Indian Frontier War
Latest advices from the north—western frontier of india state that the Mohmands are surrendering the Martini—Henry rifles which they captured from the Indian troops in recent encounters, and are…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1897
172 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 9
Latest News by Cable. London, Oct. 18, Indian Frontier War
The tribesmen are concentrating in the Khanki Valley and the Sempagha Pass. They threaten to attack the Shinwaris, who ore friendly to the British…
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This is not the statement of sanguine dreamers who weave pretty theories to soothe their own minds. It is the boldly expressed opinion of military and naval…
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THE war now going on upon the Indo-Afghan frontier is evidently more than one of England's frontier wars. It has assumed gigantic…
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A seaman named Edward chamberlain, employed on the ship Yallarof, had a dispute last night on the vessel with another man. High words were used, and in the course of a quarrel the latter…
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Reports received from the [?] of [?] state that the Orakzais and the Afridis in the Bazar Valley opposed the advance of General sir William Lochhort's expedition to Tirah. The division under…
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Reports from the north—western frontier of India state that the tribesmen have re-occupied the chagru valley in great force, Brigadier—General A.G.Yeatman—Biggs found 8000 Khelis, Orakzais,…
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News from the north—western frontier of India states that in the second attack made by the British force under General Yeatman—Biggs upon Dargani, one of the heights commanding the chagru pass,…
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Colonel Mathias was wounded in the charge of the Gordon Highlanders on the enemy's position at Dargai. General Sir William Lockhart, the Commander-in-Chief of the British expedition, has…
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The column under the command of Brigadier—General Westmacott is gradually Fereing its way through the Khauki Valley, the heights of which are held by the natives strongly entrenched in…
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The French Chamber has asked for a vote of seventeen million france for military purposes in Madagaecar…
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There are 20,000 tribesmen in the Sempagha Pass, The defences are vary strong. The rapidity of movement and accuracy of shooting on the part of the tribesmen are remarkable. The…
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The ideal colour for a soldier's uniform is one which shall be sufficiently conspicuous at short distances to facilitate leading, and to exaggerate the moral…
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Latest advices from the north-we-tern frontier of India state that British Indian expedition under the command of Generallsir william Lookhart, has assembled at the foot of the sompagha…
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In a letter to the British Agentab Cabul, Maulvi Gafur Khan, the Ameer of Afghanistan, states that the Afridis and the Orakznis had asked him to submit on thein behalt an apology to Sir William…
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The tribesmen are resisting the forward movement of the expedition under Sir William Lockhart. They attacked the baggage guard at close quarters, and harassed the pickets. It has been…
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The man who composed the music for Whittier's song, "We Are Coming, Father Abraham. Three Hundred Thousand Strong," is an old and somewhat decrepit piane tuner…
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The warship Empress of Indja/has taken refuge in standia Island, on the coast of Crete, the steering gear having broken, damaged the keel, and thus flooded the stern…
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General Sir William Lockhart's force mode a reconnaisance at Saransar, in tho Tirah district. It was discovered that the enemy had evacuated their camp, but when tho Britiah troops were…
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The story of Lord Wolseley's life is fall of the dramatic. During England's second war with, Burmah, in 1852, he was only an ensign. In leading a storming party, both he and a brother…
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