War Summary
The British battleships Irresistible and Ocean, and the French battleship Bouvet have been sunk by mines in the Dardanelles. The British battle…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
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Latest War News
The British battleships Irresistible and Ocean, and the French battleship Bouvet have been sunk by mines in the Dardanelles. The British battle…
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The Germans have adopted several ingenious devices to cope with problems not foreseen at the start of the war, such as armoured car destroyers,…
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The Grand Duke Michael has now sent over 73,000 pairs of gloves for the troops at the front. No fewer than 550 barristers have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How a War Levy Was Recovered
The story of a French doctor's fee for attending a German Prince has become known. It was when the Germans were advancing towards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence War Food Fund. The Editor "Queanbeyan Observer.'
Sir, -- We must thank you for your appreciative article on the War Food Fund in your issue of the 9th inst. There is one small error in it --…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interesting War Notes. About Egypt
The claiming of Egypt as a British Protectorate means that 363,181 square miles are added to the British Empire, and a population of upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Household Cavalry. Their Work in War
There is an erroneous notion that the Household Cavalry are not sent abroad to fight for their country's cause, but purely exist for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlist. Mr. Fisher's Appeal
THE Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher, passed through Sydney on Sunday from Melbourne en route to Queensland. Mr. Fisher's visit to Queensland has, he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News. Eastern Battles
THE Austrians, after a grave defeat in the Schilovzy region, withdrew to their own frontier, where they are fortifying themselves. Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. Annihilated. Dardanelles Towns Destroyed
Letters received from the Dardanelles show that the towns of Seddulbabr, Kumkal, and Yenisbebr have been destroyed, not a single house being…
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"All fair in love and war," runs the old saying, and Mr. E. A. VIzetelly, in his volume of [?]…
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"My conviction is that, from a moral point of view, Europe needed the war in order to get rid of an enormity of pomp, snobbery, carelessness, and animalism…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. H. G. Wells on "Scientific War."
Mr. H. G. Wells, in the course of an article contributed to the January "Windsor Magazine," says: "No doubt much ingenuity will stand…
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A correspondent of the "Lancet," who is in charge of an ambulance on the Continent, when his time was not fully occupied by surgical emergencies,…
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On Sunday the Allies captured an Important position, Hill 60, near Ypres, winch dominates the surrounding country. The Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Best Soldier
WHO makes the more efficient soldier—the tall giant or the small " bantam " ? Dr. Sir. S. Pembrey, the lecturer on…
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A great struggle is going on in the neighborhood. of Ypres, which is the key to Calais, where the Germans are making determined efforts…
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A Turkish official statement from Constantinople claims that the Turks repulsed British and Australian forces with heavy loss. It should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Queanbeyan Age, Friday, April 30, 1915. Current Topics. Munitions of War
The more detailed information recently published emphasises the necessity of maintaining the most strenuous efforts to keep up the…
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