Boers As British Soldiers
The Boer contingent to serve in the British ranks at Somali numbers one hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
43 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 3
The Cost of the War
THE total amount which the South African war cost the British Treasury has been estimated at £242,000,000. Pay absorbed 50 millions sterling, medical services only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Horses for War
THE argument for small horses in war is one capable of almost mathematical demonstrations. In every campaign horses have necessarily to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War to the "Knife."
There is war to the knife amongst the local butchers, and as a result the prices of the primest beef and mutton have come down with remarkable rapidity. Condodolites can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cardinal Moran and the Samoan War. (To the Editor of "Daily Telegraph."
Sir,—In your issue of December 31st, 1902, Cardinal Moran is reported to have made certain remarks on the late Samoan war, in the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Morning —in the LIFE of a— Soldier's Sweetheart. (Copyright.)
A glorious April morning. The sun shone brightly on the rain drops that glittered like diamonds on the tiny blades of grass, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items
A front seat—The seat of war. An English general is, so to say, giving the Boers "some lessons in French." It appears that the Boers are paying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Items
A front seat—The seat of war. An English general Is, so to say, giving the Boers "some lessons In French." It appears that the Boors are paying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Real Soldiers
A provincial theatrical manager, during the rehearsal of a military drama, entered the theatre one day and saw his stage-manager directing the "supers "…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News. A War Cloud. LONDON
The Russian press asserts that the French and Russian navies are able to dispute Great Britain's supremacy on the sea, and declares that Russia is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Great Men's Defects. Poets, Soldiers, and Scientists Alike Afflicted
Homer, tradition tells us, was blind, through it is unlikely that he was born so, since his fine appreciation of colour as shown in such expressions as "rosy-fingered dawn," "the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fortune of War
"I'm not in the habit of interfering as you are well aware," said Mrs. Ferrars, senior, to Mrs. Ferrars, junior. "It is always a thankless task, especially in any difference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mortality in War. Some Figures
The conditions of warfare differ so greatly that no exact inference can necessarily be drawn from past statistics as to the mortality likely to prevail in any particular…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mo[?] in War. Some Figures
Tho conditions of warfare differ so greatly that no exact inference can necessarily be drawn from past statistics as to the mortality likely to prevail in any particular…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indian Soldiers for Somaliland
Indian native regiments have been ordered to Somaliland to assist in the war against the Mad Mullah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fate of a War Balloon
During the siege of Paris in the Franco-Germen war no less than sixty-four balloons made their ascent from the capital. Out of this number only two "came to grief." One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Song of the Climean War
"Annie Laurie" was the song in vogue during the Crimean war, and the circumstance is recalled by the following verses which are published in the London Press:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Souvenirs of War. The Marechale MacMahon
The marriage of Mme. de MacMahon, who died the other day in Paris, was a made-up one. Her uncle was, in the early years of MacMahon's career in Algeria, his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Song of the Climean War
"Annie Laurie" was the song in vogue during the Crimean war, and the circumstance is recalled by the following verses which are published in the London Press:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fate of a War Balloon
During the siege of Paris in the Franco-German war no less than sixty-four balloons made their ascent from the capital. Out of this number only two "came to grief." One…
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