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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 6

Desultory fighting between British and German warships has taken place in the North Sea, and though there have been no casualties, the situation…

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War Material

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 4

"Eighty-five per cent. of mus[?]ry and 15 per cent. of drill make a soldier."…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 2

It is reported that a fierce battle is proceeding between the Germans and Belgians along an extended front…

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Dr. Fitchott on the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 2

No one knows the battlegrounds of Europe better than Dr. Fitchett, the author of "How England saved Europe," &c., and his summary in…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 2

Mr. P O Cordesux, of Bullin, has forwarded as a donation two horses to be used for the War. The Bong Bong Picnic Race Club…

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The War. Sydney, Monday.10.10 a.m

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 2

Japan has declared war against Germany. The [?] to leave Berlin the moments the [?] for an…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 6

The Minister of the Interior states that a great battle la Belgium began on Saturday morning O her accounts state the fighting is…

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The War. Germans in Belgium. Japan to Fight

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 2

The Germans are now running trains between Brussels and L'ege, and have established telegraphic communication between Belgium…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

The Bowral Patriotic Fund now amounts to £108 0s 11d. A meeting of the committee of the Bowral Patriotic Fund will be held at…

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The War. Sydney. Thursday, 1 40 p m

Robertson Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

The London Press Bureau [?] that the [?] attacked the French troops on the southern Belgian frontier, but were replaced, and the…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 6

It is stated that prior to the big battle 300,000 Germans passed south ward from B[?] Half of them preceded in the direction of [?]…

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Stead's War Book

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 6

This 16 page booklet (3) gives by far the most useful information about the belligerent powers, and the war itself of any we have yet seen. It is…

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Madness of War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 3

"A symposium on the madness of war at this crisis would be about as sensible as a symposium on the danger of damp sheets if London were on fire. If war…

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The War. Allies' Left Retires. Belgians Beat Germans

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 2

A Paris message dated Thursday stated that a battle was raging between Mauberuge and Denain on the extreme left of the allied line…

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He Knows the Australian Soldier

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 3

"The Secretary of State for War (Lord Kitchener) desires me to convoy his grateful and special thanks for the splendid help promised by Australia, and…

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The War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

Sydney, Monday, 10:15 a.m. The Admiralty announces that the British [?] in the naval battle in the [?] were—killed 2 officers and…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 3

The Moss Vale Rad Cress Society has sent £10 to the Belgian Fund. The Kangaloon Dairy Company have donated butter to the value of £12 12s…

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War Notes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 3

It has long been supposed that the Triple Alliance would strike in 1915. Yet calm thought shows that Germany and Austria would. surely have bound Italy to them securely if they had…

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No Inevitable War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 3

M. le Baron d'Eatournelles do Constant, the distinguished French pacifist, said in London that the proposed Channel tunnel ought to be an outcome of the entente cordiale. The…

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The War. the Navies

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 6

The Government Press Bureau reports that British destroyers on Friday supported by cru[?]eers, attacked the German fleet in Heligoland Bight…

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