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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

334 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 17

WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

The destruction near Lille has been terrible. Some of the Villages in the neighbourhood have been shelled till scarcely a stone…

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The Pinch of War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

The pinch of war makes itself felt in many ways, and some of the most serious of the disabilities which it imposes are not at first…

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Latest War News. LONDON Thursday Afternoon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

LONDON Thursday Afternoon The [?] and wounded have…

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The War Latest Cables London, Thursday Afternoon

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

The battle between Nieuport and Ostend continues fiercely. Many Belgian wounded have reached the base hospital…

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War News Australian Warships on the Alert. London

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 4

The commander of the Nurnberg which arrived at Honolulu on September 2nd, reported being chased by Australian warships for several…

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War Cables. Australian Warships on the Alert, London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 4

The commander of the Nurnberg, which arrived at Honolulu on September 2nd, reported being chased by Australian warships for several…

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Can Germany Win? Dr. Fitchett's Views of the War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

One of the best contributions to the literature of the war is made by Dr. Fitchett in "Life" for November. Treating the subject…

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Indian Soldiers in Action

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 4
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Sikhs and Gurkhas took part in the fighting at La Bassce…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

Paris reports a violent battle between Nieuport and the River Lys. German forces crossed the Yser between Nieuport and…

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War Precautions

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

The stringent provisions of the War Precautions Act have not aroused any opposition, scarcely any comment. No one, of course, would…

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War Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

It is reported that the German cruiser Karlsruhe has sunk three steamers in the South Atlantic. The names of the vessels have not…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY, Saturday Morning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says the Germans attacking in force on the way to Calais retired shattered and in disorder. The…

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Can Germany Win ? Dr. Fitchett's Views of the War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 4

One of the best contributions to the literature of the war is made by Dr. Fitchett in "Life" for November. Treating the, subject…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 3

Russia is fully prepared to deal with Turkey. Turkey's attack on Russia without a declaration of war has made an immense…

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Latest War News. 3.30 p.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 3

Admiral Henderson, writing to the Minister for Defence, states that the German fleet is feelnig the Gradual paessure of Britain's sea power, but…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 4

In view of the action of the German forces in Belgium and France in removing as prisoners of war all persons who are…

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Religious War Simmering

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2
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An outbreak of religious war has occurred in Scutari, a Turkish sea port in the Adriatic Sea. Catholics and Moslems are encamped on…

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Miscellaneous. War Notes

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 6

War was not such a costly undertaking forty yours ago as it is to-day. The france-German War, which lasted 190 days, cost Germany £90,000,000 for…

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