United States Secretary of War
Mr. Elihu Hoot, Secretary of War in the United States, will retain office until the end of the present year. (A cable message yesterday stated that Mr. Root had resigned, and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1903
190 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 10
The War Commission. Appalling Disclosures. War Office Disorganisation. Intelligence Department Justified. Mr. Chamberlain's Alertness. London. Aug. 26
The Royal Commission appointed to inquire to the conduct of the war in South Africa prepared its report. The commission disclaims having received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. London, Thursday. the War Commission
A letter which was written by Mr. Chamberlain on May 5, 1898, to Lord Lansdowne, who was at that time Secretary of State for War, has been made public. It stated that it was considered probable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Memory of the War in South Africa
A small party led by the commander, enters a farm to see if any stragglers still lurk within it. What a scene! Piles of blankets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War. Prediction of Mr Chamberlain. LONDON
A LETTER which was written by Mr Chamberlain on the 5th May, 1898,to Lord Lansdowne, who was at that time Secretary of State for War,has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Commission. Appalling Disclosures. London, Aug. 26
The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the war in South Africa has prepared its report. The commission disclaims. having received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Office Condemned Report of the Commission. LONDON
The War Commission, of which Lord Elgin was the president, has issued itsreport upon the late war in South Africs. It shows that there was an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Commission, Publication 01? Evidence, War Office Incompetency. Government Supineness. Delay and Disorganisation. Public Indignation Intense. London, August 30
The evidence taken before the Royal Commission which conducted the inquiry into the late war in South Africa, has been published. The facts disclosed have caused intense…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revelations of the War Commission. Muddle and Blunder. Foreign Criticism. LONDON
THE evidence taken by the Elgin Commission upon the condition of the army before the outbreak of hostilities with the Boers in October, 1899, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the honchman of the public weal. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1903. The War Office
THE revelations which have been recently made respecting the unprepared state of the Imperial War Office at the time of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Situation Threatening. Sultan Said to Favour War. LONDON
OFFICIAL and revolutionary circles in Sofia fear that the condition of affairs in Macedonia will precipitate a conflict between Turkey and Bulgaria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Report on the War
The report of the War Commission on the South African conflict has been reprinted twice, and the evidence once. The sales exceed those of any report since that of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Commission. London, August 30. [?]
The evidence taken before the Royal commission, which conducted the inquiry into the late war in South Africa, has been published. The facts disclosed have caused intense…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macedonian Rebellion. This Imminence of War. How Hostilities May Be Precipitated. a Consular Dispatch. Massacre Feared in Constantinople. London. Sept 8
Many Europeans in Constantinople fear that the concentration of Asiatic reinforcements in Macedonia and Adrianople at the end of the month will precipitate hostilities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Macedonian Rebellion. the Policy of Massacre. Christian Population Disappears. Promotion of War. London
The Macedonian Committee asserts that the Turkish policy of a general massacre of Christians has rendered it impossible for the insurgents to refrain from retaliation. It declares that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tub War Commission
The newspapers have published Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's memorandum before the Hartington Commission, showing his objection to the establishment of an office of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Always Ready for War
It must be very horrid, from one point of view, to be a German, We English constantly forget it, because we at once admire and slightly dread the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensation at Cootamundra. a Chinaman Killed and a Woman Wounded. The Murderer Attempts Suicide
Early on Saturday morning a man named Jack Baker entered a house through the window, struck a Chinaman named Tim Ah Doo with a stick,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macedonian Rebellion. War Clouds in Europe. Russia Encourages Macedonia. Frightful Scenes of Ferocity. Many Soldiers Joining the Rebels. London, September 14
The Vienna, correspondent of the "Standard" says that warnings to Bulgaria are no novelty. Bulgaria's action is dependent upon when the signal shall be given her to let…
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