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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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A Soldier's Hymn

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

Lord God, in midst of fire and steel We face the cruel foe, But are no fight, to Theo we kneel, That Thou Thy mercy show…

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Too Much Tipperary. Soldiers Sick of It. Present-day Favorites

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 7

Lanco-Corporat V. Russell Warren says that the songs our soldiers sings have been a constant source of astonishment to our French and Belgian Allies. The French…

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British Troops Warned by a Deserting Soldier. Fierce Fighting at Givenchy. Both Sides Suffer Severely

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

The British troops were warned by a deserting Hanoverian soldier of an impending attack at Givenchy. The Germans came on in a dense…

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At Wilhelmshaven. the Harbor and the Natives. Description by Wagga Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

Sergeant D. L. Davidson, son of Constable Davidson, of Wagga, and who is attached to the survey staff of the Lands Office in the British…

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State Parliament. No Time for P.P. Boards Abolition. School Teachers and the War. the Local Government Bill. Franchise Measure Introduced. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

In the Assembly, Mr. Ashford, replying to a question, intimated that owing to the shortness of the present session there would be no time to…

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The Crisis of the War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 8

Commencing on the position, a writer in the "Nation" of December 12 says:—"We cannot yet contemplate an early end of the war. If we have given the…

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Spiritual Liberation. German Theory of War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 7

Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken, and we are delivered." This song of liberation comes…

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The War. German Cruiser. Torpedoed in Baltic. London, Tuesday Night

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

Copenhagen reports state that independent accounts positively affirm that the German light cruiser Gazelle was struck by a torpedo from a Russian…

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The War. Fierce Fighting. "3 1/2 Hours of Hell." Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 3

A terrific struggle is going on for the possession of favored positions in the neighbourhood of La Besse, which town is…

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Destruction of the Blucher. Wounded Germans Account Gun Crews Hurled to Destruction. Pessimism As to the Future. Belief in German Land Strength. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

A number of wounded Germans in hospital at Edinburgh, in describing the naval engagement, declared that the deadly British broadsides made…

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Woolloomooloo Shooting Case. Italian Seriously Wounded. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

During a shooting affray at Woolloomobloo between two Italians, one of whom was well known in the locality as Frank. but whose surname…

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Roumania and the War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

It would now appear to be reasonably certain—or as certain as anything can be in connection with this war—that Rumanian will shortly join the Allies…

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Mental Derangement. German Soldiers Afflicted. Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

A doctor who recently returned from Berlin states that thousands of soldiers continue to return from the front mentally deranged. He saw trainloads of…

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The War. Rioting in Turkey. Anti-german Demonstrations. Effects of Naval Fight German Marines Lose Their, Senses British Steamers Sunk by Submarines. Rioting in Constantinople. Demonstrations in Favor of Allies. Germans Fleeing. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

The agitation is increasing in Constantinople against the continuance the war. An uprising is seriously threatened and many Germans are…

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Anti-war Rising

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

A serous anti-war uprising is threatened in Turkey, and the Germans are greatly alarmed, and many are fleeing…

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The War. London

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

Saturday morning's cables furnished graphic accounts of the severe fighting which has been proceeding all the week around La Bassoe and Festubert…

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War Notes. Fighting in Egypt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

THE news from Egypt must not be read as an indication that the serious Turkish invasion has commenced. The fighting that has…

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The War The latest Monday Evening. on the Russian. Frontier

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

A general battle le developing between Dukes and Wyazkow, in the eastern area. The Russians are making progress at…

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The War. German Submarine on the Irish Coast. Vessels Torpedoed. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

A German submarine torpedoed the coaster Ben Cruachsnxo on Saturday off the month of the Lane, on the Irish coast. The crew was…

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The War. RUSSIANS T. Germans, Austrians and Turks. Cootamundra, Saturday. 9.5

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The Russians repulsed the Germans north of Tilsit. The former are advancing into the districts around Pilkolen. Several German batteries were…

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