Soldiers' Slang
The British soldier, in his fondness for slang, calls all shells "souvenirs." But these "souvenirs" are divided into "will-o'-the-wisps," "humming birds,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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What Soldiers' Badges Mean
People are asking the meaning of the different badges, patches, and stripes that decorate the soldier's khaki…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News
The British have further advanced on the Ancre front. They have occupied Gommecourt, which has withstood all their assaults…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late War News
Except at one point, no further advance by the British is reported from the Ancre front. North of Miraumont an advance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News
The Admiralty announces the loss of a British destroyer in the North Sea, with all hands. It is probable the destroyer was sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cost of War
A few days ago the Prime Minister estimated that the Commonwealth had already incurred an unproductive war debt of 131…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Case. Under War Precautions Act
At the Tanunda Court (S.A.), E. H. Coombe, M.H.A., who was acquitted on Monday on a charge of having used words prejudicial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, March 6, 1917. the War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON
A French communique says the enemy violently attacked along a front three kilometres between Cambrettes Farm and Bezonvauk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interesting War Notes Finding the Range
It is one thing spot a hostile battery and another problem altogether to hit it. The locality may be well known, simplify matters but the range difficult to determine. To…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON
It is officially announced that 859 merchantmen have arrived at French ports during the week ended March 4. The enemy sank two, and nine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, March 9, 1917. the War
Although news from" the front bears largely the aspect of a position of suspense, there is nothing like stagnation. The German retirement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier and Strong Man
In Sir Mortimer Durand's biography of Sir George White (Blackwood). Captain Harry Brooke, in a note contributed to the volume, says that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News
A French communique issued at midnight on Wednesday says: On the Verdun front our batteries caught enemy detachments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Saving Certificate
The Federal Treasurer has decided to issue a war - saving certificate, 17s 66. for £1, over three years, and also 6d and 2s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Politicians and the War
It is surpremely regrettable that so many men in political life allow party ra[?]cour or personal ambition to blind them to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. Baghdad Falls
An official message states that Baghdad fell on Sunday. The message says : "We surprised and crossed the Diala at noon on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. To-Day's Cables. Bagdad Taken
It is officially announced from Mcsopotamia that General Maude's army has taken Bagdad. The city was occupied on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Loan Supported. N.s.w. Premier Speaks
Responding to a request that he should commend the Fourth. Commonwealth War Loan, which has been extended to 4th April,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working a Soldiers Badge
At the races on Saturday a case of exploiting by the use of a badge which bore all outward and visible resemblance to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers
A total of 252 wounded aud sick soldiers and nursing sisters arrived . in a hospital ship yesterday morning, and were…
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