Short Story. a Soldier of Brittany
It was in the country, near the forest not far from the Seine, in the modest villa where I hoped to spend my old age, that I saw Jean de Thommeray for the first time. He…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1905
8 stories in Central Coast's papers
Zulu War General
By the death of Lord Chelmsford, in his seventy-seventh year, a noted British general has passed away, He was appointed to conduct the campaign against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Betwixt Man Beast
From India there comes once more the official figures relating to the 'casualties' caused in the constant war which prevails there between man and beast. We are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Personalities. the Soldier Sox
THE soldier son of the late Lord Salisbury, Lord Edward. Cecil, now Under-Secretary of State for War in Egypt, is often spoken of as a possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Modern Inventions Used in War
Could Wellington revisit the earth and see the marvellous change which has taken place in the methods of warfare since the day when a round ball and a smooth-bore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Handkerchiefs
The cotton handkerchiefs provided for French soldiers have printed upon them a number of sanitary precepts to be observed on the march and during a campaign, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Photographing in Time of War
A device for taking photographs from the tail of a kite for war purposes which has recently been put into practical use by the Russian army was invented by Mr A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Basque Soldiers Used the First Bayonet
It is not generally known that the British bayonet, feared the world over, is not an English invention, but comes from France. It was one of those numerous instances of…
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