Forty Arab Dhows Threaten Man-of-war
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 5
The Arabs of the mainland of Arabia, resenting the establishment of British protection over the island of Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf, assembled many armed dhows, and threatened to attack a…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 5
Grave disputes have taken place in the French Cabinet between the Minister for Marine, the Minister for war, and the Minister for the Colonies, as to the responsibility for the disasters to the French…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 2
THERE Portugese men-of-war have been ordered to proceed: to Goa, the Portugese settlement, in the West Coast of India, where a rebellion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Vote in France
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1895 · page 5
The French Budget Committee has reduced the War Office estimates by six million francs…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 4
The Spanish Government is negotiating a loan of £9,000,000 for the purpose of prosecuting the war in Cuba against the insurgents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flying machines in War
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 3
An interviewer asked Mr. Hiram Maxim the other day what the defence would be against flying machines, supposing they were adopted for war purposes…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1895 · page 5
General Duchesne, the commander of the French forces in Madagascar, reports that the Hovac defended Antananarivo, the capital, with great vigour, but submitted when the French troops were on the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1895 · page 7
General Duchesne, the commander of the French forces in Madagascar, reports that the Hovas defended Antananarivo, the capital, with great vigour, but submitted when the French troops were on the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 5
Prior to the French forces entertaining Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, the Hovas murdered the prisoners they had captured during the early part of the campaign. The Hovas were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wolfe as a Soldier and a Man
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 7
Quick as lightning to see an opportunity in action, he was equally rapid in forming his plans and vigorous in carrying them into execution. With this he combined a thorough…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Case at Scone. a Girl Fatally Wounded
Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 6
A SENSATIONAL and perhaps fatal shooting case occurred at Scene on Thursday. A girl named Martha Hayne, employed by Mr J. D…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne. Australia Should Be Prepared for War
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1895 · page 5
The Victorian Commandant, Sir Charles HolledSmith, was interviewed this morning regarding the serious situation in the far East. Sir Charles said the possible solution was that Lord Salisbury had a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane. Sir Henry Norman on the Likelihood of War
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 5
Speaking at the gathering at the Londoners' Club yesternight, the Governor (Sir Henry Norman) referred to the question of Australian defence and said reference had been made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The China-Japan War
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 October 1895 · page 3
The indemnity agreed to be paid by China to Japan for the evacuation of the Lisotung Peninsula by the latter wil paid to Japan on November 8…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1895 · page 4
When Grant flanked Lee out of the Wilderness he found him cross his path at Spottsylvania. Both armies had moved under cover of darkness; both had moved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Royal Soldier
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 5
Prince Henry Battenburg, husband of Princess Beatrice, has volunteered for service with the British troops in Ashantee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Mews by Cable. London, Nov. 26. the War in Cuba
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1895 · page 3
A fierce battle has been fought near Taguasio, in Cuba, between the Cuban insurgents and the Spanish forces under General Aldave. The rebels claim to have defeated the Spanish troops, killing…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 3
General Saussier, Government of Paris, and Vice-President of the French Council of War, has resigned, in consequence of disputes with M. Covaiguac, Minister for in the French Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Movements of a Bun O' War
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 December 1895 · page 5
The warship Dryad, which bad been ordered to proceed through the Dardanelles, has returned to Salonica…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Veteran Soldier in Trouble
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1895 · page 5
William Smith, the army pensioner who recently attempted to murder his wife and then cut his own throat, was yesterday discharged from the Hospital. He was brought before the Court to-day…
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