A Soldier's Grave
WE worked on the mountains, We worked on the hills, We worked on the farms out back; We toiled in the scrub up river,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
64 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4
War Imminent. Between Russia and Japan. London
IN London on Saturday night war was considered imminent between Russia and Japan. Advices from Newchwang state…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia and Japan. War Probable. London
WAR is considered imminent between Russia and Japan. Advices from Newchwang states that trains are crowded with troops, ammunition, guns, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cable News. The War Cloud. London
THE Japanese Minister in Russia said the war between Russia and Japan was a long way off, and any disagreement would be settled by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Extinct Soldiery
The Janissaries are an extinct religious soldiery of Christian profession who for centuries took part in the intrigues and wars of the Ottoman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud. New Zealand
THE Admiralty, chartered, collier Mercedes, which arrived at New Zealand yesterday, after having discharged a cargo of coal into 11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Cloud. London
JAPANESE papers assert that Russia is building barracks throughout Manchuria and storing rifles at strategical points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Enlisted Billygoat
Regiments and naval ships' crews frequently have pets—mascottes of the goat, monkey, bird, or cat species. In only one known instance has such a pet been fully enrolled as one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Cloud. LONDON
ADMIRAL ALEXIFF has been appointed Viceroy of the Russian possessions in the far East, and has been entrusted with supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Why Soldiers Wear Red
The scarlet uniform of the British infantry has been greatly criticised in recent years, chiefly on the ground that it exposes the men to needless danger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud. London
The Japanese Minister in London deprecates the panic stories of war between Russia and Japan, and declares that both Powers are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ashanti War-drum
This ghostly trophy belongs to one of the English regiments. It is an Ashanti War[?] drum, with a circle of skulls around it—those of as many defeated chiefs of the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Boer War. Startling Disclosures Re War Office. the Press Demand Reconstruction
LONDON, Sunday:—The disclosures by the Elgin Commission upon the condition of the army before the outbreak of the Boer war has aroused intense indignation. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Turko-Macedonian War. 400 Men Killed. Others Surround. London
THE latest fight reported between the Turks and Macedonian bands took place at Lake Rapeha, near Kastorja, and in which 400…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Balkans. Outbreak of War Feared. Great Alarm in Constantinople
LONDON, Friday.—The "Daily Mail" reports that the outbreak of a Turco-Bulgarian war is daily feared in Belgrade. yesterday's news that the Porte had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Scare and Its Sequel
During one of the many war scares in which we have indulged any time these twenty years a couple of her Majesty's gunboats were watching the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What War Means. The Loss Since History Began
What has actualy been lost to the wealth of the world in the blood and ashes of war [?] authentic history began is beyond all [?] It has been computed mat the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cable News. War Pending. Between Turkey and Bulgaria. Russia's Threat. London
The Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs says that Russia will never consent to the autonomy of Macedonia or to the appointment of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Under Fire
"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for so many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will There Be War?
The land forces of Russaia now in the Far East number 250,000 men—of a sort. Since May last she has added 32,000 men and 64 guns, thus making her artillery arms to…
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