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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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European War Cloud. Apprehensions in Francs, Britain's "Last Warning." LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 2

The text of Lord Salisbury's speech has awakened misgivings in France. Several French journals recognise it as Britain's "last warning."…

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America Ready for War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 3

American troops have been warned to be prepared for service…

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America's War Costs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 16

The war with Spain is estimated to have cost the United States about 150,000,000dols., or a little more than 1,300,000dols. for each of the 114 days during which it lasted. The actual disbursements…

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New Russian War Ships. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 5

Russia has ordered the construction of two more wa[?]hins…

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United States reparedness for War. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 5

The United States troops have been warned to be in readiness for active Service. America has offered to purchase from Spain one of the Caroline…

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Our Brave Soldiers. Amusing Sham-Fight Episodes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 4

SOME rather rich stories were told in the Legislative Assembly early on Friday morning by Mr Carroll apropos of the military vote, regarding…

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The War Preparations

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 2

The recent warlike preparations in England, France, and other European countries undoubtedly betoken notable change in the foreign policy of the…

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War Balloons

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

The war balloon used in recon[?]tering the position at Santiago was destroyed. The balloon was held by eighteen men by a rope which was 1,000ft long. The men moved about in…

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Americo-Spanish War Disclosures. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

Col. Rousefeldt, recently elected Governor of New York, has made sensational disclosures respecting the mismanagement and inefficiency of…

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Our Citizen Soldiers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 9

Some rather rich stories were told in the Legislative Assembly early on Friday morning by Mr. Carroll, apropos of the military vote, regarding certain volunteer officers who happen to be able…

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Future War Carnage. What the man-Killers Will be Like Science and the Spilling .of Blood

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 7

MAVELLORS as aec our Maxim and Gatling guns, torpedoes, and all other instruments' of modern warfare, human ingenuity in this direction has by no…

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Future War Carnage. What the Man-killers Will Be Like. Science and the Spilling of Blood

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 4

MARVELLOUS as are our Maxim and Gatling guns, torpedoes, and all other instruments of modern warfare, human ingenuity in this direction has by no…

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The War Scare in England. How It Was Fomented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 3

Writing from London on November 4 the correspondent of a Sydney journal says:—It is to be hoped that in dealing with the French war scarce the Australasian press will exercise rather more…

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A Row on Board Ship. a Sailor Wounded in the Leg. the Captain of an American Vessel Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 3

A peculiar disturbance occurred on board the American ship Republic in Sydney harbour yesterday. The vessel has lately taken on an entirely new crew, including captain and officers. But it…

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Soldiers and Sabbath Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 6

An amusing incident of life at Chickamauga Camp of the United States Army is related by a returned trooper. The story began when Private Jack Holland was kicked by a…

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A Religious War Probable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1898 · page 3

The Pan-Germanic agitation in which Austria and Hungary declared themselves in favour of wholesale conversions to Protestantiem has provoked a warning from Catholic journals, and it is thought…

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Monarchs Wounded in War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 5

There is but one monarch in Europe who can show the scar of a wound received in war. It is King Humbert. The latter, at the battle of Castozza, which resulted so…

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Sick French Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

A French adjutant, a sergeant, and eight Singalese, who have been sick at Fashoda, are returning by the Nile iu British gunboats…

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Colonel Wright's Christmas. The Strange Meeting of Two Old Rivals on a Christmas Eve of War Time—Carey's Terrible Temptation, and the Tragedy that Followed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2

AS Colonel Wright walked up the steps of the Park National…

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A Religious War. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 6

The Pan-Germanic agitation in Austria-Hungary, in favour of wholesale conversions to Protestantism, has peovoked a warning from Catholie…

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