Stories of the American War
Once Gen. Hardee came across a straggler and asked him "why he did not travel faster and keep np with his command?" The soldier wished to know "what in the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1891
61 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Big Soldiers
Prussia has produced a good many great soldiers in the course of the present century (writes the London Daily Telegraph of November 8), and the greatest of them all, as we learn from our Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sioux War
The Sioux Indians who have given in their submission to the United States troops refuse to surrender their arms. It is feared that an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sioux War Ended
General Wales the officer in command of the forces against the Sioux Indians, has formally announced that the Indian war is at an cud…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Departure of War Vessels. (S. M. Herald.)
Gradually Farm Cove, the rendezvous of the warships which visit Sydney, is being deserted. It is but a brief time since there were a dozen fighting ships of various nations lying between Fort…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Preparing for War
The various States in Central America, which for some time past have been in a state of ferment owing to revolutionary uprisings, are now arming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers v. Bluejackets
A Galway correspondent states that on Christmas night there was a disturbance between about twenty navy stokers who are at Galway on furlough…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sioux War. Desprrate Fighting. Terrible Slaughter of the Indians
FROM an English paper dated January 17th. we take following:- The story the sanguinary battle at Big Foot's camp, Porcupine Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir Charles Dilke on the Next War
In the course of an interview with a representative of the Gaulois on Jan 14, on the subject of disarmament by the European Powers (Reuter telegraphs from Paris), Sir Charles Dilke said he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Commerce. Protection in Time of War. London
In the House of Commons to-day Sir J. C. R. Colomb, the Conservative member for Bow and Bromley (Tower Hamlets), directed attention to a report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Train full of Soldiers Wrecked
An accident occurred to a train on the Union Pacific Railway, at Irving, U.S.A. It was an extra train composed of seven coaches and twenty-five stock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Singleton Argus. Wednesday. April 15th, 1891. War Clouds
What new. Sensation is Russia preparing for Europe is particular and the world in general? This question is presented by the continued cable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New War Game
At the Westminster Town Hall, on Friday, 13th March, Lieut.-Col. Dismas, R.A., and Capt. Mercer, of the Black Watch, were engaged at the new war game "Polemos," the invention of Dr. Griffith, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday, Anxious for War
The Pall Mall Gatette declares that the movement of the British troops towards Bechuanaland in South Africa, indicates that great Britain is anxious for war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in Chill. LONDON
THE Marshal of the country, of [?] Diego, in the State of California, who, having taken possession of the Chilian rebel steamer The Stata at that port,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fenian Manifesto. England's Next War. London
THE leaders of the Fenian section of the Irish party in the United States heve issued a manifesto to their followers in which the policy of the party is started to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France and Germany. Declaration of War Hourly Expected
THE Empress Frederick has returned to Berlin, and related her experiences and practical expuision from Paris to the Rmperor William. His Imperial Majesty [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Election Letter. News From the Seat of War [From Our Sydney Special.] Sydney, Thursday evening
THE present crisis presents some unique features. Upon the one hand we have a Ministry appealing to the country upon well-defined, understandable issues—upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck by lightning. Soldiers Rendered Senseless. London
A VIOLENT thunderstorm passed over Berlin yesterday, accompanied by vivid lightning. A company of soldiers drilling at the time were severely affected by the lightning,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Customs Officer Attacked. Wounded by Germans. (By Cable). London
A PARTY of ten German workmen made an attack upon the French customs officer at a place on the frontier between the German and French territory, and…
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