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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Dogs in War

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

Considering how obviously fitted dogs are for police work and certain services in war, it is curious that more use has not been made of them in modern…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

The German position on the Belgian seaboard and in the vicinity of Bruges and Ghent is becoming critical…

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The Week's War. (Summary of the Cables.)

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 1

A German submarine sunk the British second class cruiser Hawke, (7,350 tons), belonging to the training squadron in the North Sea…

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The War From Day to Day Wednesday, 10 a.m

Southern Star · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

According to the "Morning Post" the Allies have retaken Ostend. The Belgian army is heavily remobilising…

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War Cablegrams. Friday. 9.30 a.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

Germans at Ostend were sheltering behind houses on the Digue. Firing was heard at Bruges all day. Coining closer the railway…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

Tho British troops are engaged on tho Franco-Belgian border, and are meeting stubborn resistance. The enemy is retreating along…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

The Germans are evacuating Lodz. The violent battle between Ly's and Nieuport is still proceeding…

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England in War Time. How Trade Is Affected. the Spy System

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 3

Miss Glanville, of Berry-Btreet, hands us the following extracts from a letter received from the Rev. G. Corrie Glanville, written from Manchester under…

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The War From Day to Day (As Telegraphed by our Sydney Agents.) Saturday, 9.45

Southern Star · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

It is officially announced in Paris that the Allies have repulsed considerable forces of Germans on the left wing. The enemy made…

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War Expenditure

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 3

Canada will probably have to face on expenditure of £30,000,000 on the war, Australia £20,000,000, or more, and New Zealand, say £10,000,000, and India…

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Latest War News

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

The German official despatch boat Komet, which was recently captured by the Australian forces in New Guinea, arrived in…

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Striking War Prophecies

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 8

Mr. Frederick Allman writes the Hawkesbury “Herald”:—A valuable contribution under the heading “Striking War Prophecies”, in…

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The War. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 3

It is officially announced in Paris that the Allies have repulsed considerable forces of Germans on the left wing. The enemy made several final…

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War Cablegrams. Tuesday, 2.30

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

A neutral attache says time German officers admitted to him that the German lasses in [?] again against the British were [?]…

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“The Times History of the War.” to Four Fine Volumes

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 4

The Loudon “Times” announce that it will publish an adequate history of the great war of all the centuries in a set of finely illustrated…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

There is nothing to indicate that the fierce conflict in Belgium and Northern France ia approaching a decisive stage. Tho armies…

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The Week's War

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 6

A succession of violent German onslaughts have failed at every point. The repeated attacks are taken to indicate that German commanders are…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

Fighting still continues along the Nieuport-Dixmude front, although the enemy's attacks are apparently weakening. The…

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The War From Day to Day Wednesday, 9 a.m

Southern Star · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

The latest communique states that Nieuport has been violently bombarded, and the German effort continued on the Nieuport-Dixmude front…

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War Cablegrams. Friday, [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

The enemy’s attacks on [?]port-Dinmude front have [?] moderated. The Allies’ offensive continues north of Ypres, and slight [?]…

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