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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

3,644 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 183

Stories Told by Soldiers. Christmas Truce. Friendly Meeting with the Enemy. Cigars Exchanged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 2

An official in the R.F.A. writes on December 27. On Christmas Eve things were afternoon as naval it was a glorious…

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Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

It is understood 700 soldiers who recently from New Guinea, will be discharged from the service next week…

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Cay Life in Cairo. Soldier Describes Luxury

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

Captain Geoffrey Gordon M'Crac describes some of the lighter sides of life in Cairo in a letter to his family in Melbourne…

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600 Turkish Wounded. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 2

Six hundred Turkish wounded have reached Constantinople frow the Dacdaneiles…

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The War. London

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 2

Petrograd has officially stated that the most important victory gained by the Russians was at Prasny, in Poland. The Germans…

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Great Battle of the War. Germans Pouring in Reinforcements. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 2

The battle on the Niemen to Vistula front is developing into one of the greatest of the war. Aviators report that the Germans are pouring…

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Brilliant Russian Achievement. German Triumph Short Lived Disaster to Enemy's Arms Austrians Also Routed the Attitude of Italy Serious Disturbances Result Dardanelles Forts Demolished Success of Allies' Bombaedment Italian Intervention. Riots Amongst Partisans. Firing by the Troops. War Meetings Prohibited. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 2

Interventionists in the war, and those desiring to remain neutral, rioted at Riguiomilia. The troops fired, killing two and wounding five…

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Duration of the War

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

The "Times" correspondent at Vieca dealers that anxiety prevails there that the war will end quickly…

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The War The Latest Monday Evening

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

The Germans are massing troops and violently attacking Drodno, probably with the object of cutting communications with Warsaw…

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Editorial Notes. The Cost of the War

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

THE figures adduced by Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor…

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Et Us Know All. How Goes the War?

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

Minister A. Griffith takes a gloomy view of the war situation. Speaking at Coonamble the other night, he said:-…

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The War. News Day by Day. Fighting in the East. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 1

TWO Russian regiments which were cut off in East Prussia broke through the enemy's lines and rejoined their troops…

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The War. Bayoneting a Path. Russian Regiment's Feat. Germans Attack Two Wings

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

The German attack against the Russian forees in East Prussia was delivered with remarkable rapidity and vigour. As stated in the official…

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The War. the Latest. Germans Fear Russians Taken and Re-taken. "We Want Warsaw." [?]ss' Flag Flying at Dardanelles Entrance Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 3

The Germans are in full retreat on the west of Narew. Great disorganisation exists among them…

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The War. News Day by Day. American Fleet Mobilising. British Credit Vote of Two Hundred and Fifty Millions. Germans Bridging the Scheldt. SYDNEY, Saturday Afternoon

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

The American Fleet is mobilising. Thirteen hundred and eighty-one vessels have arrived and sailed from Britain since February 18. German…

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Religion and the War

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

A sermon preached recently by the Rev. R. C. Rackyleft at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Lockhart:—…

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Some Workers and the War

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

The unpatriotic, attitude of a large number of the workers of England who seek to take advantage of the presort crisis to obtain an increase of wages…

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New Zealand War Tax. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

The New Zealand Minister for Defence says a war tax is inevitable, as the country could not get on without it…

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War-Horses in Action. Risks They Run on the Battlefield

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 5

It will probably surprise you, said a retired colonel of Hussars, to learn that a cavalry horse usually enjoys a battle at least as much as his…

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The War the Allied Fleets. at the Dardanelles. Forts Wrecked. London

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

The Allied Fleets resumed itsoper ations against the Daredenelles. The forts at the entrance to the historic waterway were wrecked…

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