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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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If England Demands War. She Shall Have It. Herman Press View. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

The "Cologne Gazette," commenting on Mr. Asquith's speech, demands the destruction of all goods destined for the United Kingdom. The paper…

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The Submarine War. Calais Forts Fire on Submarine. the Boat Escapes. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

A German submarine was sighted five miles from Calais on Saturday. The fort discharged 12 shots. The submarine refugeed behind a hospital…

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The War. the Week’s Cable News German Prisoners. Carpathian Campaign in Nature of Seige. SYDNEY, Saturday, 4 p.m

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

A military expert estimates that 600,000 German and Austrian prisoners are in Russia, 350,000 in France and England, and 60,000…

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Where Famous Soldiers Are Buried

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

In the Valhalla of Britain's greatest soldiers—St. Paul's Cathedral—lies the body of Lord Roberts, whose death the Empire…

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The Biggest Soldier

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 6

The Ulster Volunteer Force, unbeaten in its record of giving recruits and money since the war began, in also unbeaten in the record for big men…

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Soldiers Midnight Carol

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 7

"A story runs that on Christmas Eve, while Prussian and French lay entrenched against each other in the war that lost France the two fair provinces she may recover…

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Famous Soldiers' Graves. Wellington's Funeral

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 4

In the Valhaila of Britain's greatest soldiers -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- lles the body of Lord Roberts, Whose death the Empire mourns. His grave is situated not far…

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The War. ("Times" Special Messages.) News Day by Day, 10,000 German Prisoners. Peace asked for to save Turkey Whole of Enemy's Northern Flank threatened Wednesday night

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 4

Operations on Przasny have concluded. Two German army corps have been thrown back on the frontier and 10,000 Germans were…

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Fighting on the Yser. German Wounded at Bruges. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

Fighting has been renewed between the allied forces and Germans along he Yser. Trains conveying German wounded…

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Hamburg in Time of War. a Deserted Port

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 1

One thing my visit to Berlin taught the writes the Hamburg correspondent of the "Morning Post" and that is that at present to into anyone even…

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Financing the War. French Advance to Smaller Nations. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

France has decided to advance a total of £50,000,000 to Belgium, Service Mon[?] and Gresee…

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Slav Plot to End War. Austro-hungarian Officers to Be Shot. Picket Refuses to Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

A plot was discovered among the Austro-Hungarian reserve officers of Sir, nationality to bring about a settlement of the war with Russia. The…

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The War. French Mastery in the Argonne Region Germans Attack Hospital Slav Plot in Austria the Situation in France Kaiser's "Up Above." Russian Campaign. Germans Claim an Orderly Retreat Prussian Frontier Thrown Open. Russian Enveloping Movement. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

A Berlin communique describes the German retreat from Przasuyaz as orderly. The Germans attribute the disasler to the combination of larger…

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The War. London

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 2

The Austrians are retreating towards Czehs The Russians on the frontier in Galicia forced the Austrians to evacuate Pryzhelm…

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Second Editon Latest War News London

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 2

It is estimated that the Germans in Poland loat over 250,000 men last month, including thirty thousand at Prinzasnysz. Remnants of the German army are now…

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Welcome Home to Father Gray, P.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

The social evening held in the Convent [?] on Thursday its a welcome home to the Very Rev. Father Gray. P.P., after his trip abroad, was a…

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The War

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

The bombardment of the Dardanelles by the Allies, and their evident intention to fight their way to Constantinople, has imparted to the war a…

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More Men for War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 3

The Minister for Defence anticipates being able to offer the War Office another Infantry Brigade shortly…

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Keeping Arrest of the War

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 3

'Life,' the popular Australasian magazine, continues to provide a more comprehensive view of the progress of the war than any magazine we know…

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The War Saturday Afternoon. Incendiarism at Rheims

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Thirty fires broke out in Rheims as the result incendiarism. The exodus from the city continues. GERMAN OFFICERS FOR…

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