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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

289 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 9 of 15

The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

On Friday evening next a grand patriotic concert organised by Mr. A. H. Brain, is to be held at the Robertson School of Arts in aid of the Belgian…

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The War. Sydney, Monday, 10.3[?] a.m

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

A Turkish warship fired 300 [?]b[?]lls into Novo[?] and 300 into T[?]. The [?] is the [?]hip of the Turkish [?] having a German…

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The War. Sydney, Monday, 10 32 a.m

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

A Turkish warship fired 300 shells into Novowonoi[?] and [?]00 into Th[?] The G[?]b[?]n is the flagship of the Turkish [?] having a German…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 2

Last Friday on the battle front in Flanders fighting as savage as any in the preceding 15 days took place. The battle was the bloodiest in…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 6

A British report from Rotterdam states that the Germans are concentrating at [?]brugge and Heyst, north west of Ostend, and placing big…

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Peace in War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 2

All deep thinkers of the present day, who are called upon to toke their battle stand, will sea a field of gold, rich with the greatest harvest of war which…

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The Dogs of War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

"The dogs of war have been unleashed," said a man reading the war bulletins—and when he made the remark perhaps he little knew how very true this statement was…

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War and the Woman. III.—Continued

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

They had told him that John Faber was tall and Saxon-haired-a cheery, businesslike, unobtrusive fellow, very generous, farseeing beyond his epoch. He had founded…

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War in Naked Horror. Stories From the Front

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

The two sides of the war-stories of its terrors and its picturesqueness are graphically portrayed in messages from special correspondents of the Times. How the…

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Regard for Soldiers' Relatives

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

The following remarks which the Kaiser addressed to his conscripts a few years age should be remembered at this juncture: "I may call upon you to shoot down or…

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The District and the War

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 3
Also in Robertson Advocate

The sum of £10 14s, second monthly instalment to the War Food Fund, has been remitted to headquarters by the staff of Nattai Shire Council…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 6

I is officially announced in Belle that the Inundation of the country south of N[?] will prelude all operations. The whole district, the…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

German resorts from Valparaiso state that the armoured cruiser Monmouth was sunk in a fight off that port. It is also stated that the…

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Moss Vale and District War Fund

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

The Committee acknowledge the following further contributions:— Previously acknowledged £ 150 13 0 H. J. Cloutt.. .. .. 0 5 0…

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Europe's Past War Lord. Napoleon in Defeat

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 4

Napoleon fled from Waterloo aghast. He left his army without counsel or direction. It was a characteristic course. characteristic alike of his almost brutal…

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The [?] the War

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The [?] of the Berrima District Hospital [?] W[?] word on Saturday [?] was required to go with the Red Cross nurses…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The matron of the Berrima District Hospital (Miss Wakeford) received word on Saturday that she was required to go with the Red Cross nurses…

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The War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 6

It is computed that 700,000 Germans endeavoured to break the Ypres Lille line. the battle raged fiercely for three days, each day presenting a…

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Dutch Doubts. War Preparations

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 4

"Blood or Zweet" (Blood or sweat?). This is the question the Dutch are to-day asking themselves (writes Stephen Black, from Rotterdam, to the Daily Mail of last month)…

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