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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

The Belgian Commission's latest report gives long lists of German outrages, such as the butchering of priests, red cross…

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Tracing War Prisoners

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

Readers with relatives reported as "missing" at the front, which may mean that they have been taken prisoners by the Germans, will doubtless…

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The Horrors of War. Ghastly Brutalising Conduct

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

THE "Mining Standard" whose war articles have been commanding attention lately, makes no bones about telling exactly what the Teuton…

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Wounds in War: a Note of Hope

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

Deaths of wounded men in the Franco-Prussian war were one to every six; in the Russo-Japanese war in Manchuria the percentage of Russian…

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Interesting War Notes. What the Stars Tell About the War. Remarkable Royal Horoscopes. By a Well-known London Astrologer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

The planets influence the lives of men, but they do not compel. Nevertheless the influences is of such a nature that it stimulates or depresses, as the…

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War-horses in Action. Risks They Run on the Battlefield

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

It will probably surprise you, said a retired colonel of Hussars, to learn that a cavalry horse usually enjoys a battle at least as much as his rider…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, January 8, 1915. The War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

ALL minor happenings in 1914 have been overshadowed by the terrible war. It burst on a world at ease like a thunderclap…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

An officer of the Formidable states that there was not the slightest panic. The men, scantily clothed, stood a long time…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The Turks at Sarykish Southern bered the Russians by ten to one. The Russians drew the enemy within the zone of tear artillery fire, which completed their distriction…

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Late War Summary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

A Buenos Ayres newspaper states that the German battle cruiser Von [?]er Tann, of 21,000 tons, has been sunk with the crew of 900 in an…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

A Buenos Ayres newspaper states, that the German battle cruiser Vonder Tann, of 21,000 tons, has been sunk with the crew of 900 in an…

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Duration of the War. Two More Years

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

EDISON, the inventor, believes that the war will last until 1917. The submarine, he declares, has proved the greatest naval…

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The Cost of the War. Britain's Ability to Pay

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

People are inclined to get panicky about the cost of the war to England, but they should read history and they would be reassured. When…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

Herr Ballin, in the course of an interview, staled that there would never be peace until Germany secured a station for her…

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Latest War News. Tuesday 10 a.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

The Germans endeavoured unsuccessfully to recapture Soissons, bombanding the town and destroying the cathedral. The Germans suffered terribly from the F[?]ch artillery…

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War Summary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

Pad weather, says the official bulletin from Paris, has interfered with operations along nearly the whole battle front. Severe fighting raged…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

Bad weather says the official bulletin from Paris, has interfered with operations along nearly the whole battle front. Severe fighting raged…

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Interesting War Notes. Former Antwerp Sieges

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Antwerp, which held out so gallantly against the Germans, has been laid siege to on several occasions in the past. During the religions troubles…

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The War. Latest News. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

IT is reported that the Turks are massacring Armenians. Fifty thousand refugees have reached Caucusus…

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Facts About War Funds. Will Germany Become Bankrupt?

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

"In my judgement the last few hundred millions may win this war. This is my opinion. The first hundred millions our enemies can stand just as…

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