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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 6

The Bulgarians, after a desperate charge, captured all the eastern positions of Adrianople. They also routed the Turkish advance posts on the…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

The Bulgarian Legation in London has been informed that Chatalja has been captured after two days' desperate fighting…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 6

The boom of cannon is plainly audible in Coo[?]tantinop[?]e and hundreds of wounded are arriving daily. The Alliss have agreed to accept the…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 6

Austria has sent an unlimatum to the Montenegrins to abandon the slege of Skutarl within 24 hours. Montonegeo's reply to the Powers is…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

Telegrams from Durazzo state state Skutari has been virtually taken by the Montenegrins. The commander of the blockading…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

The Allies have replied to the Powers, and have agreed to accept their conditions, subject to certain reservations. A war indemnity must, it is pointed…

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"Silent Doctor." Butcher and Soldier. Big Colliery Practice

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

More details of the extraordinary career of the man calling himself Richard Henry Barber, but whose real name is said to be Harry Virtue, were…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 6

Austrian troops to the number of 150,000 are massed on the Servo-Montenegrin froatier. A blookade of the Montenegrio coast…

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The War. Skutari Falls

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 6

There has been severe night fighting outside Skutari, during which the Montenegrins captured two lines of Turkish ports at the point of the…

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A Weird War Story

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 3

A weird story is told of Spion Kop by an ex-soldier of the Scottish Rifles who was wounded and disabled on the slope. A sergeant of the regiment lay…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

It is believed that Austria will instantly take independent action unless the Ambassadors' conference acts promptly…

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"Half-baked" Soldiers. Lesson of the Balkan War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

"The shrapnel—it is hell!" The young Turk, his eyes like saucers, his dress dishevelled, ran like a hunted hare along the permanent way, caught…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 6

The Ambassadors' Conference having failed to take decisive measures against Montenegro, Austria will act independently…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

King Nicholas presided at a meeting of the War Council, which decided to yield to the Powers. The Montenegrin Cabinet has…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 6

In now transpires that the meeting the Council of War, which decided to how to the wishes of the Powers, was a moat stormy one…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

It is announced at Constantinople that the Balkan allies have presented a demand for an indemnity of £60,000,000…

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Greek Army in War. Campaign in Epirus. British Officer's Views

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 3

Captain A. H. Trapmann, of the 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, the London Regiment, who has just returned from the front, having…

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Patsy's Knowledge of War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 3

An old woman recently entered a country shop in Ireland, and asked for some farthing dips, putting down the usual coin. The shopkeeper seeing it told her that it…

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Soldiers Break in Shoes by Water Treatment

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

A simple, although effective, way of "breaking in" shoes is that employed in the United States army. After the shoes have been fitted to their feet the…

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Six Months' War. Dramatic Survey of the Balkans. Vast Effect Upon Europe

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 June 1913 · page 4

A dramatic survey of all that has happened in the Near East, and its far-reaching significance, is given by the London "Observer."…

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