A Little War. London
The Zakkakhels state that the swiftered them; also that the new tenness of the British movements bewildpounder mountain gun, firing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1908
158 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 8
A Little War. London
The Zakkakhels state that the swiftered them; also that the now tenness of the British movements bewildpounder mountain gun, firing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German War Treasury. London
The German Government has refused to take the sum of 120,000,000 marks (approximately £6,000,000) out of the War Treasury for the Empire's current…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Russian Duel. Several Ladies Present. General Smirnoff Seriously Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London
General Smirnoff and General Fock fought their duel with pistols at 15 paces. Smirnoff's second shot traversed Fock's coat, and Fock's third shot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Soldier. Circus Rider who Fought for Both Boers and British. Amazing Exploits
Soldiering, in the South African war is one of the phrases of a woman's romantic career (says " Lloyd's Weekly" of February 9), according to the story…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A War Chest. Sir Robert Giffen's Lecture. [Reuter's Message.] London
Sir Robert Giffen, the eminent statistician, lecturing before the United Service Association last night, urged the necessity of the war chest in Great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wharf Laborers' Strike. Deep Sea Companies' Meeting. Resolve to Support Coastal Companies. Likely to Precipitate Matters. "Peace or War" Sydney
Representatives of the deep sea shipping companies met on Saturday under the chairmanship of Mr. Trelawney, superintendent of the P. and 0…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Portugu[?]se Unrest. Disorderly Crowds Fired On. Several Persons Killed and Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London
The troops yesterday fired on [?]orderly crowds that had assembled at some of the polling stations at Lisbon killing and wound[?]ng several persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurgent Arabs. Fire on a British Steamer. Two Passengers Killed. Several Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London
A number of insurgent Arabs on the banks of the Tigris yesterday subjected the British steamer Blooselynch to a heavy rifle fire. The Turkish patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Shot Dead. London
Two soldiers were sliot dead in the street at Lisbon last night in revenge for the troops firing on the crowd during the election riots. The assassin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Citizen Soldiership in Australia. London
Addressing the Australasian Chamber of Commerce last night, Mr. T. Price, Premier of South Australia, said that he was entirely in accord with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Railway Accident. Glen Innes Mail Train. Collides With Brisbane Mail. Number of Passengers Injured. Railway Official Interviewed. Soldiers' Experiences. Woman's Miraculous Escape from Death. A Pile of Wreckage. Sydney
A collision occurred on the Northern line at 4.25 yesterday morning between the mail train which left Sydney for Glen Innes at 7.34 the previous night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A President Wounded. London
When the President of Guatemala was proceeding to the palace in the capital yesterday to receive the American Minister a number of men threw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Little War. Raiding Indian Border Tribesmen. British Punitive Expedition. Sent Against Them. [Reuter'a Message.] London
A British force of 3000 men, under, Genernal Sir James Willcocks. who was in command of the recent punitive expedition against the Zakka Khels, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Little War. British Punitive Expedition. Against Indian Frontier Tribesmen. [Reuter's Message.]
In connection with the British punitive expedition against the [?]ohmands (Indian frontier tribesmen), "The Times'[?] Simli[?] correspondent states…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Colonel Kenyonslaney. Soldier and Cricketer. [Reuter's Message.] London
The death has occurred of the Right Honorable William Kenyon-Slaney, M.P., ominent alike as a soldier and cricketer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Territorial Army. Enlistment a Failure. [Reuter's Message.] London
The " Daily Express" (states that enlistment in the Territorial Army has so far been a failure. Instead of 75 percent, of tho volunteers and 80 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Persian Affairs. Resignation of Cabinet. Unable to Pay Officials' and Soldiers' Arrears. [Router's Message.] London
The Persian Cabinet, being unable to pay the officials and soldiers their arrears, resigned. The Province of Azerbijan has declared itself…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threatened Class War. Mr. Walpole's Utterances. Criticised by the Representatives. Melbourne
In the House of Reprecntatives last night the speeches made, as reported, at the resent sent-off to Mr. R. S. Waipole, secretary to the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fracas at Casablanca. Between Spanish and French Soldiers. Three Fatalities. [Reuter's Messages.] London
A drunken affray occurrod at the Moroccan Atlantic port, 162 miles south-west of Fez, the second capital of the Sultanate, Casablanca, between…
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