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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

806 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 41

War Food Fund

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

"Every man among us, old or young, rich or poor, busy or leisurely, learned or simple, should give what he has, and do what he can."—Mr. Asquith, Prime…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

The Germans at La Ba[?] continue active, bringing up heavy guns and shelling the British positions. The Germans attribute…

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Latest War News

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

An official eye witness with the British force, describing the fighting about La Bassee on January 29th says six hundred Germans made two…

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The War. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

The steamer Tokio Maru, British owned, with New Zealand gifts for the distressed Belgians, was blown up in the English Channel off Havre. The…

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The War. Tuesday’s Cables Tuesday, [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

The Germans at La [?] active and [?]…

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War Cablegrams. Wednesday, 9 a.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

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War and It’s Alarms. Some Local Incidents

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 8

Some of She earlier local incidents in the war (says the Brisbane “Courier”) were not without their humorous side, and they also…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

The German cruiser Seydlitz was very badly damaged in the recent naval battle, and the death roll was also heavy…

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War Food Fund

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 1

The Secretary of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative…

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American View on the War

The Bega Budget · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

If the evidence submitted by the official "White," "Orange," and "Grey" Books of the nations at war were analysed as a lawyer…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

The Australian flagship Australia sank a German auxiliary cruiser of the Woermann line off Patagonia. No particulars are…

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War News of the Week

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 1

The Russians repulsed the Germans north of Tilsit, the former advancing into districts around Pilkolen Swual. The German batteries were silenced…

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The War Food Fund. Australian Mutton in England

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

The Secretary of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative of a gift of meat…

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War Cablegrams. Friday, 9 a.m

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

The battleship Australia sank a German auxiliary cruiser of the [?] Line [?] Parago[?]. No particulars are available…

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The War Food Fund. Australian Mutton In England

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 4

The secretary of the Seamen’s Hospital, Greenwich, London, writes to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce as follows, appreciative…

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The War

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 2

Five hundred South African rebels have surrendered with their leader, Kemp. One hundred of Maritz's commando have already given…

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 2

The German newspapers are astounded at the neutral nations condemning the proposed blockade. A Berlin message states that the…

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War Wastage

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

[?] If we only [?] men now. They will have to send Territorials at [?] I think, I doubt whether people at [?] really realise the wastage. We…

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The War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The engineers with the Australian Contingent in Egypt were under fire during the fighting with the Turks near Sues, and the Minister for…

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Latest War News

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The Germans attacked in massed formation along the Bxura front, beginning operations with a large force in the Lasdohnen region; the Russians…

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