All Fair in War
A good story is told of the Island of Sark It is said to have once been taken by the French, who, however, held it only a short time, One morning a peaceful looking…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1911
412 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 21
Push Disturbance in Sydney. Three Men Wounded
During the course of a free light, which took place at the intersection of George and Hay streets, Haymarket, Sydney, shortly after ll o'clock on Saturday night, a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →War on the Fly. Formalin Kills Thousands
It will be good news, to householders to hear that formalin used in milk will, kill the housefly in thousands. Mr R. J. Smith, writing in the "Journal of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italo-turkish War. Fearful Charges Against Arabs. London, Nov. 30
English correspondents in Tripoli detail a visit paid to El Henni, the oasis near the town, when was the scene of the Arab atrocites on October 23. They state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turko-italian War. Tripoli, Dec. 12
Matters are quiet in Tripoli. The Italians are patrolling from the oasis to Bellsahar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent Verge of War. Extraordinary Statements. London, Tuesday evening
Colonel F. Natusch Maude, a British General Staff Officer, speaking at Authors' Club, said that during the Moroccan crists, the French Generalissimo Langlois came to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Preparations. Navy Always Ready. London. Wednesday afternoon
Mr. Winston Churchill, first Lord of the Admiralty, in reply to Mr. Rowland Hunt, Unionist member for [?], stated in the House of Commons, that the supply of service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Austria and Italy. the Vege of the War. Berlin
The"Brunswick Zeitung" declares that the bombardment of Provezn brought Austraia and Italy to the verge of war. Austria's strong Noel to Italy, insisting upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplanes in War
Aeroplanes having now proved their value in actual war, in Tripoli, where they enabled the Italians to locate the Turks, and pitch bombs into the Turkish camps. Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aviation in War. War Office Prizes. London Friday afternoon
The British War Office is advertising £6000 in prizes for aeroplane competitions open to the world, and in addition £5000 confined to British aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turko-italian War. Fourteen Arabs Hanged. Tripoli, Dec. 10
Fourteen Arabs were court-martialled and hanged for taking part in the rising in the oasis between the 23rd and 26th of October. The participants in the rising included 20 of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Making War Impossible
Mankind has come to the conclusion that if it must have war it is best to have that war as effective and short, as possible. Hence the new guns which send cyclones of bullets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Pictures Montreal, Dec, 16
Pictures showing Italian troops committing atrocities in Tripoli, caused a riot at a local, picture theatre and the proprietor was forced to suspend the performance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Censor at the Telephone War Fever in Italy
The special correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" at Milan writes:— Milan in these days presents an interesting spectacle to the observant stranger. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Missing. Unsuccessful Search
Telegrams received by the Queensland Commissioner for Roline from the police at Thursday, Island state that on November 25 Charles Loslie McKenzie,connected with the garrison…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turko-italian War. Suggestions of Peace. Constantinople Dec 18
The Grand Vizier introduced a bill to unable the Sultan to dissolve the Legislature in war time without the consent of the Senate. He denied that it was intended to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Army Unfit for War. Lord Roberts' Opinion. (By Cable). London
Lord Roberts, in writing to the press, says that the regular army" is unfit for war, while he also states that the volunteers lack discipline. He regards this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italo-turkish War. Safeguarding Solum. Cairo, Dec. 19
Turkey has provisionally ceded Solum, on the north-west boundary of Egypt, to the Egyptian Government until the conclusion of the war, when its status will be defined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplanes in War. the British Attitude. London, Dec. 19
Colonel J. B. Seely, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, in addressing the Aeronantical Society last night declared that the Government was determined that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cost of War
The "Army and Navy Gazette" calls attention very appropriately to this subject. The war of 1870-71 cost France 12 milliards of francs, while some French writers set down…
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