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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

30 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Turkey's War Wolves

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 3

The Bashi-Bazouks are to the Turkish army what the Cossacks are to the Russian. The Cossacks are, however, far more, civilised and…

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Race War in America. Martial Law in Oklahoma

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 3

It is seldom that many days elapse in the United States without the embers of the racial strife which is always existing between whites and…

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South African Soldiers' Association

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 8

Ten years have almost passed since the last regiments of this State which served in the South African War, returned suntanned and weather-beaten…

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German Red Cross. Aid for Ottoman Wounded

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 6

The following account of the German Red Cross Mission for the relief of the Ottoman sick and wounded in Tripoli has been received from a member of…

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A New Engine of War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 8

A German inventor has devised a very ingenious construct on of masts made of steel bands running lengthwise of the masts and transverse…

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Playing at Soldiers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 8

Mrs. Flipper; Yus, [?] wos playing at sojers an' 'e took the sarsepan for an 'elmet, and 'e can't get it off, so i'm taking' him to the 'orspital."…

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Desperate Scene. Flint Throwing, Horseback Chase. a Man Wounded

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 6

Exciting scenes have just taken place on Hayet Common and in the usually decorous streets of Bromley (said "Lloyd's News" on March 8)…

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Welcome Home

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 3

On Friday night, 3rd May, about fifty residents of Upper South Arm. Bellinger River, assembled at Mr Fred. Wilkinson's residence to bid a welcome home to Mr and…

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Millionaire Shot At. Mr Leopold De Rothschild. Detective Wounded

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

A daring attempt to murder Mr Leopold de Rothschild the millionaire banker, and younger brother of Lord Rothschild, was made in London on…

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Preparing for War. a New Zealander's View

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

A correspondent of the Christchurch Press [?] known resident of Canterbury, now living England, writes Under date April 11. as follows:--…

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The War Cloud. the Hand Writing on the Wall

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 7

Much has been written of late in regard to the possibilities of international complications. The following, from a well-known public man in Great Britain…

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The War Cloud. the Hand Writing on Wall

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 3

Much has been written of late in regard to the possibilities of international complications. The following, from a well-known public man in Great Britain…

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General Lee's Surrender. The End of the Confederate War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2

Mr. A. B. H. Hanson, in an article on "General Lee as I Knew Him," contributed to "Harper's Magazines gives an interesting account of the scene in the…

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How a Doll Saved a War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 2

There was great uneasiness in the fort, and the general was pacing up and down in his room, while he wondered what to do. The Apache…

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Tee One Who War Short

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 7

The landlord, who, by his account had done a bit in the detective line in his time, was boasting to his customer over the bar that it would take a smart chap to de him…

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A Tale of the Boss War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 7

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent, tells an amusing story of the Boer war.—Whilst at Nq'Meli Mountain, 18 miles east of Vryheid, part of General…

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A Tale of the Boer War

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 3

[?] Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent, tells an amusing story of the [?] war:—Wh[?] at ?Nq’Mell Mountain. [?] miles east of Vryheld, part of General…

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War—Glorious War (?)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 2

Industrial unrest, perplexity, the increase of military strength, find the building of dreadnoughts appear at present to be the most…

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Duelling in the Army. War Minister's Apology

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 6

The subject of duelling in the German army came up again on Tuesday in the Reichstag, when General von Heeringen, Minister for War. offered a…

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Another War Machine

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 4

A new range-finder which has been tested by officers of the United States Army consists of two telescopes of twelve powers in a common tube. To…

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