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The wars & local soldiers, 1889

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The Defence of the Imperial Forts. Statement by the Secretary for War. London, June 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 20

In the House of Commons last night Mr. Stanhope, the Secretary of State for War, in answer to a question, said he hoped that the guns intended for the defence of Singapore…

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The Wounded on the Field of Battle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 39

In ordinary cases people bam with silver or plated spoons in their mouths command ordinary comforts and careful attendance. But sometimes even they are surprised and…

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The Austrian War Estimates. London, June 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 18

The Austro-Hungarian war estimates for the year 1890 are 7,000,000 florins below those 1889…

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News of the World by Cable. the European Situation. Relative Strength of France and Germany. Statement by the French Minister of War. London, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 18

In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. de Freycinet, the Minister of War, declared that France was on a level with, and probably ahead of, Germany with regard to…

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Wanderings of a War Artist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 38

Under the title “Wanderings of a war Artist,” Mr. [?]ring Montagu has just published, listed, through Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., a gossipy account of his experiences in the…

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The European Situation. Statement by the Russian Minister of War. Fears of War Declared Unfounded. London, July 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 18

General Bronsart von Schellondorf, the Prussian Minister of War. speaking yesterday at Konigaberg, declared that there was no foundation for the alarm that was felt in some…

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Murderous Outrages by a Lunatic. Five Persons Killed and Twenty-five Wounded. London, August 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 18

A terrible series of outrages is reported from Belgium, A lunatic in an infirmary made a murderous attack upon the inmates, and before he could be secured he had killed…

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The Situation in Hayti. End of the Civil War. London, August 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 18

The civil war, which has been in progress in Hayti for the last 12 months, is now ended. General Legitime, who was elected president in August last year in succession to President…

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A Soldier's Mother Wit

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 2

A long list might be made of men who have owed their advancement in life to a amort answer given at the right moment. One of Napoleon's veterans, who survived his master…

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Wreck of a Man-of-war. London, September 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 18

H.M.S. Lily, three guns, 720 tons, has been wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. Seven of her crew were drowned…

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The Cost of Modern War Vessels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 27

One of the first impressions produced upon a true-born Briton by a sight of the Great Armada August, 1889, would, says the Army and Navy Gazette, probably be in regard to its…

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Wholesale Desertion From a British Man-of-war

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 36

The British warship Acorn, which arrived in port from Acapulco last week (says the San Francisco Chronicle of September 4), weighed anchor last evening and stood…

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A War Correspondent’s Adventure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1889 · page 11

Writing with reference to the Antwerp disaster, Mr. Archibald Forbes relates one of his experiences as illustrative of the innocuousness in an explosive sense of a…

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War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1889 · page 15

For some years past the condition of matters in relation to many of the nations of continental Europe bas presented one of the most perplexing problems for contemplation by thoughtful…

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War

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 4

For some years past the condition of matters in relation to many of the nations of continental Europe has presented one of the most per plexing problems for contemplation by thoughtful…

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War

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 December 1889 · page 2

For some years past the condition of matters in relation of many of the nations of continental Europe has presented one of the most purplexing problems for…

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