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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Turkish Killed and Wounded. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 2

The Italians buried the Turkish dead with military honors, and conveyed 20 badly wounded Turks to the fleet hospital…

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The Tripoli War. Effect of Moroccan Dispute. Alarming Developments Foreshadowed. Coaling Station for Germany. the Price of Non-intervention. "Britain Will Never Allow It." London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 2

Uneasiness is acute in regard to the Moroccan situation, despite the Paris report of a satisfactory closing of the negotiations. The markets on…

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Turkey's Note. Sacrifice Tripoli If War Is Stopped. Cause of Italian Delay in Replying. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 2

It is generally conceded that the Powers are discussing the latest note from Turkey offering to cede Tripoli, if the war immediately stops…

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Portuguese Civil War. Royalist Losses. Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 2

It is estimated that 150 Royalists were killed during the fighting while marching on Oporto…

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The Outlook a Survey of World Progress War and the Workers

The Worker · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 27

War in the Twentieth Century! Are we really making progress? Or do we deceive ourselves with a superficial sentimentality?…

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Cabinet Resigns. War Minister and Monarchist Raid. Royalists Starving. Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 2

Isolated monarchists ore wandering on the mountains, famished and in rags. Arrests of Royalists continue throughout the country. Seventy…

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Chinese Rebellion. Cause of the Rising. Objection to Foreign Railways. Soldiers Join the Rebels. Hankow

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 2

Incessant firing is heard in the direction of Wuchang. Communication is cut off, but large fires are seen, and it is certain the regular soldiers have…

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The War. Hand-to-hand Fighting. Appeal to the Powers. BERLIN

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 5

A report has been received here by a newspaper to the effect that the first land engagement between the Italian troops in occupation of…

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The Turco-Italian War. Landing at Tobruk. a Hail of Bullets. Cold Steel for the Turks. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

Details of the landing at Tobruk show that the Italian boats encountered a hail of bullets. The soldiers and sailors jumped into the sea and…

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Progress of the War. Powers' Intervention. Only Alternative to Prolonged Struggle. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 7

The Vienna correspondent of "The Times" declares that the world must be prepared for the enunciation of Italian sovereignty in Tripoli, as Turkey will…

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The Turco-Italian War. Bulgaria Mobilising. Rebuked by Germany. Constantinople Silent. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

The Vienna correspondent of the "Times," from which capital reliable information lias come during the war, hat telegraphed to his paper as…

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Spain in Morocco. Soldiers Decapitated by Moors. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

Native reports from Morocco state that the Moors, at Seldan, defeated the Spaniards, decapitating over a hundred soldiers…

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Intervention of the Powers. [?]Y of Bulgaria Assured. Outbreak of Cholera. Sufferings of the Turkish Soldiers. Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 7

The five Great Powers, besides endeavoring to mediate between Italy and Turkey, are intervening to remove the tension between Turkey and…

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Turkey Warned. Continuance of War Demanded. Sultan Threatened

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1911 · page 2

Italy has warned Turkey that if a repetition of the massacre of the Italian laborers occurs iu Arabia Italian warships will shell Smyrna and…

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Welcome Home the Australian Cadets. Back From Coronation

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 4

The New South Wales Coronation contingent of cadets returned to Sydney on Saturday morning, after a trip round a good part of the world…

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Scientific War. Germany Introduces the Cinematograph. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

Germany has ordered five cinematograph machines to be used by the Aviation and Balloon Corps enabling the aerial soouts to take continuous…

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[?]Tripoli War Powers Cannot Mediate. Inflammatory Placards. Constantinople

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

The Powers' reply to the Porte's latest Note has been received by the Government. The Powers state generally that, in…

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Awakening of China the War Against the Manchu Dynasty. Causes and Possibilities. Wagga Lady Missionary Interviewed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

Wagga has quite a direct interest in the present state of affairs in China. Miss Pownall, the well-known lady missionary, who has spent a…

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Soldiers Disarmed. the Throne's Fears. Peking

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

The Viceroy of Nanking has disarmed the 9th Division of the Modern Army, supplying its place with provincial troops. This is the second…

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Germany and Morocco. Almost a War. Timely Intervention by Powers. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 2

The London "Daily Express" publishes a remarkable article alleging that a few weeks ago Germany's attitude on the Moroccan question…

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