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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Latest War News. LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

It is announced in Rotterdam that more German reinforcements are proceeding from the Eastern to the Western theatre of war in order…

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The War Latest Cables Germans Repulsed. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

The Germans were repulsed near Tracy be Val and lost heavily in the engagement…

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War Cables Privates Die at Sea. London, Tuesday Night

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 3

Privates H. V. Kendall and J. S. Lowe, of New South Wales died at sea…

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Huge Engines of War. Stage Guns Which Fire One-Ton Shells

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

The extraordinary advance made in the science of warfare in recent years is in no way better illustrated than in the matter of siege guns, such as were…

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German Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 1

Foolish people who have never seen German soldiers picture, them as unwilling to fight and driven forward by their officers as sheep…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 3

The Calais correspondent of the "Daily Mail," describing a bayonet fight in a wood near Ypres, says :—"Every man who held his…

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Latest War News. Friday 11 a.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 2

The war loan has been offered at a premium of half a crown. The "Financial News" (says the loan was over subscribed yesterday…

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Aircraft in War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 1

I think that the last word is with the guns. It is true that at the present moment the aeroplane has rendered signal services to [?]…

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Two Forces in War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 1

War requires two forces to be successful--risk of life and an energy at home which keeps the life blood of the nation moving. Sacrifices…

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Leather and the War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2
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Tanners are among the busiest people in New South Wales at the present time. Leather, and particularly sole leather is meeting with…

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Earlier War Cables LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 3

It has been learned in Copenhagen from well-informed military circles that Germany estimates her losses at one and a quarter millions,…

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Latest War News. LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

It has been learned in Copenhagen from ell-informed military circles that Germany estimates her losses at one and a quarter millions,…

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The War Latest Cables London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

The wounded and survivors of the Sydney-Emden naval engagement have been landed at Colombo. An eye-witness states that the first…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, November 24, 1914. War Loans

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

VERY rightly is money styled "the sinews of war," for war cannot be made without it. It is, moreover one of the most questionable…

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Tanned Sheepskin Clothing for Our Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

At a meeting of the Tanned Sheepskin Clothing Committee on the 6th instant it was resolved to circularise country people for the…

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Help our Soldiers. Wanted Tanned Sheepskin Clothing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

At a meeting of the Turned Sheepskin Clothing Committee on the 6th instant it was resolved to circularise country people for the…

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Leather and the War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

Tanners are among the busiest people in N.S.Wales at the present time. Leather, and particularly sole leather, is meeting with a very strong demand. Winchcombe…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 3

A French lieutenant, desiring to find the range, advanced under a hail of projectiles and examined the shell. He found that the…

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Latest War News. Tuesday, 12 a.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

The Russian forces achieved a success at Cracow. Snow is impeding operations on both frontiers. Northern France and…

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