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The wars & local soldiers, 1893

10 stories in Illawarra's papers

When a War Comes. Conditions for Germany's Defence

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 4

CONDITIONS FOR GERMANY'S DEFENCE. An article in the Militar Wocherblatt, under the heading of the War of the Future," presents the German…

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Russian War Preparations. the Black Sea Fleet in Readiness

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

London, Friday.—The Vienna correspondent of the Standard confirms the Report that Russia is massing large bodies of troops on the Polish frontier…

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The War Scare Again

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 2

In Europe the periodical alarm occasioned by this cry, seems to increase in intensity each succeeding year, and a general concensus of opinion prevails that…

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A Man Maliciously Wounded at Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 2

Samuel Graham appeared at the Kiama Police Court yesterday on a charge of having maliciously wounded one Michael Dennchy, a tailor at Jamberoo on the 18th…

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Colonial Soldiers in London

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 4

Her Majesty the Queen on Tuesday inspected, from the terrace at Buckingham Palace, the teams of New South Wales cavalry and of Victorian Horse…

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Colonial Soldiers in London

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 4

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on Friday inspected the teams of New South Wales Cavalry and of Victorian Horse Artillery, which are in London to take…

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Colonial Soldiers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 4

The military tournament commenced in the Agricultural-hall, Islington, on Thursday, when the teams of New South Wales Cavalry and Victorian…

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Civil War in Samoa

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 2

Fighting commenced on the 7th instant between the natives outside Apia. The town is filled with armed warriors with blackened faces, rifles, knives, and axes,…

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War in Samoa

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 4

Mataafa's forces have been utterly routed by Malietos. Fifty of the rebels, including a son of Mataafa, were killed. The women fought vigorously on both…

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The Matabele War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1893 · page 4

The Flaneur thus graphically describes the 'glorious victory' of the British over the poor devils of the Matabeles: It was a glorious victory. Or it was an…

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