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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The War. Peace Conference. a Deadlock. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 2

The Peace Conference adjourned till Wednesday. A deadlock has occurred between the Turks and the allies, chiefly in connection with the…

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The War. Situation Brighter. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 2

In hoping that all questions would be solved in an amicable way, the British Ambassador at Petersburg considers the political horizon is now…

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Domestic Tragedies Wipe Seriously Wounded. Man Missing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

Lily Lambert, 23 years of age, was found in a lane at Waverley late last night with a bullet wound in her head. There is no hope of her…

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Special Cable News. the War

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

The Turks attacked a Greek form near Janiva, but were repulsed, 172 being killed and wounded…

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Italian-Turkish War Dividing the Spoils. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

An official at Tripoli says that the spoils are estimated at £2,500,000, including £350,000 in cash. Two-fifths are to be given to the army…

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The War. Fighting at Janina. Turks Repulsed. Athens

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

Advices have been received that the Greeks have repulsed further Turkish attacks at Janina. An artillery duel is now in progress…

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The War. Island Garrison Surrenders. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 2

It is officially stated at Athens that 2000 Turks garrisoning the island of Chios, in the Aegean Sea, have unconditionally surrendered…

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The War. Resumption of Hostilities Demanded. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

It is reported at Berlin that Enver Bey, having reviewed the Turkish troops at Chataldja, sent a telegram, signed by 25 generals, to the Grand…

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Cables. War Again. Allies Unable to Accept Turkish Proposals. London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

The Peace Conference concluded last night. The Turks proposed that the new boundary should start near Adrianople, leaving the city in Turkish…

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War Again. Allies Unable to Accept Turkish Proposals. Ultimatum Delivered to the Turkish Envoys. A Last Chance. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

THE Peace Conference concluded last night. The Turks proposed that the new boundary should start near…

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The War, Peace Conference. Deliberations Suspended. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

The Balkan allies have suspended the peace conference in London, but without breaking off negotiations, entertaining hopes that Turkey would…

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The War. Peace Conference. a Startling Forecast. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

Newspapers express the belief that the suspension of the peace conference by the Balkan allies will enable Europe to intervene…

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If Adrianople Falls. the Powers and the War. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 2

Reshid Pasha says that if Adrianople falls it will be only because of famine. The British War Minister stated…

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Mutilating the Wounded. Grim Narrative by Red Cross Assistant. "Kurdish Devils."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

The "Leip[?]iger N[?]te Nachrichten" to-day publishes a graphic description of the storming of Kirk Kalissa by an eyewitness, a German Red Cross assistant,…

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Various Verses. in Defence of War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

What! warefare can't be reconciled With modern thought? Why, man, you're wild. Come back to reasoning and sense…

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Women and War. Amazons, Past and Present

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

Miss X, who has seemed as English as can be, except for her un-English name, left last week for Servia. Mrs. B. and her sister start to-night for…

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The War. 80,000 Sick in Adrianople. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

Rations being served out in Adrianople have been reduced to one fourth. There are eighty thousand sick people in the city…

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The Solovetzk Bell. a Sacred Relic. Carried Off During Crimean War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 3

England has just set the universe an example of fairness, but has at the same time crested a precedent which if followed up by [?] rest of the peoples of the world…

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Doomed City. Thrilling Experience of War Correspondent. Two Hours in a Battery

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Gen. Martinovitch, in according facilities to witness the bombardment of Tarahos, promised that we should yesterday go right into the lines of action. It will…

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Six Soldier Sons. Mother of Warriors

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

Middleton Hall, two miles from here, a beautiful country seat in the midst of a 9000-acre estate, will to-morrow be the scene of a remarkable family…

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