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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War. Russians Busy

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 6

Desperate fighting took place on March 9 along the whole of be Nlemer Victual. We captured part of a supply column…

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The War. Thrilling Struggle

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

Details of recent fighting at Norre Dame de Lorette show that the Germans extensively mined and blew up the French advanced…

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The War. Vessels Sunk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 6

The Admiralty report has the auxiliary or[?] Bayona 5948 tone was bank on Thursday off the West Coat The vessel was probably torpedoed…

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War—It's Real Values

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

So many of the lending nations of the world are involved in the great struggle in Europe, and so immense are the sacrifices being made, that it is incumbent…

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War and the Woman III

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 4

Faber and Trevelle reached Stepney early on the morning of the following day. Gabrielle was still at the Temple and while she had expected the visit of the…

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First Act of War. Tell-tale Certificates

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 4

One small but curious fact is published by the Temps, proving, if proof were necessary, that Germany began war on France. On August 3, at 6.45 p.m., Baron von Schoen…

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The War. the Dresden

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 6

The cruisers Glasgow (4800 tons) and Kent (9800 tons) and the auxiliary cruiser Orama at nine o'clock on the morning of the 14th…

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Wounded Officers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 6

Daring the week 519 officers have met with caeualties at the front. Eighty-three officers have been killed and 115 wounded during recent…

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War and the Woman

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

The letter came from Paris, one of the very first the mails brought in. Well she remembered afterwards how that there had been a bruit of the passing of…

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War's Death-rate. 'Comparatively Small."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

In an illuminating article in Everyman Mr. Chiozza Money, M.P., the well-known economist, refers to some common exaggerations concerning war. some. "The most common…

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The War. London March 20

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 6

The Admiralty announce that the British battleships Irresistible (15,000 tons), and Ocean (12,950 tons), and the French battleship Bouvet (12,000…

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The War. London, March 22

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

A communiquestates: The enemy fired 27 shells, which did serious damage to Soissons cathedral. We lost Great and Little…

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Seeing the War Through Telesco[?]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 6

The editor of "Life" is pursuing his brilliant and successful Policy of devoting a large section of his magazine to a review of the war as a whole. Dr…

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War Office Secret. an "Inhuman Plan." Lord Dundonald's Invention

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 4

"For the welfare of the human race, we think it advisable that your Lordship should carry your secret with you to the grave." Such were the impressive and emphatic…

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Talk About the War. Real Story From France Waterman and the Boches

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

The teller of this story in the London Evening NEws is Theophraste I'Allouette. a waterman of Conde-sur-Aisne, nine miles from Soissons. His present address is Le Bateau…

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Popular Plumer. Gallant General Stories. the Soldier's Friend

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

"Men, from my heart I thank you for your behavior yesterday," When, as his column approached Mafeking from the north in that memorable May of 1900, General Piumer…

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Tommy Atkins. German Tribute. Soldiers Who Can Shoot

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

In an article headed Tommy Atkins, tho German journal Vorwarts pays the following tribute to tho British troops:— In tho Frankfurter Zeitung a…

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The District and the War

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Moss Vale has been far contributed over £883 to the war funds—£520 4s 6d to the Moss Vale District War fund and £363 10s 7d to the Red…

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England's War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 3

"England, for the sake of this mysterious 'balance of power,' divided the Old World into two armed camps. She did it knowingly—as 'spiritus rector' in…

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