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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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Indian Frontier War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 5

[?] Khels, against whom a puni[?] is to be made in India, total They are extremely unpopular with neighbours…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Iii. (Continued)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 4

Brief was the repose which Charles Vavasseur, probably for years, and possibly for over, enjoyed under the roof of his father. At an early hour he left his…

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The Soldier's Bath. Penalty of the Parade. Bewildering Balderdash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 3

Mingled amusement and indignation has been caused among the men of the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment at some extraordinary instructions in…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Iii. (Continued)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

Brief was the repose which Charles Vavasseur, probably for years, and possibly for ever, enjoyed under the roof of his father. At an early hour he left his…

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Frontier War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

[?]eral Wilcocks is advancing with re[?] rapidity. He has already closed northern end of the passes commanding Zakak Khels' country. The Afridis…

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The Frontier War. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

The Zakka Khels refuse to surrender five oatlaws or accede to other British demands. General Willcocks, commanding the…

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The News by Cable. London, Feb. 17. Shadow of War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 5

[?] Vicuna correspondent of the "Daily [?] graph" wires that startling action in Novi[?] though which Austria wants to con[?] a railway to Mitrovitza, is expected. The…

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The Frontier War. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

THE Zakka Khels refuse to surrender five outlaws or accede to other British demands. General Willcocks, commanding the…

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Indian Frontier War C Thousand Troops in the Field. [?] Columns Join Hands. London, Feb. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5

Zakka Khels, on the north-west [?] of India, are chiefly armed with Maitland [?] is scarce with them. [?] avoid engagements, but…

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Aftermath of Boer War

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 3

General Delarey, while unveiling a monument at Burghersdorf to the memory of the burghers who were killed in the war, declared that the…

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The Frontier War. Principal Village Seized. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 3

In the operations on the north-west frontier of India, General Willcocks, and the second brigade, reached Wali. the chief village of the Zakka Khels,…

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Shadow of War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 2

The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" wires that startling action in Novi Bazar, through which Austria wants to construct a railway to Mitrovitza, is expected. The…

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[?] War with Japan. Sensational Nonsense. Ridiculed by American Ambassador. London, Feb. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

[?] Pilgrims entertained Mr. Whitelaw [?]bassador from the United States to [?] Britain at New York, on the eve of return to London…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IV.—Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

"To discover the proofs of his father's marriage, or some such sensible project, as if my lawyers, Quibble and Scratch[?]t, could not have saved him the trouble,…

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The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained by Soldiers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 6

A fatal motor-car accident had an extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheaia yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London "Daily…

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No War with Japan. Sensational Nonsense. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

The Pilgrims entertained Mr Whitelaw Reid, Ambassador from the United States to Great Britain, at New York, on the eve of his return to London…

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The Chief Dinizulu's Future. How a War Was Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 8

The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail," writing from Durban (Natal) on December 15 says:— Two short weeks have elapsed since the…

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No War With Japan. Sensational Nonsense. London, February 21

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

The Pilgrims entertained Mr. Whitelaw Roid, Ambassador from United States to Great Britain, at New York, on the even of his return to London…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IV.—Continued

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 4

"To discover the proofs of his father's marriage, or some such sensible project, as if my lawyers, Quibble and Scratchet, could not have saved him the trouble,…

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The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained bY SOLDIERS

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 6

A fatal motor-car accident hud an extraordinary sequel in the extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheaia yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London "Daily…

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