The Chinese-japanese War
At the request of China, President Cleveland has despatched Mr. John Foster, late American Secretary of State, to Tokio, Japan, to assist the Envoys in the peace negotiations between China…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1895
122 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 7
The Chinese Japanese War
SINCE the Chinese Government, about the middle of November, formally admitted to the representatives of the European Powers its defeat by Japan, the latter country has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Corean War. Japan Goes On. Fears of the Emperor. Appeased by Li Hung Chang. (By Cable.) London
IN connection with the war in the East it is reported that Japan refuses to agree to suspend warlike operations during the progress of the…
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In the memorable year 1814, when the allied armies were concentrated about Paris a young lieutenant of dragoons, named Lemaitre, was engaged with three or four Hungarians, who after…
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Japan has refused to agree to an armistice with China, pending the result of the parleyings for tho conclusion of peace between the two belligerent Powers. Further details of the atrocities committed by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War in Corea. Japanese Patriotism. A General Condemned to Death. Another Big Battle. Tempting British Seamen. (By Cable.) London
IN the Japanese Parliament the Premier, Count [?], referring to the victories of Japan in the war with China, said that be attributed the…
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Voltaire's remarks on War, written when he was in England, are worth quoting now : "Our God, who has bidden us love our enemies and suffer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in Corea. Negotiations for Peace, The Bear Growls. Japanese Successes. A Friendly Hint from Great Britain
THE Japanese have captured K[?]ping, after four hours' fighting, the Chinese being routed. The losses are at present unknown. Telegrams from…
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It is rumoured that the King of Corea, Li Hi, has been murdered. General Wei, of the Chinese Army, has been condemned to death for cowardice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Corean War. Movements of the British Fleet Negotiations for Peace
The British fleet on the China station has sailed for Japan. H.M.S. 'Pylades, which was commissioned to replace H.M.S. Cureueon Cur[?]on on the Australian station and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Faithful and True a Story in Six Chapters. Chapter Iv. the Coming of the Soldiers
The year passed—the year that was to pass before the Maharajah would give Doctor Roberts more information about Sunni—and meantime Sunni was growing fast. He was too tall and thin for nine…
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Archibald Forbes, in an article in Scribner's Magazine, says that the abstract theory of the "amenities of war" is preposterous. You strain every effort to reduce your adversary to impotence…
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THE Chinese officials at Pekin are goining confidence owing to the fferings of the Japnese in Man[?]ria. The latter are feeling the…
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News from the East is to the effect that a force of 34 Chinese, battalions is encamped at Ying-Chow. The Japanese troops are advancing on the…
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Twelve thousand Chinese attacked the Japanese in the vicinity of Newchang, but the Japanese artillery threw the Chinese into confusion, and a charge of the soldiers produced a riot, the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Corean War. Negotiations for Peace. The Defence of Pekin. Japanese Successes. Attack on Wei Ha Wee. The Chinese Fleet Boomed
THE Chinese Envoys and Mr Foster, formerly Secretary to the United States Treasury, have arrived at Hiroshima, Japan, to conduct the peace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Corean War. Negotiations for Peace Abandoned. Capture of the Wei-hai-wai. England France and Russia Intervene
THE peace negotiations between China and Japan have been abandoned. A Reuter's telegram from Yokohama, Japan, states that it is officially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Corean War. Resistance at Wei-hai-wei. Intervention of the Powers
AT the port of Wei-hai-wei, the principal strongholds of which were captured by the Japanese over a week ago, the forts on several of the islands…
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The report that Admiral Ting, the Chinese commander at Wei-hai-wei, who surrendered to Count It[?], the Japenese commander, had committed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Corean War. Demands of the Japanese. Chinese Treachery. [By Cable.] London
GENERAL [?], one of the commanders of the Chinese at Port Arthur, has been sent to prison by the Emperor till the autumn, when he…
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