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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 November 1917 · page 2

Delayed messages received 'in Washington state that the Russian Socialists have agreed to form' a Coalition-Socialist. Ministry,…

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War Will Last Till 1920. Unless We Pull Ourselves Together

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 November 1917 · page 2

The, British Director-General of Recruiting (Sir Auckland Geddes), in a speech at Plymouth on Monday, warned the nation that it must prepare to face a…

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The Soldiers' Vote. Why They Will Vote "No."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1917 · page 6

The manifesto of the Returned Soldiers' No Conscription League, Mr. Chairman Gibbs, contains the statement that the resurrection of…

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Heroes of the Battlefield. Welcome Home to Returned Local Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 2

On Tuesday night the Triumph Hall was well filled by a representative gathering of ladies and gentlemen, met to do honor to Privates…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 8

An Italian official report says. We completely broke up four attacks of extreme violence in the direction of Zomo, eastward of…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 7

Sir Douglas Haig reports that, the British slightly improved their position at night time north-westward of Passchendaele. The French…

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War Intercession. United Service

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last a United War Intercession Service was held in the Triumph Hall when a large congregation assembled to…

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Latest War News. German Line Smashed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 9

News has reached New York that the Hindenburg line has been smashed and that the British are advancing on a wide front…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 2

Field-Marshal Haig reports:—The Third Army, composed entirely of British troops, effected a surprise attack on an extensive scale. The…

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Married v. Single Enlistees

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 4

Our contemporary, "the responsible press" (its responsibility does not extend to the squaring of the xy to benzine and many things)…

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Returned Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 9

One of the largest contingents of soldiers that lias yet arrived disembarked in Melbourne yesterday. The complement included…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 4

An urgent message from the correspondent of the United Press says that the tanks, cavalry, and infantry are still advancing. The…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 7

Fighting in and about Abourlon Wood, three miles west of Cambrai, has been continued with great stubbornness by both…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 2

Field-Marshal Haig reports that the enemy have not repeated their attacks on the Bourlon position since yesterday's failure. There is…

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War Chest Day. Queanbeyan's Contribution, £229/I6/ii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 2

Mr. F. P. Woodward, J.P., was the chairman at Friday's meeting of the War Chest Day committee when the following balance sheet was unanimously adopted:—…

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Glorious Australian Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 2

Describing the Australian soldier with the one word "magnificent," Mr. J. Henry Lang, National General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. for…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 1

The Washington correspondent of the United Press Agency says that President Wilson has received the Bolsheviks' proposal for…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 2

General Haig reports :— Hostile artillery was firing on Tuesday-night in the neighbourhood of Bourlon Wood, but no further…

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Late War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 7

The American Shipping Board is confident that it can meet Mr. Lloyd George's request for 6,000, 000 tons of shipping by January…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 2

Field Marshal Haig reports that after sharp fighting the attack against the Belgian positions near Aschoop failed and…

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