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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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A Holy War. Hinterland in Revolt. Anxiety in Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 2

Rome despatches state that all the Hinterland of Tripoli is in open revolt against the Christians and a Holy War has entirely changed the…

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The Tripoli War. Valiant Turks. Whole Italian Front Attacked. 7000 Men Engaged. Arab Detachment Cut Down. Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 2

About 500 Turks and Arabs were killed during Thursday's furious attack on the whole Italian front, in which 7000 soldiers took part…

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Coronation Cadets. Welcome Home. Presentation to Cadet Elworthy

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 3

ON Saturday night, at McCutcheon's Family hotel, the members of the Gundagai Rifle Club made a presentation to Private Fred. Elworthy in…

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Special Cable News. the Italian War

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 2

Reports from Malta state that the Italians suppressed a rising of Arabs with the utmost severity, they being utterly wiped out at an oasis,…

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War in Tripoli. the Cost to Italy. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 2

The Italian Government declares that so far the cost of the campaign against Turkey does not exceed four millions sterling…

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The War in Tripoli. Its Cost to Italy. Exaggerated Reports. Rome

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 2

The "Tribute" publishes the Government reply to the exaggerations by the newspapers as to the cost of the war with Turkey. It declares that…

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The War. Desperate Fighting in Tripoli. Thousands Killed. Wholesale Executions of Arabs

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 3

THOUSANDS of Turks and Arabs were; killed in Thursday's furious attack. The whole of the Italian front…

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Welcome Home. and Presentation

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 2

ON Saturday night, at McCutchoon's Family hotel, the members of the Gundagai Rifle Club made a presentation to Private Fred. Elworthy in…

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War in Tripoli. Severe Fighting. Turkish Successes. Recapture of City Reported. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 2

The attacks made by the combined force of Turks and Arabs upon the Italian troops now occupying the town of Tripoli are more stubborn…

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Buried Alive. Land Slip at Tangier. Sixteen Soldiers Killed. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 2

Eighteen French soldiers were buried beneath a land slip in a quarry at Tangier and sixteen were killed…

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What Is War?

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 27

That the Devil can quote scripture for his purpose everybody has heard. It need not, therefore, surprise us that Lieutenant-General Hart can furnish…

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War in Tripoli. Horrible Revelations. Italian Slaughter of Innocents. Hideous Reprisals Expected. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 2

It is reported that at the slaughter of the Arabs on the oasis the Italians set themselves to cow the former but the men got beyond control. The…

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Citizen Soldiers. for Defence Only. Discussion to Take Place in the Senate

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 17

The following motion has been placed on the business paper of the Senate for Nov. 2 by Senator Rae:— "That the Defence Act should be so…

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The War. Rumours of Victory. CONSTANTINOPLE

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 4

The city is in a state of great elation: at the news from Tripoli. Rumors ; are abroad of Turkish victories, including the re-capture of part of the…

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Holy War. Attacks on Christians in Egypt. Many Arrests. Cairo

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

Anti-European riots at Alexandria resulted in 200 arrests. Many Christians were wounded and four Italians and two natives are reported killed…

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War in Tripoli. Conflicting Reports. Massacre of Arabs Denied. Armies Now Face to Face. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

The charges of indiscriminate slaughter at Tripoli by the Italians are officially denied. The Government states that the Arabs, after submitting…

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Holy War. Anti-european Riots in Egypt. Naval Force Landed at Alexandria. Cairo

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 4

Owing to renewed anti-European riots martial law has been proclaimed at Alexandria. The British cruiser Lancaster has landed 200 men to…

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Wounded Killed. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 2

Italian officers state that the Arabs have killed many of the wounded who have fallen into their hands at Tripoli…

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War in Tripoli. Turkey's Unreadiness. Ex-vizier's Plea. German Ambassador Blamed. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 2

Hakki Pasha, the former Grand Vizier, who has been blamed for Turkey not being prepared for war, has declared that if persecuted for…

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Useless Treaties. Mr. Roosevelt on National Honor. the Lesson of the War. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 3

Mr. Roosevelt, in signed articles in the "Outlook" against the proposed , arbitration treaties, says that the present wart proves the utter inefficiency…

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