Persecution of Christians. War Ship Despatched. (By Cable). London
The United States Government has despatched three war ships to Shanghai, in order to prevent further persecutions of the Christians by the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1891
61 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
President Lincoln and the Soldier Boy
One day in May, 1863, whilst the great war was raging in America between the North and South, President Lincoln paid a visit to one of the military hospitals. He had spoken in my cheering words of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Triple Alliance. War Preparations. London, Friday night
THE newspaper organ of the Vatican in Borne emphatically declares against the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria and Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Explosion. ON H.M.S. Cordelia. Six Killed and 13 WOUNDED
THE news of the occurrence of a fearful disaster on board Her Majesty's ship Cordelia is to hand as we go to press. The ship, on arriving in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Romance of War
In the cemetery of Pere la Chaise last February the remains of an old man were committed to earth whose death recalls a sad and romantic story of the war of twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Major Grant, V.C. (The Ancient War-cry of the Clu[?] Grant was "Stand [?]astCraigelluch[?]!")
The following lines by Mr. H. F. Wil[?]on, appeared [?] the Pall Mall Gazette:— O thou who to a feebler time Hast brought remembrance of the days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frederick [?] and the Soldier
The chief pleasure of Frederick I. of Prussia lay in the proficiency of his troops in military discipline. Whenever a new soldier made his first appearance in the guards he asked him three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Soldiers Attacked by Pirates
Intelligence has bean received from Batoum that a boat with five Russian soldiers, while out at Bee, mot a twelveoared boat manned by suspicious-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Soldiers Killed by Forced Marching
The hospitals of Erfurt are filled with soldiers of the 94th Infantry Regiment, which marched from Weimar at 5 am. in full field equipment, and reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Soldiers of Fortune
The luckiest soldiers of fortune since Greek times were Cortes and Pizarro, no doubt. But some of our compatriots, some Frenchmen and a few Italians, did astounding things in India during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Horrors of War. the Civil War in Chill
NEWS from Santiago reports that 15,0000 of President Balmaceda's troops are marching from Valparaiso to meet the insurgents, who are massed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Wa[?]f
I enlisted as a private in the Second Louisiana volunteers in 1861, says a writer in the Detroit Free Press. My first real soldiering was on the Yorktown peninsula. While there or at Suffolk (I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The chilian War. the Insurgents Surrender. (By Cable.) London
The Chilian legation,at Washington, announces that despatches receivel from Valparaiso shown that the straggle near that city torainated in favor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chilian War. Shameful Neglect of the Wounded. (By Cable.) London
THE ambulance service at the battlefield near Valparaise is said to have been disgraceful. Hundreds of the wounded were abandoned on the ground, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in Chili. Insurgent Victories. London
THE staffs of the foreign men-at-war in the 'harbour of Valparaise are tending the wounded who have been brought into the city from the scene of late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Civil War in Chili. Success of the Insurgents. Desperate Fighting and Terrible Slaughter. London, Aug. 28
The staffs of the foreign men-of-war in the harbour of Valparasio are tending the wounded who have been brought into the city from the scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FICTION. From English, American, and Other Periodicals. The St. Clair Inheritance. Chapter Xv. Caspar on the War-path
Mr. Leffington proceeded to show: Victor St. Clair had died, leaving a wife and one child. This child was a daughter, and named Pauline. Sixteen years later, Pauline, then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The European Situation. War Preparations. London, September 5
The resignation of Kiamil Pasha as Grand Vizier of Turkey was brought about by a change in the Turkish foreign policy, which has hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Situation in Europe. the War Cloud. Italian War Preparations. London, Tuesday Night
IT is rumoured that the British and Italian Governments ara conducting negotiateons for joint action in the East, and especially with regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The European Situation. the Passage of the Dardanelles. Turkey and Russia. Rumors of War. London, Sept. 11
THE Porte denies that it has apologised to Russia for having fired upon a Russian vessel in the Dardanells. The commasdant of the Turkisl. fort was not to…
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