The War in Abyssinia
The Italian Senate has unanimously voted the necessary credit for supplies for renewed military operations in Abyssinia…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1896
103 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 6
The War in Abyssinia. London, March 20
Advices from Massowah state that King Menelek has forwarded a communication to General Baldissera, the Italian commander-in-chief, stating that he is anxious to conclude terms of peace. The…
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War is impulsiveness. (It is also regret). War is bravery. (It is also the most indescribable savagery.) War is a glorious privilege. (It is also a…
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On January 1,1895, the armies of tho world iucluded '1,200,000 men. The first war of profane history was about a woman—Holon of Troy…
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The possibility of war about the boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana naturally caused a furore. The President of the United States Boat a despatch to the…
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The possibility of war about the boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana naturally caused a furore. The President of the United Stated sent a despatch to the English…
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The swamp linds that form the object of the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain have been described as " mosquito bogs, not worth the day's wages of a…
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It is likely that General the Right Hon. Sir Redvers H. Buller, G.C.B., Adjutant-General to the Forces, will be appointed to the command of the British expedition in the Soudan in the autumn…
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The Italian commandant at Kassala attacked the dervishes at Tuckruf, and captured several of the enemy's forte. General Baldissera, the Italian Commander-in-Chief, forbade a renewal of the…
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About 8 o'clock on Thursday morning Constables Thompson and Peaper saw two figures emerge from the vicinity of a butcher's shop occupied by Henry McGinnese at Annandale. The police called…
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News from the Soudan reports that the dervishes who retired to Tucruff after their defeat by the Italians at Kassala have withdrawn to Osobri, They abandoned their wounded and also…
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It has been officially announced by the Italian authorities that the garrison at Kassala, which has successfully driven off the Dervishes, will remain at the city, and not retire to Agordat as it was…
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Sir Hercules Robinson is about to send three hundred cavalty, and two hundred Natal Mounted Infantry, besides a number of volunteers against the rebel Matabeles. He is also raising a force of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Cable London, Wednesday. the Matabele War
Sir Hercules Robinson states that the whole country around. Buluwayo is in the hands of rebel natives, and that a large force will be required to dislodge them, He adds that only two hundred…
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Later news from the Upper Nile states that the friendly Arabs are rapidly acquiring discipline under British organisation, and that they have taken entire control of the east bank of the Nile…
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Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain said a battalion of the First Middlesex Regiment and a body of cavalry was to be dispatched to South Africa to reinforce…
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News has been received from Wady Haifa, in the vicinity of the Second Cataract on the River Nile, to the effect that fives tribes who are friendly to the British are patrolling both sides of the river…
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Osman Digna's troops, who were recently defeated by friendly natives in the Tokar district, are retiring to Adarma…
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News from the Upper Nile states that there it great unrest at Omdurman, opposite to Khartoum, on the River Nile. The Khalifa's body guard quarrelled among themselves, and no fewer than 50…
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The war in Kafirlstan has bren declared at an end…
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