War News
Saturday's news from the western front is mainly a record of consolidation, and, in places, a steady forging forward of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1916
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Latest War News
General Haig reports: On Saturday night we heavily bombarded the German positions from Ancre to the Somme. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commonwealth War Loan. Patriotism and Business Combined
None of us who have or can obtain available resource—and they should be many—must show a moment's hesitation in subscribing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, August 1, 1916. the War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON
Petrograd reports a, fierce artillery duel north-cast and south-east of Baranovitch. We captured at one bend of the river Stockhod an entire…
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Mr. G. T. C. Miller, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Lands: "Referring to your letters and…
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Mrs. M. Torpy, Lagoon, Braidwood, has received the following letter from her son, Private T, B. Torpy, B Company, 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Wounded Soldiers' Fund
Mrs. C. T. Campbell, hon. sec. of the local Red Cross Society, has asked us to acknowledge the sum of 16s donated by Mr. Evan Cameron,…
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A message from Petrograd says that the enemy is concentrating at Kovel. The battle, which is now developing, is becoming the…
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Proofs are multiplying of an impending Austro-German rout on the Russian front. It is reported the Austro-Gorman staffs have…
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Sir Roger Casement will be hanged this (Thursday) morning at Pentonville Prison, London. He has been in convict garb since…
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The Mayor has convened a public meeting in Kyrie Park for to-day at noon. when the following resolution will be submitted:…
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The White Star steamer Britannic, 47,000 tons, has been sunk in the Atlantic. She was unarmed. A French report says: "We…
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The full continues on the Somme front. Progress has been made eastward of Pozieres. The French captured a work…
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General Haig reported at noon on Sunday:—There was artillery activity all night long. The enemy shelled various areas behind…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Chest Fund
An urgent appeal is made to the stockowners of New South Wales by Mrs. J. E. Wharton Kirke, of "Bongarie," The Crescent, Manly,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Anniversary. Public Meeting in Queanbeyan
As in other towns of the State, the second anniversary of Great Britain's entry into the great European war, was celebrated by the…
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A public meeting was held in Ryrie Park on Friday last at 12 noon for the purpose of commemorating the second…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, August 8, 1916. the War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON
General Buziloft's armies are carrying out violent general action extending over one third of the Eastern front. Seven aeroplanes dropped…
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Mr. F. H. Dowell has received a letter from his son, Lance-Corporal S. Dowell, dated "Somewhere in France, 19-6-'16,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Paper
We have been shown by Messrs. V. T. Pike and S. E. Gibbs, copies of a type-written paper entitled "The Mirage," the official organ of…
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