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Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1895

8 stories in Illawarra's papers

Peace or War?

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

The lamentable war between China and Japan is one of which none can foresee the end. It may prove very dilatory, and thus involve the Great Powers of Europe in the…

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Australia and the War in the East

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 3

Major-General Hutton sees omens in the East. Within the last few months there had arisen almost at our doors, he said on Thursday…

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The Future of War. Military Operations As Affected by the New Weapons

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 4

If all the world could be at peace (writes Fitzhugh Lee in the "Century Magazins") all the world would agree with Shakespeare in…

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The Future of War. Military Operations As Affected by the New Weapons

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 4

At Gettysburg, in July, 1863, had the Federal troops been armed with the rifle now being issued to the United 8tates infantry, and with the present…

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The Future of War. Military Operations As Affected by the New Weapons

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1895 · page 4

The modern guns will make great change in the art of war, and the plans employed in former campaigns by the great commondors will receive many…

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Select Poetry. a Soldier's Kiss

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 4

So, when that day's work was done, And the yellow sand was red In between the blackened reeds, Where they lay—the dead!…

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The Madagascan War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1895 · page 4

Says "Outis"—The French invasion of Madagascar is complete and successful; the tricolor waves over Antananarivo, and the Hovas, who were so turbulently…

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Dogs of War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1895 · page 4

The "war dog" has, of late, run the sea serpent and big gooseberry very close as a subject for fill-up paragraphs in the European press, and even kenne…

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