future. It is to be a real…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-action After War
"It is not likely under existing circumstances that private firms, in face of the absolutely abnormal conditions prevailing, would be inclined to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Yeste[?]day's News
A terriffic battle in still raging, in the Verdon region. A snowstorm abated the ferocity of the fighting on some sectors on Friday. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-Day's War News SYDNEY
Confidential advices received in Washington from Berlin state that Austro-German commanders of submarines have been given orders from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parkes Soldier Injured
Thulium Maroney, 43 years of age, in camp at Cas[?]la, was found in a battered and semi-conscious condition at Granville on Saturday. Maroney,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Soldiers
Recruiting speakers at Dubbo still have something to learn. They should recognise by now that mere windy verbiage cuts no ice; and when a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan and Other Things. "To Ca' Canny."
It is wonderfully instructive just now, only to think over and consider the success of the war loans, while the State Government has, all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Verdun Fight. Slaughter at Malancourt Shells Tore Through Walls of Flesh. French Soldiership Praised. London, February 28
A desperate struggle rages round Douamont. A wounded Frenchman says the slaughter at Malancourt was pitiful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War! the Huns Fail to Take Verdun. Their Last Supreme Effort to Reach Paris. Hun's Unparalleled Losses. the Moewes Victims. London, February 26
The German General Staff directs that there must the no question of sparing life. The efforts to take Verdon are…
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