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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The Mexican War Villa Versus Huerta. Rebel Leader Wants American Transport. Huerta Accepts Offer of Mediation. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

General Villa proposes that he and his men should be taken in American transports to Vera Cruz, and let loose against Huerta…

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The Mexican War Prospects of Peace. Meeting of Diplomats. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

President Wilson has expressed his gratification at the prospects of peace Diplomats have met at the Argentine legation at Washington, to discuss…

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The Mexican War Mediation Efforts. Formal Request by Diplomats. Doubtful Attitude of Mexico. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

The South American diplomats who are endeavoring to arrange mediation, have formally asked the United States and Mexico to agree to an armistice…

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A Soldier Race. the House of Cough

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, v.c.. Keeper of his Majesty's Regalin in the Power, has writes the "Westminister Gazette," suffered sad bereavement by…

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New Dirigible Not Up to War Office Requirements. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 4

The Schuttelang airship, the largest yet constructed for the army failed by half an hour, to fulfil the War Office conditions. The dirigible was…

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The Mexican War Preparation for War No Faith in Mediation. Manufacture of Cannons and Cartridges. March on Mexico City Probable. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 4

It now appears that there is every prospect of heavy lighting between the American and Mexican forces. The latter seem to have lost all faith…

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The Verge of War. Cannon and Cartridge Factories at Work. March on Mexico City. Mexico City

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 5

Feverish war preparations are proceeding throughout the whole of Mexico. The Railway foundry is busy running out cannon and [?] of first-class…

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The Mexican War the Mediation Proposals. Mexican Leaders' Asked to Confer. Vera Cruz

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 2

Detachments of Mexicans are sniping around the waterworks at Vera Cruz. American troops have been despatched to protect the works. It…

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ULSTER, "Verge of Civil War." Lord Curzon's Speech. LONDON, May 2

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

AT a meeting of the Primrose League in the Albert Hall, Lord Curzon, who presided, said that for weeks past the United Kingdom…

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The Mexican War Huerta Unnerved. Sleeps in Moving Motor. Reported to Contemplate Bolting. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

It is rumored that Huerta contemplates bolting. He is ton frightened to sleep anywhere except in a moving motor car, and wanders…

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Telegraphic. Military Strike Soldiers Refuse to Drill in Wet Clothes. Riotous Scenes. Grievances Recognised. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

Some hundreds of the six thousand men in camp at Tekaan objected to be kept in camp several daye more than the Defence Act provided for,…

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Army Bullies. German Officers Sentenced. Kerosene-soaked Soldier. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 2

Two German army officers were sentenced to eight months and four months' imprisonment respectively, for cruelty to soldiers. It was…

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The Mexican War Federal Troops Mobilising. Encamped Near Vera Cruz. Huerta Will Not Resign. Plot Against Him Frustrated. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 2

President Huerta denies that he intends to resign. General Villa has refused an armistice, and is massing his troops at…

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Mexican War Plight of Vera Cruz. Little Food at High Prices. Vera Cruz

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 2

Despite the blockade that is being maintained by General Maas, commanding the Federal troops outside Vera Cruz, food continues to reach…

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The Mexican War Fighting Round Tampico. Rebels and Federalists in Conflict. American Hostilities Suspended. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 2

It is persistently rumored that General villa is marching on Tampico, intending to attack the city. Fighting, in the meantime, is…

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The Mexican War Washington

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 5

Two British subjects were killed by mines at Quadalajara. Seven Americans were surrounded in the neighborhood, and their fate is…

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King-street Shooting Woman Committed for Trial. the Wounded Man's Evidence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

Alice Mabel Rankin was before the police court to-day and was charged with having shot Gilbert David Irvine, with intent to murder him…

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The Mexican War Rebel Victory. El Paso

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

The rebels have captured the garrison town of Pepeaca, after heavy fighting…

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General Funston Isolated. Prolonged War Office Conferences

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 2

There is renewed tension in Washington over the Mexican situation, and prolonged conferences arE taking place at the War Office…

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The Mexican War. Armistice Broken. Huerta Indignant. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 2

General Huerta has informed the South America mediators that the operations which have been undertaken at Vera Cruz by the Americans,…

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