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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

2,062 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 104

In War Time. Women Who Dress for Victory. Fashions in Belgrade

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

"The bigger the battle, the bigger the brim," This is the conclusion that any stranger would come to on observing the smart groups of fashionably-dressed woman in the…

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The War. Turkish Advance. Chatalia Station Taken. Porte Wants Funds. Constantinople, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 21

The Turks have advanced and occupied the Chata[?] railway station, and various villages on the neighbouring heights…

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Horrors of War. Women and Children Burned. a Great Funeral Pyre. Men Pricked with Bayonets. London

The Sun · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 8

Stores are again becoming current in Vienna regarding the terrible tortures suffered by the conquered Turks. At Luena, the Servians are stated to have…

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Let Brotherly Love Continue Confusion in Causes Council. Laborites in a Horsehair War. Who Should Oppose Mr.Nobbs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

At the Parramatta District Court on Tuesday, before Judge Scholes. Rookwood and Auburn Laborites gave evidence in a a slander action, in which John O'Neill…

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Close to Constantinople. Great Battle Imminent. Strategy at Chatalja. Turkish Fleet Takes a Hand. New Soldiers Shaping Badly. London

The Sun · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 8

The Turkish troops are advancing along the line of railway, close to Chatalja, and the impression is that a great battle is imminent…

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Fiendish Massacres. Austrian Woman in Kavalla Tells of Licence Granted Soldiers to Kill Turks. Bulgar Outrages

Globe · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

Horrible atrocities in the Balkan War have been made the subject of circumstantial official reports, which are to be published from Constantinople for all the world to see…

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Novelist and War

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 22

The name of Mr. H. B. Marriott Watson, the novelist and miscellaneous writer, who was born in New Zealand, and passed much of his early life in Australia, is signed to a letter in…

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Balkan War in Kinemacolor

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 2

According to private cable advice received by the management of Spencer's Pictures, Ltd., Mr. Charles Urban presented a remarkable series of kinemacolor pictures of the Balkan…

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The Theatre of War

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 20

BULGARIAN KRUPP GUN AND CREW IN GUN PIT. SERVIAN TROOPS IN TRENCHES BEFORE ADRIANOPLE. —(Photos by London "Sphere's" War Photographer.)…

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War Veterans. I.--livingston Hopkins. "Bulletin" Artist as Fighter. Memories of American Civil War

The Sun · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 13

Livingston Hopkins is one of the best known names in Australia, though it is generally abbreviated to Hop. As a cartoonist and artist of humorous subjects, the…

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Balkan War. Servian Success. Cettingen, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 10

The Servians have captured Bushtti Hill, southward of Skutari. Montenegrins have attacked Bardanjoldt, to the eastward. The Servians lent them a…

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A Moslem Appeal. Funds for Turkish Wounded. Mr. K. Mockbell Gives £105. Turkey to Fight Before Yielding

The Sun · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. Kabell Mockbell, of Hoskings-place, is making an appeal to all Moslems in Australia to send contributions to a fund for the relief of Turkish soldiers wounded or sick…

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The War. Turks Endeavoring to Make General Advance. Heavy Fighting. Sofia, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1913 · page 9

The Bulgarians have repulsed the Turks who were attempting to cross the Karasu. The Turkish losses were severe. Meantime, the bombardment of Adrianople…

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Italian Assistance to Wounded. Rome, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 8

At the instance of the Servious the Italian Government has lent the hospital ship Regias [?] which has been dispatched to Durazzo, on the Adriatic…

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The War. Fire at Constantinople. Turkish Warships' Movements. Constantinople, Monday Night

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 7

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To Shorten the War. Powers Unanimous. Berlin, Sunday, 11.35. a.m

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 8

The "North German Gazette" states that despite the re- opening of hostilities in the Balkans, the Powers unanimously aspire to a localisation of the conflict, and hope to…

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The War. Turkish Reverses. a Flank Move. Skutari and Adrianople. Sofia, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 9

The Bulgarians repulsed a body of Turks who were attempting to cross the River Karasu, near Chatalja. Many Turks were killed. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 7…

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Horrors of War. Famine and Misery. Southern Theatre Devastated. London, Sunday, 11.10 p.m

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 9

The Lord Mayor of London is appealing for funds to send a British Red Cross commission to Greece and the southern theatre of war…

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The War. Scutari Attacked. Allies' Successes. a King's Prayer Operations at Chataldja. Cettinje, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 8

King Nicholes of Muntenegre ordered a general advance on Scutarl to-day, and standing on a hilltop, viewed the bombardment. Here he uncovered his head and prayed…

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The War. Further Turkish Check. the Shtfting Centre. a Grim Commander. "Adrianople a Rubbish Heap." Sofia, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 9

Three columns of Turks advanced from Chatalja, but all were driven back am'd much disorder and loss. Bulgarian aeroplanes are reconn[?]tring over…

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