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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1892

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News by Cable. London, Thursday. More Mutiny among British Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 2

Another mutiny has occurred among soldiers in the British Army', The men of the army service corps stationed at Portsmouth were…

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A Soldier's Riot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 1

Four men of the Ist Battalion South Lancashire Regiment were the principal figures in a riot at Jersey. The South Lancashire Regiment had lately been…

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A Cool Soldier

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 November 1892 · page 5

A correspondent, writing of the late Lord Strathnairn, says he was the most indolent, lackadaisical, languid person who ever dawdled along Picoadilly…

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The Man-of-War Howe

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 2

The divers who examined the manof-war Howe report that it is possible to save the vessel…

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Samoan Affairs. the Civil War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 4

The news from Samoa is sensational. Our corn correspondent's letter. published on Friday, informer us that active hostilities had broken out at Tutuila as…

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The Russian Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

THE Russian soldiers are devoted to their officers, and work cheerily and well, and may be heard singing—and very well, toowherever they are in any numbers at work…

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Medicine in Fiction. Great Writers' Blunders. We laughed when Mark Twain proposed to deliver a course of lectures upon chemistry before the Royal Society, adding that he war

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

WE laughed when Mark Twain proposed to deliver a course of lectures upon chemistry before the Royal Society, adding that he war in a position to do this with greater freedom,…

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The Horrors of War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1892 · page 2

YOU cannot imagine the horrors attending the taking of Tarragona. Yon did not see 5,000 Spaniards perish in 10hours you did not see houses and churches in flames you…

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The Dying Soldier's Request

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1892 · page 3

"I had just sold my commission as lieutenant in the British army when the Franco-Prussian war opened," said an Englishman a few days ago to some friends at the bar of the Hoffman House. "I…

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[The Courage of Savages in War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 December 1892 · page 5

Wars with savage sbring up a question for the consideration of military men and moralists as well. The common belief is that the modern arms of precision, sighted for from…

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Letters from teat of War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 3

A letter from of the toam dated Brisbane, Tuesday says:—"We have been very [?] all through the trip in getting i bad wickets…

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