The Horrors of War
THE Times is a free paper, and thus it wrote on Feby 11th ; " Within four days of a British army, 7000 strong, within a few hours of a port where a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1884
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The Soudan War. London, March 28
It is rumoured at Cairo that El Mahdi, with his followers, has occupied Khartoum. The whole of the troops under…
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EI Mahdi refuses to accept the Sultanship of Kordofan. Advices from Khartoum state that the arrival of British troops there is…
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In the House of Commons to-night, the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary for War, stated, in reply to a question, that it was not intended to send any…
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Ramours are current in Suakim the Khartoum has fallen, and that General Gordon has been taken prisoner by the adherents of El Madhi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1884-5 To Black Years of War and Revolution
THE Editor of the Christian Herald and Signs of the Times—an English weekly journal with a circulation of nearly 260,000 per issue—writes as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marie: A Story of the American Civil War. by the Author of " the Probation of Dorothy Travers, "Pordoned," Etc
Are what happy days those were—long, long ago now— When we were young together, and the hours winged their flight so rapidly that, almost before we had realised that they had…
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News has been received that the Chinese Government has forbidden the evac[?]ation of L[?]ng Son, which was occupied by Chinese troops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →European Cablegrams. (From the Sydney Papers.) Franco-chinese War
Hongkong, August 25.—The French fleet of ironclads, under A[?] Co[?]rbet renewed hostilities to-day, when they engaged the fort at a brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War with England. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—A number of letters have appeared in the newspapers at different times of late, on the defences of the Australian colonies, and indeed it is a very proper subject to engross the…
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By the courtesy of Captain Craig and Mr. H. Le Pierotti, chief officer of the steamship Guthrie, we (Herald) are enabled to give some important news relative to the war in…
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The latest reports from Hong[?] say that the Chinese have burned [?] foreigners' quarters on Pagoda I[?] in the River Min…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incidents in the Career of a War Correspondent
MR MELTON PRIOR, the war correspondent of the Illustrated London News, supplies the following to the representative of the Pall Mall Gazette,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Franco-chinese War. Hongkong, Oct. 5
Intelligence is to hand that Admini[?] Courbetisnow attacking the port of [?] in the north of the Island of Formosa. [?] Chinese garrison offered considerable recuit…
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Later advise report that Admiral Lespes has not occupled Tamsui, as was previously asserted. The vessels under his command, however are bombarding the Chinese…
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It is announced that about 600 French troops, while endeavouring to occupy the port of Tamsui, fell into an ambuscade. Twenty men were taken…
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It is understood (The Times says) that during the eight months of the year terminating with the end of August, upwards of 22,000 recruits have been enlisted for the English regular forces. This rate is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Franco-Chinese War. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Brisbane
The steamer Timor, which arrived at Cooktown this morning, brings the following news from China:— The Chinese employed on the French ships…
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We give the following extracts from Chinese newspapers of the 21st ultime, which contain the latest news with regard to affairs in Tonquin, Fooehow, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Franco-Chinese War. (Ffrom the S. M. Herald's Telegram.") London, Nov. 23
Admiral Courbet, the French Commander-in-chief, has determined not to raise the blooknde of the ports of the island of Formosa until the Chinese authorities yield to the demand of France,…
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