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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1908

99 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Hero of Boxer War. Dies in Boston. Remarkable Career

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 8
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

Daniel J. O'Neil, who was the first man of the allied troops to scale the walls of Pekin during the Boxer uprising, a well known swimmer and…

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Soldier Telegraphists. the Nerves of a Force. on Frontier Duty

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 6

Among factors (writes the " Daily-Mail" of 6th May) in the success of an Indian frontier expedition such as that now being undertaken against…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XXIV.—Continued

Western Champion · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 18

It is doubtful whether the cautious banker would have been satisfied even with this terrible proof that his visitor was no agent of the Secret Police sent…

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Do Our Soldiers Like War?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 3

There have, been many criticisms levelled against the British soldier, but it has never been suggested that he is not always able and willing to fight. This is, in great…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XXV.—Continued

Western Champion · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 18

The Count broke the seal, and drew from the envelope the cross and riband of St. Vladimir, which it had long been the ambition of Baron Tichoff to obtain…

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French Soldier Song. Petit Pioupiou

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

Petit pioupiou Soldier paid a son. What gained you on the Russian shore. When with the bravest and the best…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XXVI.—Continued

Western Champion · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 18

"But that of retribution," muttered Charles, between his clehched teeth, "is yet to come." On receiving a sign from the superior,…

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War Dogs a Truly "Great" Fleet, 317 British Warships Demonstrate to Deutschers in the North Sea

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 1

TRUTH SAYS :—The hysteria that the daily newspapers have worked up about the visit of some American warships to this country must appear inexplicable to…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale Oe the Crimea. Chapter Xx VII.—Continued

Western Champion · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 18

It is the name given to a numerous class of officers of police, who are invested with extensive powers. It is one part of their duty to arrest persons suspected…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XXVIII.—(Continued.)

Western Champion · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 18

We must draw a veil over a scene wliich it is impossible to describe, for there are sorrows which no words can pourtray—sorrows our readers can…

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After the War "A Japanese Egypt."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

Reuter's representative (remarks a writer in the London "Daily Telegraph" on May 11th) has had an interview with Baron Suyematsu, the Japanese…

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How Lemoine Escaped. Bogus Diamond-maker. Enlists Diplomatic Aid

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 6
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The finest practical joker of the age, Lemoinc, has surpassed himself. He has proved himself a genius, if genius means the power of grasping an…

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A Famous Victory. Soldier and Sailor

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 6

It began tamely enough. The soldier, throwing in briskly from "cover," caught the policeman of Church Halstead on the side of the…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xxi.x —Continued

Western Champion · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 20

"Despoiled! The law, Sir Edward, gave me my brother's fortune. Your words are as cruel as unjust. You and my nephew both believed, in the legitimacy…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XXX.—Continued

Western Champion · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 7

"There," muttered the writer, as he sealed his epistle with his coat of arms in red wax, "if that does not bring him on a fit of the gout or the spleen, I have…

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Passed Away. Lord Blythswood. Soldier, Politician, Scientist

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 6

The death of Lord Blythswood took place last night (July 8), at his Scottish seat, Blythswood House, Renfrewshire. Born in 1835, Lord Blythswood, as…

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Soldiers in Prison Signs of Reform

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 3

The report of Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson, Inspector of Military Prisons, on the discipline and management, of the military prisons in 1903 was issued, as…

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A Soldier of Fortune. —A Tale of the Crimea.— Chapter XXXII.—Continued

Western Champion · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 18

Julian fixed his eyes upon him long and searchingly before he pronounced the word which trembled on his lip. "Liberty," he whispered, in a voice…

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