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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

2,062 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 104

Why War Is Not Impossible. How Great Conflicts Have Been Financed

Watchman · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 7

In these times, when wars and rumours of wars excite the imagination of the young, and fill the minds of men with anxiety, when our greatest soldier has…

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Balkan War. Heavy Casualty List. the Fighting at Soutari. Cettinie

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 10

Details of the recent storming of Dardanjolt Hill, near Scuturl by General Martinovitch, show that, prior to the great assault, 300 volunteers were sent forward, armed with shields…

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Feeding the Bulgarian Army: How they Cook on the Battlefield The Women's Part in the War Mustapha Pasha, November 15

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 7

Now we know how Xerxes did it. He did it with oxen. Probably they wore white, oxen, and probably Xerxes kept the Mesopotamian war correspondents back in the…

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War Hangs Fire. Wintry Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

CONSTANTINOPLE; Thursday.--Boisterous weather, and frequent snow-storms have checked hostilities. The Bulgarians are experiencing difficulty in…

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Three Days' Battle. Campaign in Galupoll Enver Bey Wounded. London, Thursday, 9 p.m

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 8

Reports have reached Constantinople stating that a terrific battle, lasting three days, has taken place in Gallipoli. The Bulgarians, are said to have had 100,000…

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The War. Boisterous Weather. Checks Hostilities. Constantinople, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

Boisterous weather and frequent snowstorms have checked hostilities. The Bulgarians are experiencing much difficulty in maintaining their supplies owing to…

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Balkan War. Bad Weather Stops Operations. Bulgarian-roumanian Situation. Constantinople

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 8

[?]terous weather and frequent snowstorms have [?]cked bostilities. The Bulgarians are experiencing much difficulty in maintaining their supplies owing to…

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The Balkan War European Situation Difficult and Serious Bulgaria and Roumania Montenegrin Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

The conference of Ambassadors in London failed to reconcile Austria's views with Russia's on the subject of the boundaries of Albania. The…

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Enver Bey Not Wounded. London

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 8

Enver Bey is not wounded. The story was founded on the chilly reception given to him by the Gallipoll units…

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Mayor and Electors. Council Room Melee. Three Dead, Seven Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 13

PARIS, Friday. -- A number of electors interrupted the meeting of the town council of Piedocroce, and the Mayor fired with his revolver, wounding one of them…

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The War. Troops Concentrating. Near Dardanelles. Constantinople, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 19

Twelve thousand Turks have reached the town ot Daranelle, south of the straits. The battleship Kheyr-ed-Dia Barbarossa, the cruiser Mcdjidieh, and several destroyers…

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Balkan War. Refugees From Epirus. Reported Greek Success. Athlics, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

There are twenty-two thousand refugees from Epiris at Corfa, Prevent, Arts, Cophalonia, Trikala, and Larises. Relief committee are giving success, but…

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A W[?] Experience. Nearly Buried Alive. A Memory of the Russian War

The World's News · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 10

H M.S. ST. GEORGE, 120 guns, one of the three-d[?]ed line of battle ships familier to old naval men of the last century, and known…

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Bogus Army Pensioners. Frauds on the War Office. Dead Men Impersonated for 35 Years. London

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 8

An audacious [?]rand in connection with the payment of army pensions has Just been brought to light by the authorities at the War Office…

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Didn't Like Soldiering. London

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 8

Five' soldiers have been sentenced to Imprisonment at Cork, Ireland. They declared that they wanted to get out of the army…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Sir Henry Lucy.) Home Rule Bill on its War to the Lords.— The American President and "Toby, M.P." —Four Favourites of Queen Victoria.— Costly Arbitration. WESTMINSTER, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 5

With characteristic chivalry Mr. Arthur Balfeur has taken the occasion of their deepest discredit and desponden[?] to publicly reassociate himself with a party whose most…

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Enver Bey Not Wounded. London

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1913 · page 5

Enver Bey la not wounded. The story was founded on the chilly reception given to him by the Gallipoli units…

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Bogus Pensioners. Frauds on the War Office. London

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1913 · page 5

An audacious fraud in connection with the payment of army pensions has Just been brought to light by the authorities at the War Office…

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The Turkish War. Proceeding Slowly and Not Surely. Constantinople

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1913 · page 2

The situation at Adrianople remains unchanged. One result of the Bulgarian refusal to permit foreigners to leave Adrianople is that the governor of the…

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Welcome Home at Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 12

The members of the Redfern Club welcomed home Mr. H. Vernon, who had been for a trip to England. Mr. Vernon is one of the oldest members of the club The afternoon was spent in playing a tournament…

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