Modern War Ships
IN the days of mental activity like the present, no service can stand still and remain effective; it is only among the blind that the one…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1886
26 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
The Servo-Bulgarian War. (From the Herald's special correspondent.) London, via Adelaide, Nov. 27
After several unavailing attacks on the Bulgarian position at Slivnitza on the 18th instant, the Servians again attacked, on the 19th instant, the Bulgarian right wing to the north, on the road from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Losses in the Tonquin War
THE Marseilles correspondent of the Daily News states that the China mail has brought very interesting particulars concerning the Franco-Chinese war and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Waste of War
Give me the gold that war has cost Before this peace-expanding day, The wasted skill, the labor lost, The mental treasure thrown away;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Novel Tug-of-war
A very interesting contest at Foley's rooms the other night, was the tug of war between bands and teeth, and the latter won. A pretty I good named Burridge, took a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous. Peace or War?
Peace is it war? God knowns. The sky has a lurid light That comes are the tempest blows: We hear in the thickening night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Balloons
Ballon signalling promises to take a place in warfare. Bruce's system is considered the most perfect. In using it an ordinary balloon of very translucent material is employed. In the inside of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Real Burden of War
A volume showing the cost of English warshas just been published, says the Boston Advrtiser, " which may serve asa useful tract for members of the Peace Society. Thus the war with the American colonies is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suez Mail Extracts. Limerick and the Soldiers
The recent removal from Limerick of tho 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifles consequent on the complaints made by the officer commanding as to the frequency of assaults committed on the men by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Height and Chests of English and Foreign Soldiers
In his speech last week, in moving the Army Estimates, Mr. Campbell-Bannerman gave some interesting details of the comparative physique of English and Foreign soldiers. He said:—"What…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Supply during the Late War Scare
The following communication respecting the preparation in case of war, which, were made in 1885, has been addressed by Earl Granville, Secretary of State for the colonies, to his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Trying Moment in War
I'LL tell you when a man feels real badly. It's when he's forming his men into line for a big battle when a little skirmishing fire is kept up all the time Every minute or so some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Irish Soldier's Ready Excuse
While on the peninsula during the war, an officer one day came across a private soldier belonging to one of the most predatory companies of the Irish Brigade. The fellow had…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Freedmen in the War
In 1861 there were many suggestive pictures in the neighbourhood of our armies. For example: Near a farm house three miles west of Alexandria, Va, a handsome woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Poet's Welcome Home
The Norwegian poet Bjornstjerne Björnson was welcomed home to Christiania, after his four years' stay in Paris, by a festival performance at the Town Theatre. One of his…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Peace or War
Political speculation is beginning to settle down again on the Continent now the Imperial meetings at Gastein have come to an end. It has largely been coloured by the hopes or fears of those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peaceful Cruise of a War Vessel. (Sydney Daily Telegraph.)
The Miranda—one of her Majesty's ships belonging to the Australian Squadron, which was dispatched hence to the Islands on August 6—returned to Port Jackson on Saturday and took up her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science. An Engine of War
THE details of moving torpedos, as regards their stearing power, propulsion and explosive change, have for some time past formed a special study with Mr. R. Paulsee, who has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Very Modest Soldier
A singular instance of soldierly modesty was brought to light recently in Washington. Almost everybody who has been familiar with the Capitol at any time during the last six years must have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Soldiers Drowned
A melancholy accident occurred near Carlisle on September 27, whereby three soldiers of the Border Regiment, stationed at the dep[?], Carlisle Castle, were drowned in the river Eden. It appears that…
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