War Ships in the Pacific
The Moscow Gazette, according to a recent cable gram, complains of the paucity of Russian ships of war stationed in the Eastern Pacific. The following information regarding the vessels on the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1888
30 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
The Inevitable War
ALL the indications seem to point to a great coup on the part of Russia, as soon as the rigour of the European winter terminates. It is, of course, not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Balloons for Russia
The Russian Government has ordered a fleet of war balloons from a London firm, the order to be completed with the almost despatch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] London. Signs of War
RUSSIA is massing army corps at Rieff, Odessa, and Kischineff. A forth corps is ordered to the Austrian and Roumanian frontiers. Feverish activity prevails in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Scare
The war scare in Vienna (says the Home News) is gradually subsiding, [?]ut an uncomfortable feeling still lingers in that capital. Two more councils of war have been held, and measures are being silently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poetry. the Baby and the Soldiers
Rough and reidy the troopers ride, Great bearded men with swords by side; They have ridden long, they have ridden hard, They are travel-stained and battle-scarred;…
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It is stated that M. Herbette, French Ambassador at Berlin, assured the Emperor William on New Year's Day that President Carnot had charged him to say that he saw…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Cloud. London
BISMARCK was loudly cheered in the Reichstag, and his hearers were profoundly impressed when be made the solomn avowal that Germany desired peace; but was not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transportation of War Vessels by Railway
It is of the greatest importance to the navy to be able to transport ships rapidly from one port to another. The distance by sea from Toulon to Cherbourg is very great, especially for small vessels like…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Modern Armoured Ships of War
In Engineering, of February 3, in a continued report of the late meeting, in New York, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is a statement of the Bethlehem Iron…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Protection of Commerce in War-Time
"It is not easy to fix a standard at which our battleships should be maintained; but when we come to deal with the question of what number of ships may be neeemary for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Preparations for War in Russia
The following communication from a correspondent at Kiefff appeared in the Si. James' Gazette on the 13th inst., having been written five days earlier:—…
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The state of affairs in Eastern Europe is becoming more serious. It is definitely stated that Russia in inciting a rebellion [?] Macedonia, where many of the people are in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Preparations
The Austrian special military estimates amount to 54 million florins. A military council has been held in St. Petersburg. It was agreed that in her…
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A committee has been appointed by the War Department to report on the quantity and condition of the military stores and raster[?] in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Preparations in England
LONDON, Friday Night.—The question of placing the British army in a thorough state of efficiency has been considered by the Head-quarters Staff, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Late War."
We had stopped at a farm house to get a drink of water and rest the horses a bit, and as I saw that the door was held open by a cannon ball lying against it, I presently asked of the old farmer:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Probabilities of War
A Russian naval officer has written a little book concerning Russia's probable action in the event of war with Great Britain, which, now that it is translated, is creating much comment in the English…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Cloud
In addressing the Hungarian delegations the Emperor Francis Joseph declared that the rotations 'of Austria-Hungary with foreign powers were perfectly rimicable. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Correspondents' Memorial
A well-deserved tribute to a body of journalists, whose services are not too lavishly recognised, was paid on Saturday. Lord Wolseley unveiled a memorial which has been placed in the crypt of St…
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