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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

1,592 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 80

The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 1

Russia, though talking peace, is preparing for war. The continuance of war on the old scale is impossible; if war is necessary it will be limited to…

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The War. SYDNEY

Western Age · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The New York "World's" Petrograd correspondent says President Wilson's message is likely to form the basis of the Russian demands at…

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In Spite of the War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

In spite of the exodus from Australia on the glory trail; in spite of the number of yeomanry who have gone from the west; in spite of the…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 1

A double casualty list was announced on Saturday. The dead numbered 482, and over 1000 wer wounded or ill. The following local names were…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Private Jack Clifford, of Trangie, has been declared as unfit for further service at the front, the result of wounds. After treatment in England…

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The War. Russia Repudiates the National Debt. Murderous Riots at Knolomna Second Ukrainian Regiment Captured. British Trades Unionists Demand a Peace Conference Threaten a Big Strike Unless the Manpower Bill Is Withdrawn. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The London "Times" in a leader says: "It has become increasingly difficult to discern the semblance of either principle or patriotism necessitating the…

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Killed in Action. Sgt. A. J. Charlton

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

Relatives and friends of Sergeant Alfred John Charlton, will regret to learn of his death while in action on the French front on December 20…

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War!

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 3

[Such of the cable news on this page so headed has appeared in the "Times" a[?]d is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood that…

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The War

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

It is generally recognised that the recent deliverance of Mr. Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister, setting forth the aims and intentions of the…

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From the War Zone. Captain Arthur Lanagan

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

Writing to Mr. W. C. Gale, from Strohen Kreis Sulingen, in Germany, where he is a prisoner of war, under date September 9, says:…

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Mail for War Prisoners

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

Letters and postcards may be sent free of all postal charges to prisoners of war (of whatever, nationality) interned abroad, and to British civilians…

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War Wires the Latest News

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

Reuter's report that a Russian wireless appeal says that immediate help is necessary, as the army is perishing from famine, provisioning having ceased,…

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Some Effects of the War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

Interviewed on behalf of the "Observer," Sir Robert Hadfield, founder and chairman of Hadfields, Ltd., Sheffield, made the following, among other…

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The War. News Day by Day

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 8

A message from Petrograd says that amid jeers of the once patriotic parties, the Bolsheviks are preparing for war in their own fashion, not…

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London Under the Guns. "War Is an Intimacy."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

War has become an intimacy. It has pushed its way into the back parlor, and disturbed the tea cups. Instead of being a thrilling legend, it has become a…

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The War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 1

Shots were fired at a motor in which M. Lenin was returning to Smilay (Bolshevik headquarters) after inspecting the Red Guards…

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Liquor-selling in War [?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

There are two facts which stand out in the social and [?] of the Commonwealth with [?] at the present time. These are: [?]…

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The War. SYDNEY

Western Age · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

It is stated documents have been found in M. Caillaux's safe, which discloses a scheme for the overthrow of the constitution in France. The…

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Soldiers' Club

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The returned soldiers of the Orange district have taken a hand which might well be followed in Dubbo and other districts. They have formed a club…

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