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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

A party of Grenadiers aud Cold-stream Guards, after crossing the Aisne, captured six guns in five minutes, after a desperate and…

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The War From Day to Day (As Telegraphed by our Sydney Agents.) Saturday 9.40 a.m

Southern Star · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

Admiral Paley reports that the troops under his command occupied Kaiser Wilhelmsland, German New Guinea, last Thursday. There was…

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The War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 4

Following are press messages received day by day since Friday last week:- Sydney, Friday, 8.20 a.m…

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War Cablegrams. Thursday, 9 a.m

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

It is reported that French have re-taken St. Michel, and the Prime of Bavaria taken prisoner at [?] The Germans are vigorously…

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Late Telegrams Latest War News. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 2

Travellers from Kiel state the caoal is crowded with warships, including the largest German battleships; the arsenal is working day and night;…

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The War. As It Strikes a Scotsman

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 4

Mr. Peter Low, cousin of Mrs. J. E. Lawson of Bega who travels the “inky way” on the other side of the sea, writes an interesting…

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The War. Sydney, Monday, 7.45 a.m

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 2

Germans attacked, the whole line of the Allies, but were repulsed erery-where developments of the battle should now be rapid. During the…

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Pyree Concert. in Aid of South Shoalhaven War Fund

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 3

The much [?] patest[?] eventuate[?] on Tuesday evening in the Literary Institute The night being bright m[?]ulight allowed save al [?]…

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The Cause of the War. “Prussian Military Autocracy.”

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 5

The Following is the full test of the message received by the Minister for External Affairs from the High Commissioner, dated August…

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Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund. Cobargo List No,531 (F.e. Winchcombe, President.)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 2

Amount previously acknowledged 27 3 6 John Whiffen......... 2 2 0 Stock, etc., donated: John Gillespie [?] cow, W. J. Graham, 7 pairs law, s, E. J…

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War Echoes

Southern Star · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 1

The following interesting jottings on the war are clipped from English newspapers:—Pale-faced and stern, tightly but…

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War Echoes

Southern Star · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 4

Germany's bread crisis is becoming acute. The working class protests that the bread is a mixture of flour, potatoes, and starch. Placards have…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 2

Speaking of the British "Tommies," a French officer says: "The way they accommodate themselves to all the exigencies of a modern…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 2

The Kaiser, in his order to the army, urges the soldiers to concentrate their energies in order to exterminate the treacherous…

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The German Navy. and the Next War

Southern Star · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 4

"This evening his Excellency Admiral Browsing will give an address on the following subject: 'Our fleet; its future and its political role.' It…

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

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 6

The German cruiser Kruden, which bombarded Madras (India) aud killed three Indians, has escaped. The Servians and Montenegrins…

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The Week's War. (Summary of the, Cables.) (Continued from Opposite Page.)

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 1

The Paris correspondent to the "Daily Chronicle," commenting on the latest war news, says it has been a long wail for good news but the…

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The War From Day to Day (As Telegraphed by our Sydney Agents.) Wednesday, 7 a.m

Southern Star · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 2

Fighting in Belgium is almost continuous. The situation on the French left at the battle of the Aisne is…

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War Cablegrams. Monday, 11 a.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 2

The Admiralty has decided to retaliate against the Germans methods by laying mines in certain areas in the North Sea…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 3

It is officially announced thai the battle of Augustowo ended in a complete rout of the Germans. They are now fleeing, hotly…

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