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The wars & local soldiers, 1896

103 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 6

Ping War and Co

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 7

The above firm of Chinese storekeepers have become an established fact in the town. Their establishment, which is situated opposite the western end of the embankment, and next to Dr…

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Cycle Corps in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 3

Moltke said that the British never went to war in State carriages. They were too practical for that ; but it would astonish old Wellington, Sir George Brown, Lord Gough,…

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Cycle Corps in War. (Concluded.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 December 1896 · page 4

THE use of cycles in the Colonial Defence Forces, as in the Imperial, Indian, and European armies is becoming daily more manifest to officers and students in the art of war…

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SOLDIERS v. Civilians. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 December 1896 · page 2

THE Emperor of Germany has refused to confirm the sentence of 4 years detention in a fortress passed upon Leiutenant Brustwitz for the murder…

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