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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The Slav Countries and the Balkan War: Bulgaria's Thrilling History "To Liberty Through Seas of Blood"

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 8

The Balkan War, which has startled the world by its suddenness and the amazing victories that have marked its progress, and by the surrender of…

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News From Adrianople. "Enemy Bombarding Us." Dauntless Bulgarian Bravery. War Fields Awake. London, Wednesday, 8.40 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 8

An official wirelees dispatch from the commander of the garrison in Adrianople says:-- "The enemy is bombarding us, and 138…

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The War. Siege of Adrianople. Heavy Bombardment. Army Order to Bulgarians. "Drive the Turks Beyond the Seas." Constantinople. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 10

It is officially announced that 150 shells have fallen in Adrianople. Eight of the inhabitants were killed and ten wounded. Fifty-three houses were set on…

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Catholic Federation: Its Principles and Their Application The Soldiers of To-morrow

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 12

His Grace the Archbishop recently observed that a Catholic Federation is not merely a union of Catholics—it is a union on Catholic social principles. The Catholic looks…

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Testimony Against War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 5

The following "appeal to the Christian Churches and thoughtful people of Australia" has just been issued by the Society of Friends in Australia:…

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A Jewish War Heroine

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 14

Mr. Eli Coplans, the special correspondent of the "Jewish Chronicle" at the Balkan War, sent the following interesting account to that journal of the heroism being…

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The Sinews of War

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 8

CONSTANTI[?]OPLE. Thursday Evening. The Turkish Government is contemplating the sale of the Grova Jewels and the issue of paper money, in order to provide sufficient…

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Germany En Fete. War of Liberation. Centenary Celebrations. Berlin

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 8

The Emperor and the Crown Prince attended the opening celebration in connection with the sontenary of the War of Liberation at…

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The Balkan War. Bombardment of Adrianople I Strife Amongst Turkish Troops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

It was officially announced in Constantinople on Tuesday that the Allies bombarded Adrianople at 7 p.m. on Monday and that a skirmish had…

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New Turks for Old. No Better at War. London, Friday, 1.10 a. m

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 9

The Vienna papers claim that the fighting in Gallipoli shows that the new Turks are no better than the old Turks at the game of war, and advise them to make peace…

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The War. Further Fighting. Two Conflicting Accounts. [?]Th Sides Claim Victory. Constantinople, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 9

[?] [?]ment, lasting three hours, has [?] [?] on the neck of the Gallipoll Penin[?] The [?] Zoaf [?]onbarded the Bulgarian…

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Balkan War. Turkey Raising the Wind. Proposed Sale of Crown Jewels. Both Sides Claim Success. London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 8

[?] Pasha one of the Turkish delegates to the recent Peace Conference, is, despite the resumption of [?] proplonging his stay in London…

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The Balkan War

The Methodist · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

AT THE TIME OF WRITING the world is in suspense as to whether the war in the Balkan Peninsula is to be resumed. Turkey is in a state of internal convulsion, and the messages that emerge from…

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Mechanical War Photographer

The World's News · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 10

The German military authorities have adopted a novel serial was [?]. It is a [?] [?]. A shell-like most contains a [?], a [?]chate, and a [?]. The [?], started…

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Oddities By ODDFELLOW. Industrial War

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

The news of the disturbance amongst the workmen of the Amer[?] Steel Wire Co at Pittsburg, where several Strikers attacked the police…

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The January Reviews. a Captured War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

In the "Fortnightly" Mr. Angus Hamilton gives an amusingly vivid account of his capture by the Bulgarians. He was attached to the Turkish Army, and was one of five who…

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The January Magazines. Sidelights on The-balkan War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

Mr. J. Howard Whitehouse, M.P. who recently visited Servia and Bulgaria records his impressions in the "Nineteenth Century and After" with regard to the national spirit…

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New Mahdi Appears. Holy War Proclaimed. London

The Sun · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 8

A new Mahdi has made his appearance in Upper Egypt, and has proclaimed a Holy War…

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Dogs as War Sentinals Guard Against the Turks

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

Lecturing at the Royal [?]ed Service Institution, London, recently Ma[?] F. H. Richardson, who has just returned from a visit to…

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Norman Angell. Defence of Theories. Great Illlusion of War

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 5

When the Balken War came crashing down on Europe, many people thought that Norman Angell's theory set out in his famous book. "The Great Illusion," had been amushed into…

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