War Without Bloodshed
It is well known that [?]trio of amyl possess[?] the power of causing insensibility in a human being breathing [?] fumes very quibkly. the effect is equivalent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1892
25 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2
An Episode of the American Civil War
NIGHT had fallen on the banks of the Chippaloga, and the fight was over. It had been hot and fierce while it lasted, and the battered remnant of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty Lashes. a Maori War Incident. in Four Chapters. Chapter I.
A full summer moon overhand, casting bars of soft sheen athwart the trees in the public Domain, Auckland, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifty Lashes. a Maori War Incident in Four Chapters. Chapter Iii.--(continued.)
In our last number Bob Cable had decided that there was something wrong [?] on, and that he would see Major Bartoff…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifty Lashes. a Maori War Incident. in Four Chapters. Chapter I.
A full summer moon overhead, casting bars of soft sheen athwart the trees in the public Domain, Auckland, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifty Lashes. a Maori War Incident. in Four Chapters. Chapter Iii.—(continued.)
In our last number Bob Cable had decided that there was something wrong going on, and that he would see Major Bartoff…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Pastor's Daughter of Seiburg. An Episode of the Turkish War: from the cermas of Juline Theis
MICHAEL APAFI, whom on Septembe 14, 1661, Ali Pasha had created Prince of Siebenburgen, had died. The Siebenburg Chambers, mindful of their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounds in Modern War
The prominence given to a lecture by the German doctor, Dr. Billroth, on the wounded in war, has induced Mr. Archibald Forbes to write on the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Latest Telegrams. British Disaster in West Africa. Repulse of an Expedition. One Officer Killed and the Best Wounded. London, March 22
A serious disaster has overtaken a British expedition despatched to Timbo, in West Africa, to punish the natives for offences against the British colony of Sierra Leone. The expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Tug of War
This contest was continued during the past week with the following results : — THURSDAY NIGHT. Butchers v. England.—This event resulted, as…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The Civil War in Venezuela. London, April 21
Further particulars have been received respecting the insurrection in Venezuela. The Government troops attacked the insurgents at Polite. and some desperate fighting ensued…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Serial Story. (copyright) Love Better Than Sacrifice. an International Conflict. Chapter V. the Cause of the War
As Miss Mowbray wished to sec Mr. Burdick and reciprocally Mr. Burdick wished for some conversation with that young lady, though neither suspected the other's desire, it was not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Civil War in Venezuela. London, May 21
The latest advices respecting the civil war in Venezuela state that the insurgents have followed up their success in capturing Angostura by the capture of Lastallas. They have…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Love Better Than Sacrifice: an International Conflict. (Copyright.) Chapter Xv. Some of the Wounded
When Percy Thorndon parted from Mr. Burdick at Capri and started on his journey by boat, carriage, and rail to Naples, he had quite enough to think about to make the seven or eight hours he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How Chinese Soldiers Are Paid
The Chinese soldier receives his pay once a month only, and Chinese months, it may be remembered, are much larger than those we are accustomed to reckon…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The Hell Traps of War
We have a line of breastworks strong enough to stand artillery, and we have crowned it with head logs. By that it meant a log so placed that a soldier can…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Smokeless Powder in War
The introduction of smokeless powder has had considerable to do with a change of t[?]tices on the field of battle. In the absence of the smoke screen on both sides, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pets of Men-of-war
On board a man-of-war there are usually several pets. Their presence is not frowned upon by the authorities, for the life of a Sailor is monotonous, and a harmless…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sketcher. the Russian Soldiers
The Russian soldiers are devoted to their officers, and work cheerily and well and may be heard singing—and very well, too—wherever they are in any numbers at work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Cool Soldier
A correspondent, writing of the late Lord Strathnairn, says he was the most indolent, lackadaisical, languid person who ever dawdied along Piccadilly…
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