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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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War Cables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

Reported that there were 20 encounters in the air on Wednesday and that one British gun failed to return…

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Reinforce Our Men. New South Wales Wants 80 Recruits Daily. Enlistment Conditions

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

New South Wales requires an average of 80 recruits daily to reinforce New South Welshmen at the front…

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Enlist[?]

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

The Empire calls her sons to [?] Some answer her with pride; But some still shirk and still refuse To fight at England's side…

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Providing for Soldiers' Families

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Dr. Arthur, M.L.A. writes :—Are we doing enough for the widows and children of the men who have given their lives for us at…

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Soldiers Letters Home

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Private Albert Thornton sent his mother a pretty little silk handkerchief from Malta this week, also a recent photo. He has apparently put…

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Dishonored Soldiers

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

Over 1000 men, it is announced, have been dismissed from the military service as a result of the recent riot. From one point of view such a…

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Late War News. Wednesday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 4

The French auxiliary cruiser Provence was sunk in the Mediterranean on February, 2.[?]6 1100 of the crew are…

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The War. Monday morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

Major Aspland, on his return from Servia and Vienna, reports growing irritation between the Austrians and Germans, owing to the latter’s…

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War Sables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 2

Tho Germans continue to dispute possession of the village of Dou[?]mont without being able to dislodge the French from their…

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Gallantry at Anzac

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 3

“Individual bravery was not the phase of the troops’ work that left the greatest impression on my mind. But it was the general level of the gallantry of…

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War Results

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 3

“I suppose that even those who think most about the war and the results of the war can only dimly imagine the changes that will come with peace. So…

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Germany’s War Activities

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 3

“One may say that the entire manufacturing activities of Germany, so far as the larger industries are concerned, are either directly or indirectly…

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The War. Tuesday morning

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

It is reported I hat the Russians took a terrible revenge against the Turks at Bitlis for Armenian crucifies. Awful slaughter followed…

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Mothers of Soldiers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 3

“We do not for a moment discount what our pain and loneliness is going to mean to us. But—a big ‘but’—we let them go. If we do complain in…

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Our War Telegrams

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 1

A trawler sighted 50 German warships and a fleet of armed trawlers going westward. Amsterdam reports that the German…

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Latest War News. Sydney

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

The Servian army is newly equipped and clothed and in excellent health. The third phase of the Verdun battle opened on Sunday; a terrible artillery…

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War Sables. the Latest. London

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

The Servian army line been newly equipped and clothed, and is in excellent health. The third phase of the Verdun…

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Old Gold and Silver War Food.' an Interesting Fund. Will You Help ?

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 3

This Patriotic Fund, which was started in Sydney about the beginning of this year, with the Honorable Sir W. P.Cullen,C.J.,K.C.M.G.,…

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Soldiers' Letters Home

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 3

In a letter to his parents, written on board the transport, when nearing Colombo, Privates Roy Ryan says: — Since we came aboard we have plenty…

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The European War Monday afternoon

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 6

A message from Cairo says Venizeles had several interviews with King Constantine and a reconcilation was…

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