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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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War Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

German troops are concentrating along the Dutch frontier between Ostham and Meerhovt. The Allies repulsed an attack at…

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The War. Earlier Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 1

It is reported at Buenos Ayres that the Dresden was sunk by the British. Five British were killed and 15 were wounded during the naval…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 2

The Germans are placing great confidence in their new super-Dreadnought submarines. Workmen are feverishly working on…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 3

The German naval raid on the coast of Yorkshire is materially Increasing enlistment for Lord Kichener's army, particularly in…

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War Cables

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 4

Rome papers [?] north of the Vistula have been completely defeated and have fallen back on East Prussia…

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War Distances

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 5

War, besides being a groat leveller, is also a great educator. Places we had never even heard of previously are now becoming as "familiar in our mouths as…

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Interesting War Notes

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 5

When Russian air scout near Krasnik was shot at the bullet penetrated the oil-tank of his machine, but, pressing his foot against the hole, he…

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War More Merciful

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 5

A general impression is that with powerful weapons of great precision greater loss of life and greater pain are caused. That view is almost certainly…

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The War. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 2

The Germans are reinforcing on the Belgian coast. The enemy's violent attacks south of Noyou have been repulsed. In…

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A New War Book

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 4

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

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Prisoners of War. How Civilized Nations Treat Them

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 5

The lot of a prisoner of war, whether he be a captured foe or a detained reservist, need not be altogether an unhappy one. He must, of course, be…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 2

Details of the kittle of Nienport show that the Germans were taken by surprise. When the French crossed five bridges the Allies poured shrapnel into the enemy's…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 2

The German Emperor has telegraphed to his aunt, the Dowager Duchess of Baden, that General Hindenburg announced that "the…

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Australian Expeditionary Forces. Interesting Letter From a Queanbeyan Soldier

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 3

MR. W. E. GALE has received the following letter from Mr. Harry R. Cadden, late of Queanbeyan, a member of the Expeditionary Force now…

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