Diamonds stolen from mail bags on voyage to London
A theft involving diamonds worth around £15,000 occurred during a mail-bag voyage from Mount Pleasant to Fenchurch Street. Investigators suspect London women linked to a ring carried out the daring heist, with parcels and registered items targeted and thievery carried through concealed baskets and sealed labels.
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Navigation ‘Company
Lomdon
Bensbay
Mount Peasant
Hwan
London
Seres
Post Office
Scotland Yard
Kamion
Ace
Mowat Pleasant
F. “Ay Toon Ae
New Scotland ‘Yard
Holtfiner Aeneas Berwern
Capetown Fund
Liverpool
Fina
Ann Lend
Holland
A German View of the Barns Fame Desigae in Pi
A fragmentary German account by Grenadier Regiment officer Lieutenant Hesse describes the Barns fame and a dramatic assault. The text references a narrative of courage amid confusion, with unclear names and scattered OCR errors. it notes a near rush and a failed action near Willera-Bireh.
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Sth
Grenadier Regiment
Hesse
Willera
Fragmented Memoiric Battle Sketch Near Marne Jul 12–18
A vivid World War I battlefield fragment recounts two weeks of fighting near the Marne in July. Troops advance through woods toward river lines as artillery barrages, counterattacks, and trench preparations unfold, with German forces pressing hard and Allied defenses strained. The narrative notes air and ground maneuvers, frontline pressures, and the toll on soldiers and prisoners amid a shifting tactical picture.
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Paris
Bomsiens
Vara
Javea
Yves
Renadier
Eglsental
America
Escolor
Amiba
Howes
Tin
Tom Sands
Tod
Etbankavent
Tehiefe
Marne
Soldiers Overlooked in Demobilization Figures
A Lar dom correspondent of the Melowurne Herald reports that official estimates of Australian troops remaining in Britain after demobilization are undercounted. About 5,096 men were in London, with 4,553 awaiting repatriation to Australia amid confusion over 6,000 unaccounted troops and record-keeping flaws cited by Sir John Monash.
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Lardom
Melowurne “Herald
Fingland
John Monash
Australia
Anita
Jose Monash
France
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Oller
Mosul Ito
Goa
Pamiolas
Rush Mats
Weer
John Dan
Babinda
Janezy
Glen
Eamyhine
Shadty
Jack & Newell’s
Seawuan
Shamkiul
Jack & Newell Ltd
Mareeba & Herben
Lomndon
Tiller
Dhe
ASD
Tran & Wisstow
Aghott Street
Calas
Firvee
Mt Ome
Suse
Cataldo
Eabroad
John Abbott
Bex
Cairo
Perril
Adrott
LONER
Gly Ratery
Satter and
Bas Tyg Saveree
Veumgaberes
Asqownt Mk Ro
To. Almott
Sentere
Mareen, Agathe
Goms
OM Abbott
Herta BP
Tess Werk
Bern
Fey
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Somuamron
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