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The wars & local soldiers, 1887

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The Franco-german Frontier Difficulty. Suspects Expelled From Germany. Release of M. Schnabell. a Warning to France. Bitter Feeling in France.— Fears of War. State of Siege in Alsace-lor- Raine. [By Submarine Cable.] London, April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 18

The German Government have expelled 130 persons suspected of treasonable practices from Alsace-Lorraine. It is alleged that M. Schnabell, the French police officer who was…

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The Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 24

Immediately the authorities at the Alfred Hospital were apprised of the accident, every possible arrangement was made, under the direction of Dr. Joske, the resident medical…

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The Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 14

When the first excitement of the catastrophe was over, the badly injured were harried away from the scene, and those who were able to walk left for their respective homes, so that it…

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An Australian Officer Wounded in Burmah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 4

Correspondence received by Colonel Roberts from Lieut-Col. H. M. Burgess,. Commander of the Royal Artillery in Upper Burmah, gives particulars concerning the wounding…

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“Work” at the War Office

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 10

The London correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury writes :—“It was a very pretty little scene in comedy which was played a day or two ago at the War Office…

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LORD R. Churchill on the Imperial Defences. England Unprepared for War. [By Submarine Cable.] London, June 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 18

Lord Randolph Churchill addressed a large public meeting of the Conservative party at Wolverhampton last night. He declared that, despite the enormous outlay, England was…

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A Brave Soldier

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 4

The subject of our sketch, Mr John Paton, V.C., (says the Town and Country Journal) has been a resident of Deniliquin for over eleven years. He was born is the old historical town…

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Poetry. A Soldier Under Napoleon

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 June 1887 · page 3

Do you see that tumble-down cottage there, Beyond the road, by the syeamore-tree, With rags in the broken window-panes, And thorns where the flower-pots used to…

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The Anglo-turkish Convention. Delay in the Ratification. Serious Opposition by France and Russia.war Against Turkey Threatened.the Triple Alliance Supports England.[by Submarine Cable.] London, June 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 18

Diplomatic notes of a threatening nature were despatched on Monday last to the Porte by France and Russia, directed against the proposed Anglo-Turkish Convention for the…

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Poetry A Soldier Under Napoleon

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 July 1887 · page 1

Do you see that tumble-down cottage there, Beyond the road, by the sycamore tree, With rags in the broken window-panes, And thorns where the flower-pots used to…

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War

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 July 1887 · page 4

Lo! where the giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon…

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Fatal Explosion on Board a War-ship

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 37

A shocking accident, which resulted in the death of one man and serious injury to several others, occurred on board her Majesty’s ship Rupert, which is now at Hull as the guardship…

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Collision Between War. Men-of-war. London, July 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 21

A collision occurred to-day off Portland between H.M.S. Ajaz (6440 tons), and H.M.S. Devastation (9330 tons). The latter being badly damaged. was obliged to put into dock for…

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A Soldier on Drunkenness in the Army. (From Cohen’s Journal.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 6

It is a most astounding circumstance that the average commanding officer, though he is not slow at punishing his men smartly for intoxication, never enters…

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War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 2

Lo I where the giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun With death-shot glowing la his fiery hands, And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon…

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Terrible Railway Disaster in America. Awful Scenes.an Engine and Ten Carriages Wrecked.the Wreckage Burning for Four Hours. Robbery of the Dead and Wounded .A Lynching Party Organised.one Hundred and Fifty and 300 Injured. Killed [By Submarine Cable.] New York, August 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 18

A terrible railway accident happened to-day, when, in consequence of the burning of a bridge over the River Illinois, a train eastward-bound for Niagara was hurled into the…

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Novelist. Days of Crime and Years of Suffering. an Autobiography. Chapter Viii. Ide War Within

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 August 1887 · page 1

The blackest human heart that guilt over claimed as its own line still lingering in it some spark of a holier fire than that with which crime sears it. I have been…

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Sanguinary Nature of the Franco-german War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 11

The Spectateur Militaire, quoting from a report made by the International Committee of the Red Cross Society, states that out of 38,101 officers and 1,113,254…

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British Merchant Steamers in War Time. London, September 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 14

In the House of Commons last night Captain Colomb, conservative member for Tower Hamlets, complained that the Government had not made the necessary arrangements for…

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Days of Crime and Years of Suffering. Novelist. an Autobiography. Reprinted from "The Australasian" of 1867 by special permission.) Chapter -Viii. the War Within

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 1

The blackest human heart that guilt over claimed as its own has still lingering in it some spark of a holier fire than that with which crime sears it. I have been…

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