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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 110

Death of General Cronje. An E[?] of the Boer War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

The death is announced of General Piet A. Cronje, who commanded the western army of the South African Republic during the Boer War,…

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Our Boy Soldiers. Abolition of School Cadets

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 8

A deputation of Burwood residents representing the Parents and Citizens' Association was introduced to the Minister for Public Instruction to-day by Mr. T. Henley…

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New Zealand Mission. Welcome Home. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 15

A meeting of Church Houses welcomed the members of the mission whidh recently visited New Zealand. The members of the mission detailed the…

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Rescue Under Fire Thrilling Journey Across Roofs with Wounded Sergeant

The World's News · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 18

The thrilling story of the removal of Sergeant Leeson to hospital amid the hail of the assassins' bullets was told to the "Daily Mirror" by the doctor who accompanied the…

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The Scandal of the American War Pensions

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

Half a century after its Civil War, America is still paying over [?] a year for pensions to those who are alleged to be…

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"Practising Soldiering." Gilgandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 16

A serious shooting accident occurred at Biddon, 13 miles from here, the victim being a youth named Beno Mackenzie. Whilst sitting at tea the father explained to the sons…

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Soldier's Treachery. Tries to Kill His Commanding-officer New York

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 8

During an engagement with the Mexican rebels yesterday an attempt was made to assassinate General Torres by one of his own men…

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Man Shockingly Wounded

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 15

The police visited a house in Wodonga-place, Albury, and found a man named William Dawson, about 48 years of age, and employed as a benchman at a timber yard for the…

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Fight with Arab Gun-runners British Sailors Killed and Wounded. London, January 5

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 24

In a sham skirmish with Arab gunrunners on the Persian .Gulf on Saturday a British landing party lost 14 killed and wounded. The Arabs, who offered a…

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Does War Pay? Mr. Norman Angell and His Theory

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 13

Mr. Norman Angell is to be congratulated upon a very clever work, says a London reviewer. This new book of his, an enlargement of the study which he…

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Italy and Austria. War a Possible Event. Anticipated Attempt to Regain Provinces Rome

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 9

Official and diplomatic circles are keenly interested in the statements, apparently emanating from authoritative sources, that war between Italy and Austria is a…

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Another World's Sensation Maker. Austrian Crown Price the Future European War Lord. Morganatic Wife Alleged to Be the Power

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 3

Fifty million of Austrians, comprised of nine distinct races, four great religions, and according to the political text-books, twenty-seven distinct…

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Aeroplanes in War

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 6

VANCOUVER. Sunday.— M. Rene Simon a French airman started in an aeroplane from the United States border in an attempt to locate the position of the Mexican rebels south…

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The Aeroplane in War. a Frenchman's Experiment. New York, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 9

M. Rene Simon, a French airman, started in an aeroplane from the United States border in au attempt to locate the position o thee Mexican rebels south of Jaurez…

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Duel in Sydney. Fierce Fight in Centennial Park. Wool Men Battle with Swords. Sequel to Anglo-german Squabble. Both Combatants Wounded. a Principal's Story

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 5

Centennial Park, the great recreation ground of Sydney, was the scene of bloody combat this morning, when a duel was fought with swords, both of the combatants…

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Fighting in Mexico. a Dramatic Incident. Humane General's Pathetic Speech. Federal Soldiers' Cruelty. New York

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 1

Latest advices from Mulato state that the Mexican Federal soldiers have sustained another defeat. Forty were killed or wounded, and the…

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British War Preparations

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 6

Several members of the House of Commons and numbers of people outside still urge the Government to go slow in the matter of war preparations. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, leader…

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If the War Cloud Broke

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 6

The publication last week of our harvest number, viewed in the light of certain cablegrams, telling of the feverish naval activity in Europe, naturally sets us…

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War Railway Council Meeting in Melbourne. Minister on Railway Systems

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--What the Minister for Defence has called a war railway council was opened this afternoon. The council consists of the Minister, the Chief Railway…

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The Coming of Civil War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 9

Sir,—In the course of your leading article, Leaded "Deserting the State," in last Saturday's issue, the following passage appears:— "If it is the people's will that the…

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