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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 5

Mr. Ward Price, writing from Salonica, says that after a postponement of two days through bad weather, the French and…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 7

The British casualty lists during October aggregated 4366 officers and 101,340 men. The British army authorities…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, November 3, 1916. the War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

Berlin admits that Fort Vaux has been evacuated. Better weather on the Italian front enabled the resumption of…

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Local and General. Our Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. F. H. Dowell, of this town, has received a cable from his son, Pte. Fred. Dowell, announcing his safe arrival in England…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

Private Vin. Irwin, son of Mr. M. Irwin, of this town, who is with the A.I.F. on Salisbury Plain, writing on Sept. 6, says he has…

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War Chest

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

Previously acknowledged, £11 10s 8d. Donations: Mrs. Harris (Lascelles-st.), £1 1s; Mrs. Whitfield, senr. (sale of plants), 7s 9d;…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 4

A Berlin wireless message admits the evacuation of Fort Vaux. Dr. Dillon, writing from Home to the "Daily Telegraph," says:…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 7

General Haig, reporting yesterday afternoon, said that heavy rain had fallen on Friday night. There had been trench mortar…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports that during the night the enemy counter-attacked and regained a portion of the ground in the neighbourhood of…

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The Japanese Soldier

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

Japan is remarkable for this, that the ideals of the soldier, as embodied in the Bushido, are those of the whole nation. In the land of the…

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Soldiers Farewelled

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

'In the Triumph Hall last 'night. there was a fine public gathering for the purpose of bidding farewell to a further batch of district soldiers…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 6

General Sir Douglas Haig, in his midnight report on Sunday, stated: We attacked at several points, and made some progress…

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Duration of War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 3

Mr. Roy Howard, president of the New York United Press, has returned from England and Germany. He says there is no…

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Latest War News. the Arabia

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 7

The Arabia's passengers totalled 437, of whom 169 were women and children. Nearly all are Australians. Two engineers are…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON, Friday. Helping the Germans

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 2

The Greek police, at the instauce of the Allies, arrested Kalamassiotiss who is suspected of supplying German submarines…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 4

The Roumanians have recaptured Harsova, a town on the Danube, in the Dobrudja, It is evident that the Russians have…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 7

General Haig in his noon report on Sunday says: Last night: we successfully released gas to the southward of Ypres…

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War Service Committee

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 3

The Rev. Mr. Hirst presided, over a meeting of the above held at the Shire Council Chambers last night. After the transaction of some routine business it…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 2

A Servian communique states:— We broke counter-attacks against Chuke and continued our victorious advance northward, pursuing the…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 4

Eleven ships were sunk by marines in European waters during the week-end, A number of them were large steamers…

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