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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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War in Spain Norwegian Ship Bombed Gibraltar

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 3

General Franco's representative states that the Norwegian steamer Kitty Brovig, which was taken to Ceuta on Saturday for examination of her…

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Far East War Drive Towards Hankow Japanese Offensive Hankow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

The Japanese offensive against Hankow is now in full swing, and there has been a heavy death roll in bombing raids on Kiukiang, where two…

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Henlein Rules Out War But Oppression Must Cease London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 1

"I absolutely rule out war as a means of solving the Sudeten problem," Herr Henlein told the special representative of the "Dally Telegraph" at Neger…

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Spanish War British Freighter Bombed Attack by Nationalist 'Plane Barcelona

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 4

Four of the crew were Injured when the British freighter Bellwyn was bombed, machine-gunned, and set fire at Gandia. The Franco 'plane which…

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Far East War Japanese Allegations Russian Assistance for China Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 1

The Domel Newsagency asserts that 20 Soviet military advisers have replaced the repatriated German officers who were serving with the Chinese…

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Beacon for Peace Returned Soldiers Cable to King SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 3

Invalid returned soldier patients at various hospitals in Sydney cabled a message to the King expressing the hope that the Villers-Bretonneux…

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Beacon for Peace Returned Soldiers' Cable to King Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 1

Invalid returned soldier patients at various hospitals in Sydney today cabled a message to the King expressing the hope that the…

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Coolamon Returned Soldiers Credit Balance of £164

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Coolamon sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I. League, held a few days ago. Dr. Buchanan, Messrs. M. O. Curtis, Owen…

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Spanish War Government Troops Advance Barcelona

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 3

Continuing their surprise attacks, Government troops claim to have advanced beyond Gandesa. A Nationalist communique admits the advance; but…

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Amazing Allegations 14,000 Basques Executed Since Start of War? London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

A carefully checked report received by the Trades Union Council reveals that since the outbreak of the war Hi Spain, the Nationalists have executed…

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Far East War Chinese Claims Only Part of Kiukiang Lost Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 3

The Chinese claim that only part of Kiukiang has fallen and that the Chinese troops are grimly holding on to the remainder of the town in the…

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Compulsory Service Urged by Returned Soldiers at Culcairn Meeting Culcairn

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 6

A combined meeting of returned soldiers, representing the Culcairn, Walbundrle and Henty sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League, decided to…

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Coolamon Returned Soldiers’ League Last Year’s Splendid Record. Annual Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Coolamon Sun-branch of the R.S.S.I. League was held in the Shire Hall on Wednesday night of last, week, when the…

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Far East War New Japanese Drive Hankow

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 6

The Japanese have launched on the north bank of the Yangtse a new drive to Hankow. Three columns are slming at Taigh which of of strateglo importance…

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Villers-bretonneux to Commemorate Battle of April, 1918 Story of the Wonderful Fighting of the Australians and Turning Back of The German Advance (Notes by the Australian Official Historian of the War, (Dr. C. E. Bean)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 8

The Australian National War Memorial stands on interesting ground. The entrance gate on the Corbie-Villers Bretonneux road is at, or within…

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Current Comment Australia in the War—

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 3

The unveiling of the war memorial of the Australian Imperial Force in France, on the edge of the historic battlefield of Villens-Bretonneux,…

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War in Spain Forty Killed in Aid Raid Barcelona

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 4

Forty were Wiled and 130 wounded, and 180 houses were destroyed when an air raid was carried out on Faiset. All the civil population had been evacuated…

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Spanish War Savage Fighting Republican Gains Nationalist 'Planes Busy LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 1

Nationalist planes are working is relays to keep the Republican communications under constant bombardment behind the Ebro battlefront in…

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The Spanish War may last Another Winter! Franco to Make Supreme Effort London

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 1

Franco: believes the civil war will last another winter unless a knockout blow is speedily administered. His troops, it is understood, will shortly be called upon to make a supreme effort…

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"Another War" Auckland

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 1

Major-General Sir Andrew Russell, Who commanded the New Zealand forces in France in the Great War, believes, that there will be another war…

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