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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

488 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 25

Short Story [Published by Special Arrangement.] Contraband of War. [Copyright.]

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Stamford, of the 3rd Dragoons, Saule, of the 90th Field Battery, and Wyllson, of the Rutlandshire Regiment, were seated on a grassy bank…

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Royalties and the War. Friendly Princes Who Have Become Fess

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

The extent, to which the Royal Families of Europe are affected by the present upheaval can only be realized by a proportionate review, of the…

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The Toll of War. What Great Battles Cost In Human Lives

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

The toll--counted in human lives--of the great straggle against German militarism is going to be terribly heavy. Of that there are already…

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Women's Work for Soldiers and Sailors

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

Nimble fingers are, busy at work everywhere for our, wounded heroes of the war, and women's local work parties are turning out numbers of…

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Poetry Song of the Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

What of the faith and fire within as Men who marck away [?] the barn-cocks say Night is growing grey…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

German Agents are intriguing with the Egyptian natives to take up arms against Britain. Barchtold has declined to be responsible…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

After the Germans had dropped bombs on Dunkirk two Belgium airmen attacked seven German aeroplanes, and a thrilling…

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The War. London

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 2

The Times publishes a graphic story of the French reverse at Soissons. Flood waters rather than…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

The Times military correspondent estimates that if German losses continue at the present rate she wilt have lost all her reserves before next…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

The Times military correspondent estimates that if German losses continue at the present rate she will have lost all her reserves before next…

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WAR Summary of the Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

A communique reports the route of the Turkish rearguard at Oley (north-west-west from Saryk.mish). There were enormous…

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Latest War News. Tuesday, 10.30 a.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

The German account of the battle of Soissons shows that the worst execution was done on Christmas Day. The Germans version states that Vregny completely surprised the…

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The War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

An aerial attack was made on Yarmouth on Tuesday night. Sherringham, King's Lynn, Sandringham, Snettisham, and Dersingham were…

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War Prophecies

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Military experts are of the [?] that war will continue for a couple of years. They are not always right in their prophecies however. They told…

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Famous War-horses

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

No man has a greater regard and love for his horse than Lord Kitchener, and when his equestrian statue was being erected in Calcutta, he told the…

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Latest War News

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

An aerial attack was made on Yarmouth on Tuesday night. Sherringham, King's Lynn, Sandringham, Snettisham, and Dersingham were…

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War Sport: Newest Came[?]on[?] Earth

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

The French aviators are whiling away their monotony, just now--if there is such a thing, as monotony for these gallant gentlemen--by means of a new…

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Interesting War Notes. This Plantin Museum

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

The Antwerp museum is unique in its way. There is nothing like it in all Europe. It consists of a multitude of rooms--each of which contains objects…

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Short Story [Published by Special Arrangement.] Contraband of War. [Copyright.] Continued from last week

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

"No," laughed the girl. "If you will have the basket from me, it's there." Saule nudged Wyllson hard, and whispered, "Look here, left her go I…

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Animals Who Fight with Soldiers. What Military Pets Have Done

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

The news that the pet goat of the 2nd Battalion of the Welsh Regiment has been killed in the Battle of Aisne reveals the fact that the soldiers are…

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