War Notes
If the experience of the Spaniards with their guns at Morro Castle and Matanzas may be taken as a sample of the other armaments of the fortified pieces in Cuba, the fighting is likely to be very…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1898
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War Balloons. London, April 29
The American authorities have ordered several war balloons from Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Spanish War Budget. London, April 28
The Spanish Budget provides for a naval credit of 90,000,000 pesetas (£3,600,000), and the issue of Government bonds to the amount of 100,000,000 pesetas (£4,000,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The United States War Department. London, April 28
The Standard states that a state of hopeless confusion reigns in the War Department at Washington, and that the country is demanding greater vigour in carrying on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. First Blood for America. Sydney, Friday morning
Some American boats bombarded Havanna, completely demolishing the earth works. The Spaniards made a very feeble reply, and many of those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. America and Spain. Matanzas Bombarded. Confusion in the War Department at Washington. London, April 28, 10 a.m
Three American warships bombarded Matanzas, 45 miles eastward of Havana, with the view of preventing the construction of earthworks by the Cubans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. The Latest War News. an American Ironclad Ashore. Austrian Sympathy. London
THE British and American was correspondents follow the blockading vessels everywhere in fast despatch vessels The Spaniards of Mexice offer to send…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. a Naval Fight. an American Torpedo Boat Destroyer Disabled. Another Spanish Vessel Captured. London, April 28, 3.32 p.m
Further particulars of the bombardment of Matauzas, 45 miles cast ward of Havana, by the American fleet on Thursday stale that the cruisers New York, Puritan, and Cincinuatti engaged the…
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With regard to the announcement that the Spanish squadron which was awaiting reinforcements at Cape Verde has left that place, sailing southward, it may be mentioned that on April 9…
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The names of the Americans ships are not given in the cables, but they were probably the Boston Captain Fred. Wilde, of eight guns; the Concord, Commander Alf. Walker, a gunboat of six guns;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. War Taxation in America. London, April 30
THE United States House of Representatives has adopted a bill which was introduced a few days ago, providing for the raising of revenue for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Message to Madrid. Landing of the American Wounded. London, May 2
The Governor of the Philippines, in his message to Madrid, telegraphs that the American squadron forced an entrance at night into Manila harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Spain V. America. London, April 28
Further particulars of the bombardment of Mantanzas, 45 miles eastward of Havana, by the American fleet on Thursday state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brilliant Battle at Manilla. the Spaniards Claim a Victory. Volunteers for the War. London
Three American warships have bombarded Cabanas, and it is asserted they destroyed the fortifications, but the Spaniards deny any material damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Great Naval Battle. Complete Victory for America. Premature Jubilations in Spain. Severe Spanish Losses. London, May 1, 4.35 p.m
The Spanish squadron which sailed from Cape Verde Islands on Friday comprises the armoured cruisers Infanta, Marie Teresa, Almirante Oquendo, and Vizcaya,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic. the War. Austria Provides Men and Money. Blood Is Thicker Than Water. Austria's Attitude May Lead to Further Complications. Money Cannot Purchase Coal for Spain. Sydney, Sunday 3 p.m
Cuban insurgents acting in conjunction with American troops, attacked Mayonilla. Severe fighting. Insurgents victorious. Considerable loss either side Flagship New New…
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It is rumoured in Washington that the American squadron lost two vessels and five hundred men, and that the Spaniards lost two thousand men. The Spanish forts were…
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The capture of Manila does not mean the capture of the Philippines, for the archipelago consists of some 2000 islands, having an area of 114,000 square miles, about one-third the area of New…
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Various constructions were placed in Sydney upon the ambiguous manæuvre of the American Admiral in at first steaming away. Possibly there was a Scintilla of truth in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →United States War Taxation. London, May 3, 6.45 a.m
In deference to the objections made in England to the proposal of the Finance Committee of the United States Senate to increase the tonnage duties on foreign ships…
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