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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The War

The Bega Budget · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 2

Two German notes to the value of £5400 was found in the vest pocket of General von Bulow, who was killed at Haelen. The…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 2

An official report from Bordeaux statee that there are indications that the Germans are retreating along the whole line. The result…

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

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

It is almost certain that another engagement has taken place in the North Sea. The Press Bureau official tower states that German destroyers…

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The Week's War. (Summary of the Cables.) (Continued From Page 5.)

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 1

Latest news from the front states that the Allies have forced the Germans back twelve miles. 4.40 p m…

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War Cablegrams. Saturday 10 a.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 2

The Allies continue to gain ground and their left wing has crossed the Marne, pursuing the retreating enemy. The British…

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War Echoes

Southern Star · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 1

Ten thousand Ulster volunteers have joined Kitchener's army. The victories won by the Russian armies have aroused frantic…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 2

25,000 Germans are paid to have been buried near Luneville. The Austrian losses in the two big battles in Galicia are estimated…

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Women and the War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 4

So great is the demand for literature about the war that even that eminently domestic Australasian magazine "Everylady's Journal," has succumbed to the…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 2

The Russians have captured Czermay, Gat[?] and Soyhava. The Austrians have been repulsed beyond the Carpathian…

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The War Saturday 10 a.m

Southern Star · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 2

The Ali[?] continue to gain ground and their left wing has crossed the Marne, pursuing the retreating enemy. The British…

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War Items

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 8

A commission of enquiry has ascertained that the Germans have that ton priests. Last year several thousand Belgian…

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War Cablegrams. Tuesday, 9 a.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

The latest reports state that the [?] of the Germans in deepening into complete disaster. The French troops on the outer left are…

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Late Telegrams Sydney, Thursday. Latest War News

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

The battle of the Marne was fought in the fruit country of France; under a cannonade of their own artillery, the British fought ste[?]ly through the…

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The War. Day by Day. Sydney, Friday, 7.30 a.m

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

Official report from Bordeaux states there are indications the Germans are retreating along the whole line; the result of four days' fighting shows the…

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War Echoes

Southern Star · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 1

The Prince of Wales war fund has reached £2,530,000. General Joffre, in a message to the French troops, said: "The troops…

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War Echoes

Southern Star · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 4

Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Mechlin (Malines) has arrived in London from Rome, after having attended the election of the new Pope. The…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 2

The South African House of Assembly and the Senate have adopted an address to the King thanking him for his message…

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The War Wednesday, 9 a.m

Southern Star · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 2

A Paris official report states that the enemy are making a stand on a front marked by the river Aisne in the centre, as well as on the heights…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 3

Details of the sinking of the German cruiser Hela show that a British submarine, stalking the cruiser without being detected…

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

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 6

Official press bureau says tint the general retreat of the Germans continues in disorder. 15000 German prisoners, and a…

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