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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

334 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 17

WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 2

Correspondents following in the wake of the advancing British and French forces state that half a million Germans are retreating…

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War News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

Once more the news that comes to us from the seat of war has experienced a radical change. First we had to hear of the advance of…

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Are Not Some Things Worse Than War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

MR. HOLMAN combats the idea that the aggression of Germany was anything else than unmitigated crime against…

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The War. Australian Submarine Reported Missing. Supposed Loss Due to Accident. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 4
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The Minister for Defence has received a wireless message from Admiral Patey stating that Australian submarine" AE 1 has been missing since September 14. when returning from patrol work. There was no enemy in the vicinity where last seen. The weather…

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The War Latest Cables Russian and German Fleets. Supposed Engagement. Furious Battle Raging. to Prevent Retreat of Enemy a German Defeat Rumored at Ameins. Germans Fail in Attempt to Break Allies' Front. Ground Stewn with Dead. Rheims in Ruins. Kaiser's Son Wounded. Siege of Antwerp Likely. Austrian Troops on the Italian Frontier. Fasting and Fighting. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

A number of Russian warships have arrived at Helsingfors in a damaged condition. A terrific cannonade was heard…

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Latest War News. Russian and German Fleets. Supposed Engagement. Furious Battle Raging. to Prevent Retreat of Enemy. a German Defeat Rumoured at Ameins. Germans Fail in Attempt to Break Allies Front. Ground Stewn with Dead. Rheims in Ruins. Kaiser's Son Wounded. Siege of Antwerp Likely. Austrian Troops on the Italian Frontier. Fasting and Fighting. London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

A number of Russian warships have arrived at Helsingfors in a damaged condition. A terrific cannonade was heard…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, September 22, 1914. Is War Defensible

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

IT is very difficult to define the grounds on which Mr. Holman the State Premier, takes exception to the recent ulterance…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

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

Details of the battle which occurred on September 7 between the Austrians and the Servians show that at night 90,000…

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War Picture Specials

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

Next Thursday night, in the Protestant Hall, the Swastika Motion Pictures programme will contain features of exceptional interest. A…

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The War Latest Cables Sydney

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

The German cruiser Enden bombarded Madras and then escaped. The telegraph office and the seamen's club were hit, while the…

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War Cables. Three British Cruiser's Sunk. German Submarine's Work. SYDNEY

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4

The following official cable was received this afternoon from Sir George Reid:-- The Armored cruisers Aboukir,…

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How the British Cruisers Went. Two German Submarines Sunk. Spoils of War to the British. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4

Two hundred and eighty-seven survivors, including a few wounded and one dead, have been landed at Holland from the three sunken…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 3

Details of the naval disaster in the North Sea show that the Aboukir was hit in several places and disappeared in five minutes. Other boats rushed…

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War Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

ENROLMENT for the expeditionary forces continues brisk, though. naturally, the first enthusiasm has quietened down…

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War Picture Specials

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2
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Next Thursday night, in the Protestant Hall, the Swastika Motion Pictures programme will contain features of exceptional interest. A…

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European War. SYDNEY, Saturday Morning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 1

Admiral Patey reports that the Australians occupied Kaiser Wilheim's Land, German New Guinea, on Thursday without opposition…

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War News Kaiser Reported Ill. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

A Geneva newspaper states that the kaiser is ill with inflamm[?]tion of the lung[?] caused through fall[?]ng into a trench full of water…

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The War Latest Cables Mechlin Bombarded. Civilians Killed. Buildings Fired. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

Mechlin is being bombarded by the Germans. Ten civilians have been killed and many wounded…

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