War Secretary's Joke
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 7
Sir W. Byies asked in Parliament why troops took part in a welcome to Lord Roberts at Leeds, when the visit [?] undertaken to promote a controver[?] political object (national service) opposed to the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Horrors of War
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 6
The "Times" prints a hitherto unpublished letter written by the late Lord Wolseley to Mr. James Baker, author and journalist, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Airship Disappears. War Office Mystery
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 7
Mr. H. Pike Pease, M.[?] writes to the "Times" as follows in reference to the dismantling and disappearance of the Clement-Bayard airship after its record voyage in six…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Centenary. War of Liberation
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 7
The hundredth anniversary of the War of Liberation was celebrated recently in Berlin and throughout the German Empire The Kaiser had wreaths laid at the foot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Major as French Soldier. Enlistment During "Epileptic Oblivion."
Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 1
After keeping his family in intense anxiety for 40 days owing to his mysterious disappearance. Mayor [?] of Uscdom, in Pomerania, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marvels of Europe's War Machinery. and Clamouring for More
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3
At the present time it may be interesting to get a brief and clear view of the vast war-machine of Europe which is ready at any moment, should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's War Forces. 1,300,000 Men at First Battle. Paris
Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3
M. Jaures, the Socialist leader speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies, declared that when Germany attacked France it would be not only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Break in Shoes by Water Treatment
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 4
A simple, although effective, way of "breaking in" shoes is that employed in the United States army. After the shoes have been fitted to their feet the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Servian War. Rejected Bulgarian Proposal. LONDON
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2
Servia rejected the proposal to demobilise the troops on the Bulgarian frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Servian Cabinet Resigns. "War a Matter of Hours." Belgrade
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2
The Servian Cabinet has resigned, as the Premier (M. Paries), was unable to persuade his colleagues in favor of a peaceful settlement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Perils of War Correspondents. Newspaper Men's Casualties Proportionately Heavier Than Soldiers
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 7
The war in the Balkans brings to our minds the dangers that war correspondents sometimes have to meet to supply their papers with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Weird War Story
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 7
A weird story ia told of Spion Kop by an ex-soldier of the Scottish Hides who was wounded and disabled on the slope…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greece Favors Arbitration to Avoid Frtatricidal War. Roumania Supports Bulgaria
Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 2
It is understood that Greece favors general arbitration: is the only means of avoiding a fratricidal war. In the event of conflict it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greece Favors Arbitration to Avoid Fratricidal War. Roumania Supports Bulgaria
Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 2
It is understood that Greece favors general arbitration as the only means of avoiding a fratricidal war. In the event of conflict it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier with Axe. Wrecks Railway Station
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 7
A private of the Weish Regiment, named Cox, escaped from the guard-room at Bordon Camp, Hampshire, where he was awaiting court-martial, and lay hidden for a day in a small wood between the camp and the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Balkan War Italian Movements. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 3
King Emanuel is at Helena, starting on Tuesday for Kiel, thence to Stockholm. A decree has been issued with orders to the organisation at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclists in War
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2
In an article on the above subject in the "Windsor Magazine" the writer says :— A body of cyclists may prove a great source of anxiety and trouble to cavalry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women and War
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 6
"Abolish war?" said a great general once to a peace enthusiast. "Before you can do that you must reconstruct the woman." And he was right. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Balkans Crisis. Excitement in Belgrade. Was War Declared? London
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2
There is great excitement and indignation at Belgrade, where it is alleged, that the Bulgarian attacks at Ishtib and other places were made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Gift to War Office. Bought by Students' Shilling Subscriptions. Colonel Seely Accepts
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 7
A Bleriot monoplane, fully tested in cross-country flights with a view to military use, has been presented to the War Office by students of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →