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Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
3,883 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 195
The French daily review of the situation states that there has been a lull in the fighting around Verdun. The artillery bombardment by either side has been intermittent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquest was concluded to-day concerning the death of Henry Brown, a soldier, who was killed on Milson Island…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A transport with 107 returned soldiers for Sydney and 43 for Queensland, arrived at Sydney this morning. The men were given an enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the action of the king of Balgaria preciptating his country into the war on the side of Germany against the Wish of the great majority of the bulk of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Lowestoft smacks were sunk in the North Sea. The crews were saved. The steamer Alexander We[?]zel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gunner Egdar A. MeMioking, writes from Egypt to his uncle, Mr G. N. McMiekitig. Manus, under date 20th Deer, as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The welcome accorded Private C, Griffiths and, as it turned out, Private k. Ross, who had returned home from Egypt the previous evening on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Anzac Hoppers" opened the dancing season on Friday evening last. It was a wind—up to the recent Swimming Carnival,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The meeting at the rectory on Friday night to make arrangements for the collections under the War Service organisations was not sufficiently well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is officially staled that General Henri Petain commands the French at Verdun. He was horn in 1856, and was an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. Clemencau says that if Germany fails at Verdun the issue of the war will have been decide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Revoir (1958 tons), a French mine-sweeper, has been torpedoed in the Channel. An Australian submarine torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian War Contingent Association has practically suspended owing to the funds having become exhausted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Krupps headed the fourth war loan with a subscription of 400,000 marks. A German press wireless message to Washington, emphasising the gravity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major Moraht, the military expert on the "Berlin Tageblatt," writing in that journal, and commenting on the battle of Verdun, says:—"It is a sad part of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The German's preliminary bombardment of Verdun lasted 120 hours, and was carried out almost wholly by heavy guns. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enlistments at Gundagai last week:âA. R. Young and L. J. MeCurley Vincent Harrington is getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Archbishop Kelly, speaking at Wollongong, warned soldiers they were not taking their profession seriously enough. Those that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forty thousand spectators, mostly khaki clad, saw the Rugby football match, in which the South African soldiers best the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Majesty the King has awarded the Victoria Cross to Second Lieutenant Alfred Smith, who held a commission in the East Lancashire…
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