British Soldiers for Victoria
LONDON, Tuesday—The Times publishes a letter this morning from Baron Lamington, in which his lordship urges that a regiment of British soldiers should be…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1889
42 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
The Situation in Europe. Russian Preparations for War. London
NEWS has been received to the effect that the Russian military authorities have issued orders to have torpedoes in readiness for use in case of an outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in the Sondan. a Severe Battle. (By Cable.) London
A BATTLE has taken place near Wady Halfa, between the Egyptian garrison on the Nile at the second cataract, and the dervishes who were Menacing that post in the interests…
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The death occurred recently in St. George's Stairs, North Shields, of the veteran soldier, Edward Jenninga, who served with distinction in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny…
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THE Times yesterday morning stated that it was understood to be decided upon between Austria and. Germany that an early opportunity should be…
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THE latest news from the Soudan is to the effect that the position of affairs is practically unchanged. The Dervishes continue in position between…
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THE situation in Servia is developing in a manner which is causing increased alarm. The Governments of Germany and Austria, in view of the resdiness with which the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Further news from Cairo relative to the recent engagement between the British and Egyptian troops under General Grenfell, and the…
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The experiment of training dogs to carry messages and to act as sentinels in the army has been made in Germany, and, it is said, with very encouraging results. The dogs have now been in training for a…
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The New Zealand Government have disbanded the Waitem[?]ta and Onehunga Naval Brigade, in consequence of the misconduct of its members on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will There be War? German Army Increased. London
THE Berlin Post states that it is intended by the Government to ask the Reichstag to create two new army corps in incrcase of the German Army. Consequent upon the action…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Salvationist M.P. a Soldier Who Can Stand Fire
CONSIDERABLE surprise was manifested on Monday afternoon in the Assembly, when Mr Turner, the member for Gunnedah, entered the Chamber attired in a flaming scarlet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Chas. Mackay and the American Civil War
Mr. Chas. Mackay, writing on a recent reference to the attitude he assumed when he was the New York correspondent of the Times during the American Civil War, says:—The North did not…
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WHILE a company of Italian soldiers were receiving their pay at Cosenzs, the floor of the room in which they were gave way, and the whole of the company…
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ON Saturday afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, a number of people who had attended the Stuckton regatta were surprised to see a man jump from the break water near Nobby's…
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THE Czar, addressing the representatives of the Russian army at St. Petersburg, on Wednesday, prayed that Russia might be spared from grievous…
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FOR some years past the condition of matters in relation to many of the nations of continental Europe has presented one of the most perplexing problems for contemplation…
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The sun was going down, and a little girl with big, dark eyes who was sitting in the waiting-room of a railway station was beginning to look very tired. Ever since the train came in at one o'clock…
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ON the occasion of a demonstration held in honor of Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian dictator and patriot, who has recently bean reinstated as a citizen of…
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Further atrocities on the part of the Turkish soldiery are reported from Crete…
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