Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

South Coast · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

46 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

The Red Horse of War

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 4

However serious the nature of events may be which are impending, the world in its routine goes on as usual. The great Tyre…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Women and War. Amazons, Past and Present

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

Miss X, who has seemed as English as can be, except for her un-English name left last week for Servia. Mrs B. and her sister start to-night for…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Lieutenant Wagner. Great War Correspondent

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

It is to an adventurous young man of 82, Hermenegild Wagner, that the world is indebted for the most complete, vivid, and accurate messages from the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Slums of War. the Aftermath

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

It is to be hoped that not too many "hospital stories" will limp their way back from the front. They may be true enough, and even if untrue cannot be…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

What War Means. Some of the Dead

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

The Balkan war has given this generation of Europeans some idea of what war-menus in detail. It it significant of the growing horror that a Bavarian…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War's Ravages. Brave Girl As Soldier Servian Advance

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 6

Developments in the Macedonian theatre of war are proceeding slowly for the moment. The Servians are engaged in consolidating their hold on…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Australia's Part In The Empire. the Future War in the Pacific

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

The Minister for Defence, speaking at the 38th annual picnic of the New South Wales Government Dockyard employees' picnic, held…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Press in War Time. Functions and Responsibilities

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 6

A war correspondent operates merely at the front, or as, near, as he can get to it, and only after hostilities have actually begun. He has it in his power…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Cost of Italy's War. £30,000,000 Required

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 6

The Italian Minister of Finance presented yesterday to Parliament a detailed report on the financial situation. showing that the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Soldiers Sabbath

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 3

THE following are the rulings of the Minister regarding military instruction at camps of training on Sundays:—…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Soldiers or Demons; Which?

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 4

The war which has raged in Eastern Europe between the Balkan States and Turkey, has provided the world with pictures of atrocity such as would compare…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Press in War Time. Functions and Responsibilities

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 6

(By Sydney Brooks in the "Outlook".) A war correspondent operates morely at the front, or as near as he can get to and only after hostilities have…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Cost of Italy's War. £30,000,000 Required

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 6

The Italian Minister of Finance presented yesterday to Parliament detailed report on the financial situation,' showing that the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Horrors of War. Servian Atrocities

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 8

The "Reichpost," which claims a to have got its information from an eye-witness, gives a few instances that serve to show the barbaric methods of some of the forces at…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"Silent Doctor." Butcher and Soldier. Big Colliery Practice

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 6

More details of the extraordinary career of the man calling himself Richard Henry Barber, but whose real name is said to be Harry Virtue, were…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Weird War Story

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

A weird story is told of Spion Kop by an ex-soldier of the Scottish Rifles slope. A sergeant of the regiment lay…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Weird War Story

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 6

A weird [?] is t[?] Sp[?] [?] of t[?]ttis[?] who was wounded and d[?] on the slope. A sergeant of the re[?] lay…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

"Half-baked" Soldiers. Lesson of The-balkan War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 6

The shrapnel—it is hell" The young Turk, his eyes like saucers, his dress dishevelled, ran like a hunted hare along the permanent way, caught…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Greek Army in War. Campaign in Epirus

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

BRITISH OFFICER'S VIEWS. Captain A. H. Trapmann, of the. 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battallen, the London Regiment, who has…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Patsy's Knowledge of War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 6

An old woman recently entered a country shop in Ireland, and asked for some farthing dips, putting down tie usual coin. The shopkeeper seeing it told her that it…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →