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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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War Loan Bullets. Pith of Our Position

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 6

So that everyone may be seized with the salient facts of the financial position of Australia to-day, and the power of the people…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, March 12, 1918. Labour and the War

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 2

The caption "Labour and the War" evidently means British Labor, for Australian Labor, judging by its special…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7

The attacks on Friday in France were frustrated owing to our barrage making an assembly of Germans impossible. The German…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

In the entrance to the raid shelter on the underground railway during the air raid on Paris 60 persons were either suffocated or…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

A Belgian communique reports:— Our troops gained a footing in German trenches south of Lombartqvfe after a violent bombardment…

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12,000,000 Tyres—u.s.a. War Needs

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 8

The following is taken from a resume by H. S. Firestone, President of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, U.S.A…

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Interesting War Notes Shell Dodging in the Air. Sensations of a Famous Pilot

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 6

Second-Lieutenant McCubbins, the daring young British flying-man who felled Immelman, the "star" German flier, describes his sensations under fire…

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Our Soldier Boys. Welcome Home to Returned Heroes

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

Last night the Triumph Hall was well filled by a number of ladies and gentlemen who had assemblet to do honour to five soldier boys…

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War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 4

Reports from Germany via Amsterdam state that the city Authorities of Berlin are making an effort to stamp out the reign of…

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The War's Toll

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

A telegram has been received from the Defence Department that Private F. B. Roberts, of Araluen, died of wounds in France on…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

General Haig reports: We made successful raids in the neighbourhood of Epehy and Gavrelle. We repulsed a raid northward of Lens…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

The "Daily Express" says the Allies arranged to take over Dutch shipping yesterday for goods carrying. Germany has been…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 7

A French communique on Monday reported :—The enemy bombardment on the right bank of the Meuse became intense, and…

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Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

General Haig reports:—Enemy artillery is active in the region of Ypres, Cambrai, Vermelles and La Bassee canal The British drove…

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Interesting War Notes the Swiss Navy

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 6

The debate on the Naval Estimates serves to recall the fact that centuries before Germany was to be reckoned with as a sea Power Switzerland…

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The War. To-Day's Cables. LONDON

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

The Germans have begun a terrific bombardment along the mouth of the British front. German destroyers which were…

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The Bible and the War. Some Startling Beliefs

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 6

Is the British nation one of the ten lost tribes of Israel? Was this war predicted in the Old Testament? These are two questions which certain people…

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Generous War Gifts. All Want to Do Their Bit

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 6

Shakespeare in a famous song speaks of "benefits forgot," but there has never in all history been more evidence forthcoming that even-handed…

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Famous War Indemnities. What Beaten Nations Paid for Peace

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 6

War has always been a costly game to play. Our forefathers held up their hands in shocked amazement at the millions squandered in the Peninsula…

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Returned Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 2

A contingent of returned invalid soldiers arrived in Sydney yesterday. They are chiefly men who have served at Gallipoli and in…

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