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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1912

57 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Australia's War Ships

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 2

The Minister for Defence, in the House of Representatives in reply to Mr. Austin Chapman, said that the expenditure on the construction and equipment of warships for the…

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Still Clamouring for War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 5

The Bulgarian clamour for war with Turkey continues…

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Norway's Amazing Army. Soldiers Who Travel Thirty Miles an Hour on Foot

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 3

One of the most fascinating military sights in the world is to watch Norwegian infantry, mounted on skis, travelling and manoeuvring…

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The Next Great War. Sir Hiram Maxim's Views

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 3

"The wars of the future will be fought in the air. The chief weapon used will undoubtedly be something in the nature of an [?] [?]…

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War Summary. Resume of the Cable Messages

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 6

The Powers' efforts to settle the Balkan trouble have failed signally Montenegro, Servia, Bulgaria, Greece, and the porte itself have…

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King Bee (Brother to War Bee) Four Guineas a Mare. SIRE—War God (29) by Carbine (2), from Hera by The Drummer imp. (1), from Devotion by Goldsbrough (13), from Young Emily by Leopold, imp. (3), from Empress, grand daughter of Sir Hercules [3]. DAM—Beeswing [winner of several first prizes for blood mare at Queanbeyan Shows],by Recovery [3] [son of The Drummer, imp., and grandson of Sir Hercules [3], from Snip, by Kingfisher [3], [son of Fisherman, imp, [11] from Melesina, imp., from a daughter of Sportsman, son of Rous Emigrant, imp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 6

King Bee is a perfect model of a medium sized thoroughbred, and was on the turf an undeniable stayer. He is a beautiful bright bay, standing 15 hands 3 inches high…

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The War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 6

The absence of definite news from the Balkan Peninsula now that the war has officially begun, does not necessarily signify that…

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War Jottings. The Cables Summarised

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 6

Our cable messages on Tuesday tell of the still further discomfiture of the Turks. The Bulgarians pushing steadily forward have…

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The War in Eastern Europe

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 2

The victory of the Bulgarian army and its allies over the Turks is destined to have far-reaching consequences. In the earlier stages of the war, it was…

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The War. Turks Smashed Up. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 2

THE momentous battle between the main armies of the Turks and Bulgarians, by which the defenders strove to check the onward march of the victorious Bulgarians, has…

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The War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 2

Latest advices show that the Turks and Bulgarians are moving into position for another great battle. The Bulgarians won a…

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The War. Fearful Carnage. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 6

A terribly vivid narrative of the battle of Lule Burgas is published in the "Daily Chronicle" this morning. The story comes from Mr. Martin Donohoe, its war…

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War News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 2

It is reported that Adrianople surrendered to the Bulgarians on Tuesday last. The Bulgarians are said to have concealed the fact, lost the Powers…

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The War. Tubes at Chataldja. Bulgarians in Trouble. Constantinople

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 2

Nazim Pasha, the Turkish Commander-in-Cief, reports that reconnoitring parties canted 500 Bulgarians dead on the slopes [?]ar Chataldja railway station…

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Sacrilege and Loot. Bandit at Bay. Besieged If a Monastery. Defies Police and Soldiery. Extraordinary Scene in Poland. Explosives End the Affray. St. Petersburgh, Monday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 6

The historic town of Czestochowa, in Russian Poland, was the scene of an extraordinary combat between the police, the soldiery, and a notorious bandit, named…

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The War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 2

It is officially announced in Constantinople that the Porte has rejected the allies' terms for [?] armistice, and ordered the resumption of [?]ostdities…

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King Bee (Brother to War Bee) Four Guineas a Mare

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 4

SIRE-War God (20) by Carbine (2), from Hera by The Drummer imp. (1), from Devotion by Goldsbrough (13), from Young Emily by Leopold, imp. (3), from…

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