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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War. The Balkans. Important Move Paris Feb 12

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 4

The "Petie Parisien" says that the French troops have crossed the Vardar and installed themselves on the right bank in the region of Yenitee and…

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Mutinous Troops. 15,000 Men Affected. Much Damage Done. One Man Killed. and Four Men Wounded. Sydney

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

About 5000 troops camped at Cesula reiused duty on Monday morning, and demanded the retraction of a new training syllabus…

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Should Young Girls Marry Soldiers?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 4

That is rather a curde way of summarising a preposition in the February issue of "Everylady's Journal," just to hand. But war-marriages form a…

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The District and the War

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Mrs. J. J. M'Donald, Bowral, had a letter this week from her son, P[?]. S. J. M'Donald, stating that he would be sailing form England for Australia by the first boat after…

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After the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 3

"Your may think as you read the news of these days that the Hun will never dare show his cropped head in a civilised land. I know Mueller better than that. I know how thick…

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The War Erzerum. Petrograd, Feb. 17

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 2

The Russians have taken Erzerum (Turkish Armenia) The garrison at Erzeruma is estimated at 80,000. The Turks are in…

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How Germany Makes War the Great General Staff

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

There has been a sudden outburst of assertions and hints about the functions of the General Staff (recently wrote "The Times" correspondent, formerly in Berlin). One…

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Sayings of the War the Last Levy Out

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 3

The tragedy and the epic of Servia has been finely set out in a leading article in the New York "Tribune," which does honor to that…

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Farm Lands Higher Values Than Before the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 6

Albion Park, Wednesday—Messrs. Stewart and Morton, in conjunction with Messrs. O'Donnell and Stumbles, held a sale of farm and town…

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The War Western Front. British Trench Captured London Feb. 15

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 6

A Paris communique states:— "We recaptured a portion of the advanced trenchen, which were loot on the 13th inst."…

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A Soldier's Letter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 2

In a letter received by a Mond worn Lieut. Gordon Maclure. The writer was then at Preston, England. He had been to Chesburynean, at a school…

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German Fear of Our Troops Soldiers in Earnest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

What does the German really think of the British soldier as he is to-day. We know that he thought him contemptible before he met him…

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The District and the War

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Included in the list of enlistments at Goulburn since Wednesday last appear the names of D. B. Fenton, of Fenton, of Bowral, and G. T. Phillips, of Marulan…

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The War. The Russians. Great Advance. Petrograd, Feb. 21

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

The Grand Duke Nicholas, with lightning blows, continues to attack without intermission along the whole of the front from the Black…

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The War. Erzerum Battle. Turks' Great Losses. Petrograd, Feb. 20

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 4

The following communique has been issued:— We captured nor h-west of Erzerum the remains at the 34th Turkish Division, with 13 guns; and also…

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The District and the War

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Messrs. James and Lindsay Mo[?], William Waters, James Hill, Tom Hatchi[?]son, Bert. Freemantle, and H. Raff, of Burrawang and Wilde's…

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Fruit and Vegetables. for Returned Wounded Soldiers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 2

Batches of our brave soldiers are returning almost daily, and the majority for a very long time will not be able to do anything to earn…

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