Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:—The enemy on Wednesday morning delivered a strong local attack on a ...
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Article : 1,019 wordsLIEUTENANT ADAMS.—Mrs. W. Adams, of 91 Beaumont-street, Hamilton, has received word that her husband, Lieutenant W. Adams, has been slightly wounded, ...
Article : 272 wordsMr. P. C. Evans, general secretary no-conscription campaign, 321 Pitt-street, Sydney, writes:—"The regulations under the War Precautions Act for the ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 14 Dec 1917, Page 5
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