A Soldier's Letter
Our Wongarbon Correspondent writes:--Ptc. P. Gaffney, who enlisted from Wongarbon about 18 mouths ago, and is doing his bit on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
1,592 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 80
Our Soldiers
The following men have been accepted for service at the local recruiting office during the week:--E. A. R. Thompson (Dubbo), Jack Levings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Ggive Therbetrbned Soldier a Best"
Sir,—I did not intend answering or taking part in what I knew would be seized on by Mr. Tink as a means to see his name in print, owing to an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War!
[Such of the cable news on this page so headed has appeared in the "Times" and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the War Zone. Trooper R. Cudden
An old Bourke boy, who has been nearly three years at the war, and who is now in Palestine, writing to his sister, Miss Ruby Gudden, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Kill One Soldier
"There is every reason to believe that the total death-rate per annum in this war does not exceed 5 per cent. of the total number of individuals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Wires the Latest News
General Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy, under cover of a trench mortar bombardment, raided our trenches westward of Gonnelhu. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Hews Day by Day
The American transport Tuscania has been torpedoed. She carried 2179 American troops and was lost in the war zone. The Tuscania was a Cunard liner,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. SYDNEY
A London message reports that Russia has signed peace with the Central Powers. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Yesterday's News
Germany demands that Roumania negotiate for peace within four days. The Roumanian Cabinet has resigned. Another Spanish steamer has been…
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"There is every reason to believe that theo total death-rate per annum in this war does not exceed 5 per cent. of the total number of individuals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anxious to Enlist
Harold Lockwood Herd (18) was charged at the Paddington Police Court, before Mr. Payton S. M. with giving a wrong age. Sergent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Big Battle Expected Shortly. Fighting Developing on the Western Front. France and England Ready. Russian Peace Agreement. German Papers Sceptical. London, Monday night
A Reuter Brest-Litovsk telegram states that peace has been declared between the Central Powers and Russia. A Russian wireless official message…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the War Zone
The following article, written by Gunner H. S. Gullett, has been made available by the Minister for Defence:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the War Zone. Trooper Frank Saul
Writing to his sister, Miss. I. Saul late of Yanda station, from "The Field," under date November 13, 1917, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAR! The Russo—German Conference Battle In Finland London, Feb 8
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says the "Volks Zei[?]ung" states that the conference at Brost—Litovsk was resumed on the 7th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Soldier's Desire
A week or two ago a lad who had just arrived that afternoon on his 10 day's leave from France, called and said he had noticed the Y.M.C.A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lively Artillery Russia's Civil War Allies' Bag 56 Aeroplanes In 11 Days Grand Duke Nicholas Dead Austrian Cabinet Resigns London, Feb. 9
Lively artillery fire has taken place in the Aisne, Verdun and Alsace sectors, the Germans unsuccessfully attempting to penetrate the French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Long War Forecast
Those who have convinced themselves that the war will end in a few months will derive no comfort from an interview published in the New York…
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