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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

334 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 15 of 17

The War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

WAR preparations continue on an extensive scale. There is no reason to complain either of the number or of the quality of the volunteers offering…

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War News. London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 4

The Germans are believed to, be desirous of wintering in an immense entrenched line extending from the Vistula River to Cracow…

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War Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

The Italian fleet to the number of 120 vessels is manoeuvring off the South of Italy. A serious situation is developing…

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Latest War News. LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

The Germans have withdrawn nine army corps from France and are placing them against the Russians. The latter hold the Germans, and…

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The War. Earlier Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 1

The Germans are believed to be desirous of wintering in an immense entrenched line extending from the Vistula River to Cracow…

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The Forces Behind the War. What the Two Leagues Represent

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 3

D[?]ng men with the publisher of Dr[?] Fitchett's new shilling book, "The First Three Months of the War," we publish this article by…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

Many of the Indian troops are suffering frost bite. A German airship loaded with ex plosives was destroyed by British…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

The Russian plan, to envelop the Gorman left flank "south of Plock is progressing. Russian movement's as a whole are…

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Interesting War Notes

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

Life Guardsmen cost £27 to equip With full uniform. The sale of spirituous liquors in Russia has been prohibited for as long as…

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A Coolamon War Scare

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

THE Coolamon "Review" relates that a resident of that town, when visiting the local railway station, saw what he recognised to be two cases of military…

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A New War Book

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

The war has been raging for over three months and it is striking how few people can give, even an outline, a connected story of those…

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War Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

It is officially announced that the Nurnburg was overtaken on Tuesday and sunk. The Dresden was being hotly pursued…

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War Cables LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 4

Heavy firing has been heard off the Belgian coast, indicating that the Allies' warships are bombarding German positions…

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War News. London

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 4

Heavy firing has been heard off the Belgian coast, indicating that the Allies' warships are bombarding German positions…

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Latest War News. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

It is officially announced that at 7.30 on Tuesday morning five German cruisers, Scharnhorst, Gneisn[?]u, Le[?]g, Nurnburg and…

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Wonderful Escapes. Soldiers Who Defied Bullets

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

There is a story told of an old veteran of the First Napoleon who lived until 1865 in the French village of Savory, and who owned a wooden…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 3

Four hand of French volunteers including 100 Zouaves, made a night attack on the ferryman's house at poescle, commanding an…

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Latest War News. Friday, 10 a.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the German cruiser Nurnburg was sunk by the British squadron on the 8th instant. The action in which the Scharnhorst…

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A New War Book

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 1

The war has been raging for over three months, and it is striking how few people can give, even an outline, a connected story of those…

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Latest War News. LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

The British are reported to be gaining ground north of Parschendale, and have imperilled the German positions near the coast…

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