A New War Devil. Could Rip a Battleship to Pieces
A now terror has been added to war in the shape of a deadly torpedo gun, which is the invention of a young American naval commander and is…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1909
22 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
"Koepenick" Outdone. Englishman's Prank With German Soldiers
The trick of the cobbler captain of Koepenick, who in a second-hand uniform took command of a squad of German Guardsmen and used them to…
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At the earnest entreaty of the Prince no promised to add, in his despatch to the Government, a request that a priest might be sent from Cheritz Khan to…
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But be not long, for in the tedious minutes Exquisite interval, I am on the rack; For sure the greatest evil we can know,…
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Taking the maiden by the hand, he led her towards the tomb, followed by his immediate friends. The priests looked on in astonishments…
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It is not to be supposed that a person of Schamyl's importance could make, his preparations for a long and clangorous journey without some of his followers…
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"I could not conquer my aversion, but will do so," continued the fair girl, firmly, "for Charley's sako." At the name of his young favourite,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XLVI—Continued
"Quarrel?" repeated Beat[?]x. "You know," continued her cousin, "what very unreasonable beings men are"…
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"I must trust to his kindness and your forbearance," observed Frank in a whisper, "to excuse my apparent caprice." "The fact is, Tricksey," said Mary…
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But what can have been its use?" The heart of Beatrix beat violently; she recognised it in an instant, for it was shaped at the end like the letter V…
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"What my dear father must have suffered!" observed Beatrix. Despite their entreaties to be admitted into the chamber, where they promised…
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Never since the roundheads passed through the village on the way to the Moat, and plundered its inhabitants, had such a scene of commotion been witnessed…
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The next day Charles and Henri de la Tour, at the request of the Pole, brought a number of skins to the house of the Jew. The real object of their visit was…
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"Prove it," said Balter, "by accepting the husband whom your family have chosen for you. Too often has the wolf desolated the fold of Judah. I will, if…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Cloud
In his remarks prior to leaving this State, Sir Harry Rawson impressed upon the young men of Australia the necessity of being drilled together,…
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The speaker alluded to a ukase to that effect, issued by the Emperor Alexander at the time he granted a constitution to unhappy Poland; but what cared the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miniature Rifle Shooting as a Training for War
Colonel Egerton, C.B., commandant of the School of Musketry at Hythe, spoke on Wednesday night week in Edinburgh on the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home
THE congregation of the Gerringong Methodist Church tendered Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Bailey a welcome home and presentation at Gerringong park on Friday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Overwork. Color-sergeant Kills Himself
"Suicide during temporary insanity brought on by overwork," was (says "Lloyd's News") the verdict returned at an inquest at Chester Castle on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Against Consumption
One of the standing problems which faces our legislature is that of taking action for the prevention of consumption and for alleviating the sufferings of…
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