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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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The War. Peace Terms Rejected, Turks are Stubborn. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 3

The Turks have rejected the Bulgarians proposed terms of peace, and Naxim Pasha has ordered that fighting shall continue…

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War or Peace. Arranging an Armistice. Servia Conciliates Austria

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 6

Prospects of peace are growing brighter Fighting between the Bulgarians and Turks at Chatalja has been suspended pending the…

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The War

The Worker · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 21

So far as the chief combatants are concerned, the war situation in the Balkans is not greatly changed from that of last week. The Bulgarians are still besieging…

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Council of War

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 2

A Council of War, over which King Nicholas presided, decided to redouble the efforts of the army to take Scutari…

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Special Cable News. the War. War Virtually Ended

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 2

Government officials and diplomatists consider that all danger of a European war is virtually ended. It is rumoured in Constantinople that…

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Latest War News. Peace Again Postponed. German and Austrian Intrigue. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4

The European situation is still serious, although an official statement from Russia declares that no hostile, move against neighboring…

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Air Scouts. the New War Era. Enemy's Every Movement Forestalled. Dirigible Drops Bombs at Night on Cambridge

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 7

When the aeroplane arrives, fleets, fortresses, frontiers, everything will go. —Baron Achrenthal in 1907. The aeroplane has arrived, though the…

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Latest War News

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 2

The Czar has received the Austrian Ambassador in audience . The meeting is expected to facilitate the settlement of the…

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The Balkans War. Allies Demands Modified British Policy Favored Situation of Adrianople Peace Impossible" London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

It is rumored at Constantinople that Bulgaria lias abandoned her claim to Adrianople as one of the essentials to, the declaration of peace…

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Dreadful War Weapon

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

Winston Churchill, at Portland to-morrow is to witness experiments with Percy Scott's fire directors on the thunderer, which are expected to…

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Special Cable News. the War. Aviator's Observations

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

Bennett Burleigh, with two aviators, biplaned over Adrianople, and observed that the Selun Mosque and the most important buildings of the…

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Wounded Soldiers. Sofia

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

Wounded soldiers from Chataldja are coming to Kirk Kilisse in great numbers. The British Red Cross Society is doing good work, although…

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The Horrors of War. Mosques Crowded with Dead and Dying. Inhuman Neglect of Sufferers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

Four thousand soldiers are lying in the mosques of St. Sophia. Constantinople, suffering from cholera. The scenes are pitiable in the extreme. The…

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A Rain of Shells. Bombardment of Adrianople. 4,000 Cholera-stricken Soldiers. Heartrending Scenes an Armistice Arranged Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

Greece objects to Bulgaria's readiness to accept Turkey's terms for peace, which include an armistice and the right, meanwhile, to revictual…

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The Horrors of the War

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 2

An Armenian doctor who escaped from Adrianople tells a graphic story of the horrors of the s[?]ge. He states that the Bulgarian shells…

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Special Cable News. the War. Peace Signed

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 2

With peace signed, the diplomatic game begins an to how much public debt Turkey will consent to pay, and as to what the allies will assume…

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Latest War News. Peace in Sight. Negotiations in London. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 4

It is expected peace negotiations will be opened in London a week hence. It is stated in Sofia that if Greece…

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Eclipse of the War Correspondent. Rigid Censorship. London, October 25

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 3

It is estimated that there are nearly 200 war correspondents attached to the five armies now engaged in war in the Balkans. At Solia, the…

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Balkans War. Peace Conference. Revictualling Adrianople. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

When the Peace Conference commences its sittings in London Turkey will be allowed to revictual Adrianople…

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Turkish-Italian War. Italy's Cost. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

The Minister of Finance reports that the war cost Italy £22,000,000. A further £8,000.000 is required…

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