A War Correspondent's Smartness
Cameron, the Standard correspondent with the British army in South Africa, related that after Cetewayo had been captured and came into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1895
97 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 5
A South American Atrocity. Troops Fire a Hospital. Wounded Insurgents Burned Alive. London, December 27
The Nett York World has published report, which is as yet unconfirmed, of a barbarous atrocity committed by Government troops at Monte Video, the capital of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The German Navy. Lessons of the Chinese War. No Wood to Be Used. London, December 29
The Gorman Government has decided to entirely discard the use of wood for the navy, and in all the new warships that are to be built this material will not be used,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A British Soldier Never Retreats
It was (and is still, I think) a custom in country theatres when a military play was acted, and men were required on the stage as soldiers, for the colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romance of the War
The battle at last was finished. The victory was lost and won. And while the defeated army had fallen back to take shelter in the woods and mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is a Great War in Prospect?
IN the October number of the Deutche Revue "Germanicus" has an alarmist article entitled "Is a Great War in Prospect?"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italy and Abyssinia. Abyssinia Declares War. London, January 18
Menelek II., the King of Abyssina, has made a formal declaration of war against Italy. The Italian Government has, in…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Franco-german War. Anniversary of Its Close. Manifesto by the Emperor William. London, January 28
The Emperor William of Germany has issued a manifesto to the army on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the capitulation of Paris at the termination of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Far East War
The intelligence of the completion of the capture of the forts of Wei-hai wei, on the Shan-tung Promontory, by the Japanese is fully confirmed by the latest despatches received Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Outcome of the War in the East
WHAT is the ultimate objective of this war between China and Japan? Japan is strongly growing into the position of a consumer of such…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children's Column. Captured by Dervishes. an Incident of the Soudan War
White tents of the British Army were to be seen dotted about like so many beehives and the fierce noonday sun shone down relentlessly on the camp. Only the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Civil War in Per[?]. Further Rebel Success. London, March 12
The insurgents in Peru, who were recently reported to be besieging Lima, the capital, have defeated the Government troops at Cab[?], killing 300 of them…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Madagascar War. London, March 18
France is continuing her preparations for the invasion of Madagascar and the subjugation of the Hova Government. The first contingent of troops for the island left Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Civil War in Peru. Fighting in Lima. London, March 20
Serious fighting has occurred between the Government troops and the insurgents in the streets of Lima, the capital of Peru…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fighting in Asiatic Turkey. Armenians and Moham-medans. Forty Killed and Wounded. London, March 25
The antagonism between the Turkish Mohammedans and the Armenian Christians, which led to the recent terrible massacres in Armenia, has resulted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Japanese Losses During the War. London, March 25
An official statement has been issued by the Japanese, from which it appears that their total losses daring the war have been only 1700 men killed, two-thirds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Civil War in Peru. the Fighting in Lima. Three Thousand Killed. London, March 24
Details have been received of the fighting which took place a few days ago between the Government troops and the insurgents in Lima, the capital of Peru…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Civil War in Colombia. Defeat of the Rebels. London, March 81
Further fighting has taken place in the South American Republic of Colombia, where a serious rebellion broke out some weeks ago…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Madagascar War. Collision at Sea. an English Steamer Sunk. London, March 31
General Docbesne, the commander of the French expedition for the conquest of Madagascar, has issued a proclamation to the soldiers warning them that during the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Old Soldier's Pride of Race. How His Brave Daughter Conquered His Prejudices. Iii. (Continued)
One morning, some months after Alec Masters had quitted the neighborhood, Grace Ardesleigh left the breakfast table sooner than usual, and…
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