The Soudan War. Advance on Dongola. London, August 22
The preparations for the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition on Dongola are now completed, and the Nile has risen sufficiently to permit of the navigation of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1896
128 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7
The Cuban Civil War. Defiant Speech by Senor Sagasta. London, August 21
Segnor Sagasta, late premier and leader of the Liberal party in Spain, has delivered a bold and defiant speech on the civil war in Cuba He strongly urges the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The German War Dogs
A special feature in this year's German grand manoeuvres will be supplied by war dogs, which have been most admirably trained for seeking the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Matabele War
Mr. Cecil Rhodes has interviewed the Chief Indunas of the Balyaun tribe south west of the Matappo Hills, but without success. Gambo state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soudan War. Advance to Dongola. London, August 27
The preparations for the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition on Dongola are proceeding with all possible speed. The First Battalion of the Prince of Wales's…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Dynamite Outrage. Many Soldiers Killed. London, September 1
A fresh outrage of a serious character was committed yesterday at Galata, a suburb of Constantinople. A dynamite bomb was exploded, killing a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Soudan War. Severe Storms. London. September 3
The severe storms which have already delayed the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to the Soudan still continue. The rainfall has been remarkably heavy, and in some…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Cuban Civil War. Serious Outlook. London, September 9
The outlook in regard to the quelling of the insurrection against Spanish rale in Cuba is by no means reassuring. General Weyler, the commandar-in-chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Soudan War. the Advance on Dongola. London. September 13
The brigade under Major J. G. Maxwell, of the Royal Highlanders, which has been stationed at Kosheb, is now advancing on Dongola. In view of the trying nature of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Rhodesia Rising. Chiefs Weary of the War. London, September 12
Farther negotiations have taken place in the Matoppo Hills between representatives of the British South Africa Company and the insurgent Matabele chief. The…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Soudan War. Defeat of the Dervishes. London. September 20
The Anglo-Egyptian force under Sir H. H. Kitchener is continuing its successful advance up the Nile. According to the latest intelligence, it has occupied Kerman…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Narcisso Lopez, the Cuban Soldier
A fighting patriot at 15 leader of a squadron of flying horse at 19, colonel and the first lancer in the Spanish army at 21 and in manhood dragged to martyrdom for the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy War Budget. London, September 28
The Budget of the South African Republic for the current year includes nearly £1,000,000 for military purposes. Of this amount £400,000 is for firearms alone…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Soudan War. Gunboats Advancing. London, September 25
Advices from Egypt state that the British gunboats are severely harassing the dervishes, who fled up the Nile from Dongola on the arrival of the Anglo-Egyptian army…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Zola on War
It was a pretty fight. The officer perceiving that he could not retreat without being out to pieces, rapidly made the beat disposition possible of his men it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Discomforts of Soldiering
An officer with the British troops ascending the Nile to Dongola describes some of the discomforts of soldiering in a letter to his sister, a Melbourne lady. From the MS.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Who Suffered
After a lapse of nearly forty years, public interest seems recently to have been aroused anew in the Crimean War, through the publication of more than one narrative of that event,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cuban Civil War. Insurgent Successes. London, October 5
The Cuban insurgents have gained some important successes over the Spanish troops. Maceo, the insurgent leader, has three times defeated the Spaniards in the interior of the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Soudan War. Khalifa's Influence Waning London, October 3
Advices from Egypt state that the influence and authority of the Khalifa are Waning, and that his followers are deserting him. it has been decided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Chat with a War Artist
Settling myself down in an easy chair in my friend’s suburban studio, I said calmly ‘Schonberg, I’ve come to interview you and I want you to tell me some of your most…
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