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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

2,062 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 104

The Balkan War. Turkish Conspiracy Dis Govered Turkish Vessels Captured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 2

The Ports has offered to negatiate for peace with Hulgaia on the basis of the surrender of Adrianple. A conspiracy against the Turkish…

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Result of Balkan War. Peoples Desire Peace. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 8

The "Westminiser Gazette," in a leading article, declares that the result of the Balkan War is now seen in the competition of armaments among the nations of Europe…

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Powers and the War. Ambassadors May Mediate. London, Tuesday, 12.55 a.m

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 5

The Ambassadors that represent the Great powers in the Balkans have been empowered to carry out negotiations for peace. A move may be expected at any moment…

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Balkan War. Double Greek Success. Turks Twice Router. the Gross and the Crescent. Athens, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 9

After a fight lasting six hours at Molista, north of Janina, in Epirus, the Turks fied, leaving 180 prisoners in the hands of the Greeks…

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Not Unchristian. Preparation for War. View That the Church Might Combat. London, Monday, 8.30 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 8

In a letter that he has addressed to a clergyman who had held a territorial recruiting service, Lord Roberts pointed out that the Church could do much to dissipate the…

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Is It War?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 12

Pacifists have denounced war upon sentimental grounds; thinkers of the Norman Angeli school have shown its radical unsoundness regarded merely as a business…

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Servians' War Song

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 52

Mr. Bennett Burleigh (writing in the London "Daily Telegraph") says the Servian conscripts as they march to quarters for enrolment or proceed to the railway station to go to the…

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The Kaiser's Idea. German War Levy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

BERLIN, Tuesday.--The Kaiser originated the idea of the war levy. He consulted the German sovereigns, and received a joyful assent to the proposal, and a suggestion that the princes…

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German War Levy. Berlin, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 13

It is stated that the Emperor originated the idea of a war levy. He consulted the various German sovereigns and received their joyful assent to the proposal. They also suggested…

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Items by Cable. The War in the Balkans

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 54

Six hours' fighting has occurred between. Turks and Greeks, at Molista, near Janin, the former having a large number killed, and leaving 180 prisoners. The Greeks assert that…

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Armaments. Result of Balkan War. Desire for Peace. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 13

The "Westminster Gazette" says, that the result of the Balkan War is now seen in the competition for armaments, but the paper does not consider that the prospects of a…

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Armaments. Competition of the Nations. Effects of the Balkan War. German Aggressiveness

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Evening.--The "Westminster Gazette" states that a result of the Balkan war may now be seen in competition in armaments; but, on the other hand, there is no…

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The War Cloud. German Army Increase. Unpopular with People Russia Moving. Austrian Talk of Mobilisation. London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 4

The possibility of a European war is occupying many [?], and the papers continue to publish leading articles on the subject. The "Manchester Guardian," the most…

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Trouble in the Philippines. 30 Americans Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 8

MANILA, Tuesday Evening.--Moros attacked the town of Jolo. The fighting is serious, and already 30 Americans have been wounded. There is strict censorship of news…

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Woman War Secretary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 41

One of the suggestions President Elect Wilson has received concerning his appointers to the Cabinet has been that the Secretary of War should be a woman. Dr…

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War From the Air. London, Wednesday, 9.10 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 8

The German War Office has ordered a body of 200 soldiers to proceed to Swinemund to practice firing at land targets from dirigibles and aeroplanes…

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Cambridge Hotel Shooting. Man and Woman Wounded

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 1

Tho Cambridge Hotel shooting affair this afternoon resulted in a woman -- Vic[?] Cogh[?]an, of "Oakley" Beach-man[?] Coogee, being shot in the right br[?]…

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The Balkan War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

A prolonged engagement at Molista, near Janina, ended in the Turks being twice routed by the Greeks. The Young Turks are said to have…

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City Sensation. Shooting Affray in Market-street. Two People Wounded

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 7

A sensational shooting [?] secured in the [?] parior of Garrett's Hotel corner of Market and Castle[?] streets at about 4.15 this afternoon…

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The War Against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

Water hyacinth has now fairly blocked navigation in the upper reaches of the South Arm of the Richmond River, and is spreading in all the fresh…

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