Nations' Records of War
Turkey, partly from necessity and partly from choice, is the most warlike of the European nations. Her record from the beginning of the century to the end of 1896 was 37 years of war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1898
507 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 26
The War. London, June 3
The New York World states that the bombardment of the forts at Santiago de Cuba by the American fleets was renewed on Thursday. A force of 3000 insurgents simultaneously made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the American War Revenue Bill. Ill-treatment of a British Official. London, June 10
The Conference between the United States Senate and the House of Representatives on the War Revenue Bill has resulted in a modification of the Senate's amendment by reducing the quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. America and Spain. LONDON, June 3
The Spanish Government has commissioned Senor Leon Castillo, the Ambassador at Paris, to request the Powers to intervene in order to lining about peace between Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Spain and America. Forts Silenced by Another Bombardment. Heavy Spanish Loss. LONDON
A telegram received by the Washingten authorities from Rear-Admiral Sampson states that the joint American Bquadrous on Monday bombarded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. European Intervention Probable. the War Revenue Bill. American Transports Delayed. Starvation at Santiago. America and Germany. London, June 11
The belief ia Raining strength that an intervention on the part of the European Powers in the waf between the United States and Spain is approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Spain and America. The American War Revenue Bill LONDON
The Conference between the United States Senate and the House of Representatives on the War Revenue Bill has resulted in a modification of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War America and Spain, LONDON. June 12
Commodore Sampson has notified Admiral Cerveras that in the event of the destruction of the Spanish fleet to avoid capture an Additional indem[?]ity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. a British Official Ill-treated. London, June 10
The Conference between the United States Senate and the House of Representatives on the War Revenue Bill has resulted in a modification of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Particulars. a Proposed American War Loan. Fighting at Guantanamo. Guerilla Warfare. a Coal Ship Captured. London, June 13
Three of the lending New York banks have offered to subscribe a war loan for the United States. Spanish troops on Friday attacked the American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Bombardment of Guantanamo. the Shore Batteries Silenced. the Spaniards Hold the Main Fort. More Troops for Cuba. the Pope's Mediation. London, June 13
The American fleet has bombarded Guantanamo, on the southern coast of Cuba, about 40 miles east of Santingo do Cuba. The shore batteries were easily silenced, but the Spaniards still hold the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. London
Tho American fleet bombarded Guantanamo, forty miles cast of Santiago do Cuba. The shore batteries were easily silenced, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. American Troops for Cuba. an Unfit Fleet. Bombardment of Santiago. an American Cruiser Stranded. American Marines Mutilated. London, June 14
It is officially announced that General Shafter has sailed from Key West in command of 15,000 regular troops. He is expected to arrive off Santiago on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Maori War Veteran's Narrative
A PRESSMAN, in his usual "news gathering rounds, recently came across one Benjamin Kirman, who took an active part in the Maori War, '64-' 68. Kirwan carried his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Spain and America. An Offer by the Pope. London
The Pope has offered to invoke the intervention of the European Powers with a view to brining the Spanish-American war to an end. The reply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the American Marines at Guantanamo. the Cadiz Fleet. an American Attack Probable. Germany and the Philippines. London, June 15
The American marines who were landed at Guantanamo are in a critical position. They are exhausted by in[?]sant attacks on the part of the Spanish troops, and the guns of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War America and Spain. LONDON
Spanish troops on Friday made an attack upon the force of American marines who recently landed at Guantan[?]mo, in order to establish a naval…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Another Spanish Reverse. Troops for Santiago. the German, Fleet At. Manila. Havana Impregnable. London, June 10
The American marines, assisted by the Cuban insurgents, who had received reinforments, have captured a Spanish poet five miles inland from Guatanamo, One hundred Spaniards were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers and Strikers
Five hundred soldiers will patrol the districts of Aberdare and Rhondda, in South Wales, where 120,000 miners are out on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War
Reports received at New York state that the cruisers Texan and Marblehead made another attack on Guantanamo, but were defeated…
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