Another Soudan War
Says the European Mail:—Another Soudan war is looming in the near future. Troops are being pushed on to Suakim, where the rebel tribes have been giving some trouble of late, and a battle is…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1889
42 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
Effects of Mesmerism. Hypnotism and Crime. Remarkable Experiments Made by a French Scientist. An Important Problem In [?] Jurisprudence—Tosts Applied to a French Lady and a Soldier—Result of the Experiments
According to the London St. James, Gazette M. Jules Liegeois, Professor of the faculty of Law at Nancy, has lately made some remarkable experiments connected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Poet's Corner. the Baby and the Soldiers
Rough and ready the troopers ride, Great bearded men, with swords by side ; They have ridden long, they have ridden hard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The European War Cloud. LONDON
THE Birmingham factories are working day and night in the manufacture of quick-firing shell ammunition. It is reported that Russia is spending five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Battle at Suakim. Description. by a Wounded Hussar
THE following account of the recent battle, as given by a wounded Hussar, has been sent to the Central News by their correspondent, under date Suakim, December 22 :…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Secretary for War on the European Outlook
Speaking at a Unionist meeting at Brigg, in Lincolnshire, on Jan. 28, Mr. E. Stanhope, Secretary for War, thus referred to the European outlook:— He might be pardoned if he mentioned as the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Brave Soldier
One day during the last part of the Southern war Dr. Willis Westmoreland was dressing the wound of a soldier who had been shot in the neck near the carotid artery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Hurricane at Samoa. Six War Vessels Reported Lost. (By Telegraph to the Herald.)
Intelligence was received in Sydney this morning from Auckland, stating that a fearful hurricane took place at Samoa on 16th instant, in which it is further stated that six men-of-war were wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian Men-of-War
ALL the men-of-war on the Australian station will shortly rendezvous at Sydney The part the British man-of-war Calliope played during the hurricane is,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. How They Treat an English Soldier in Scone. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Would you allow me, through the medium of your valuable journal, to insert the following:—I have been residing in Scone over seven years. During that time I have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A War About Wheat
A NOVEL accusation against the press has been laid at the door of the Lyttelton Times (New Zealand), which is accused of inciting New Zealand farmers to bold their wheat for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Citizen Soldiers. an Exciting Day, (By Telegraph.) Sydney
SOME active and exciting work was done at the military encampment at National Park this morning. An attacking party, which had been sent out with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grand Naval Review. 100 Men-of-war Engaged
LONDON, Tuesday.—It is expected that the naval review to be bold at Spithead early in August, in honour of the visit of the Emperor William of Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mercury Junior. the Boy Fighters. in Two Parts.—part I. the Origin of the War
A deadly feud was raging among the boys of Munedale. The East-Siders hated the WestSiders, and thrashed them when they got a chance; and the West-Siders, when fortune favoured them,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Later Particulars. Marauders Lynched. Pillaging Dead and Killing Wounded. London, Monday Night
Latest estimates of the loss of life occasioned by the floods at Johnstown, place the number of drowned at 8000, and of those burned at 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mercury Junior. the Boy Fighters. in Two Parts.—part Ii. How the War Ended
When the spring is late in Norway, and the heat comes with a sudden rush, the mountain streams plunge with a tremendous noise down into the valleys, and the air is filled faraud near with the boom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Badly Wounded
A man named Henry Hall, living at Alexandria, was found by his daughter in his room to-day with a gun-shot wound in his mouth and a gun by his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia Preparing for War. LONDON
The Vossische Zeitung, a continental newspaper, states that Russia has issued orders for the supply of 4,000.000 boots for the army; and also for the immediate Male storing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The war cloud in Europe. LONDON
STATE officials and the Press in Berlin express grave distrust as to the intentions of Russia. They fear that the Czar has entered upon a new period of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud. Russia's Intentions. [By CABLE.] London, Thursday
THE Marquis of Salisbury has temporarily recalled the British Minister at St. Petersburg to London. It is understood that the Premier's object in doing this is to consult…
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