Passing Notes. the War Scare
"War may be declared within 48 hours" was the substance of a cable message received a day or two ago by a big mercantile firm in Sydney…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1898
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Passing Notes. the War Scare
The warlike news from the other side of the globe is setting us all to calculate chances. Apart from the very remote danger of invasion, it is pretty clear that…
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To day the United States of America will actively commence hostilities against Spain, and all the world will watch the course of events with the greatest…
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On Sunday evening, at 7 o'clock, is received the following telegram:— The American flag-ship has capture the Spanish ship Alphonso Doce with…
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Yielding to the pressure of the "jingoes," President M'Kinley has decided to land 5000 American troops in Cuba to co-operate with the insurgents under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Effect of the War in Nowra
ENTHUSIASM and patriotism run high amongst the people of the competing nations, but it could hardly be expected that in a quiet place like Nowra National…
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Late cablegrams state that three American cruisers bombarded Havana yesterday. They fired 300 shots at the fort, demolishing the whole of he earthworks. The guns were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Metropolitan Memoranda. (From Our Correspondent.) the War Excitement
There is a good deal of excitement over the war between the United States and Spain. The consuls of the two countries ' have indulged in a little cross-firing in…
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SAYS the Nowra "News":—A message from Kiama goes to show that people of that town had a bit of a war scars for a time on Thursday morning last through the move…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. a Brilliant Battle Fought. Sydney
A brilliant battle was fought between the Spaniards and American, near Manilla. Spain claims a victory, but at the same time admits heavy losses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Brilliant Naval Engagement Off Manila. Sydney, Sunday, 7.35 p.m
The Cuban insurgents, acting in conjunction with the American troops, attacked Mazonilla. Severe fighting ensued, the insurgents being victorious…
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THE latest intelligence received in reference to the fierce engagement which took place between the United States and Spanish squadrons in the Bay of Manila indicates…
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Sir Charles Mitchell, G.C.M.G., Goveror of the Straits Settlement, telegraphs from Singapore that after fierce fighting lasting two hours the American…
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THE latest particulars with regard to American naval movements show that six of the fastest vessels of Admiral Sampson's squadron coaled at Key…
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Reports from New York state that the programme for the invasion of Cuba has been altered. Sixty-one thousand troops will be sent as a first instalment, the first…
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AMERICAN accounts confirm the report of the surrender of San Juan, the capital of the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico, and record that the bombardment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the "War Cry." Weary and Footsore
KIAMA.—Since last report we have had while on our rounds visiting the joy of pointing a dear man to Christ. His wife got converted five weeks ago in the…
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THE United States Board of War sitting at Washington expects bat the squadron of Admiral Cerveras will play bide and seek along the Cuban coast until reinforcements…
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America has deemed it advisable, owing to the great mortality now prevailing, and the near approach of the unhealthy season in Cuba, to take precautionary measures for…
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Three thousand Spanish and [?] troops under General Monet, advancing to the relief of Manilla, fell into an [?] The General was killed, and the [?]…
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