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The wars & local soldiers, 1897

110 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 6

Loss of a War-ship. a Russian Ironclad Founders in the Baltic. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 27

A serious disaster has happened to one of the vessels of the Russian fleet. The ironclad Gangut;, 6,590 tons, 31. guns, struck on a submerged reef in the Baltic…

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War Correspondents. a Libel Actton. London, July 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 26

An action for libel, which has aroused considerable interest, was concluded yesterday. The plaintiff was Mr. Atteridge, the war correspondent of the London Daily…

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Lessons of the War. Interview With an American Correspondent

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 4

A Chronicle reporter has interviewed Mr. Julian Ralph, who has just returned from Turkey, where he has represented the New York Journal…

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Turkey and the Powers. the War Indemnity. London, August 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 26

The Powers have decided that a European commission shall administer a portion of the Greek revenue in order to provide from it the interest on the loan to be raised for…

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An Old Soldier's Story. a Reminiscence of the Zulu Campaign

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 4

Mr. Richard Groves owns a comfortable house and grounds at Hyde Park, near Rookwood, Sydney, and is spending the remainder of a stirring life in honorable retirement…

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Greece and Turkey. the War Indemnity

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 20

The ambassadors of the powers at Constantinople having decided to ascertain the amount of the Greek revenue that can be assigned for the service of the loan that…

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Sensational Stabbing Case. a Wife Dangerously Wounded. An Adelaide Auctioneer Knifed. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 4

Great sensation was caused in the city this afternoon when it became known that Mr H. M. Addison, a well-known auctioneer and land agent,…

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The Cuban Civil War. Sentence of a Young Lady. London, August 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 26

A geat sensation has been caused by the extreme severity of a sentence passed on a young lady by the Spanish tribunal in Cuba…

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Soldiers' Sensations in Battle

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 5

"If you want to know what my sensations were in my first battle," said a distinguished colonel to the writer, "I'll tell you; they were chiefly bewilderment…

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The Telephone in War

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

The telephone was put to a novel use recently during the Cuban War. A Cuban general, Pable Olivia, arriving at the outskirts of a town in which was a…

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Strike Tragedy in America. 22 Killed and 76 Wounded. Unarmed Men Shot Down. London, September 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1897 · page 26

An extraordinary incident is reported in connection with a strike at Coleraine, in the state of Pennsylvania. A number of the men on strike, who were unarmed,…

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America and Spain. the Cuban Civil War. London, September 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 27

General Woodford, the new American Minister at Madrid, has informed the Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, that unless the war in Cuba is…

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A Political Duel. the Austrian Premier Wounded. London, September 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 27

A duel has been fought between Herr Wolf, the leader of the German party in the Austrian Keichsrath and Count Badeni, the Austrian Premier. The cause of the…

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Mishap to War Vessels. Explosion of a Steampipe. Four Stokers Killed. London, September 80

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 27

Two of the torpedo-boat destroyers of Her Majesty's navy have mat with a serious mishap. The vessels are the twin-screw torpedo-boat destroyer Thrasher, of six…

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The American Strike Tragedy. Unarmed Men Shot Down. 21 Killed and 40 Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 27

The shooting of 21 coal miners on strike at Hazelton, Pennsylvania, by Sheriff Martin and his deputies on September 11 last caused intense excitement throughout the United…

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Riot in Rome. Police and Troops Stoned. Three Killed and Thirty Wounded. London, October 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 27

A great demonstration was held in Rome yesterday, when 20,000 persons assembled in front of the offices of the Marquis di Rudini, the Premier, to protest against the…

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The Indian Frontier War. Expedition Against the Afridis. London, October 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 26

The Indian Government is issuing a general order giving the reasons for the expedition under Sir William Lockhart, which is being despatched against Tirah,…

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The Cuban Civil War. Spain Offers Autonomy. General Weyler Recalled. London, October 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 26

Signor Sagasta, the new (Liberal) Premier of Spain, has made an offer to the Cuban insurgents, with the view of terminating the disastrous civil war that has…

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The Indian Frontier War. a British Success. London, October 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 26

A report has been received from the Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India, respecting the military operations on the north-west frontier…

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Rat War

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 1

The war of exterminations waged upon the black rat by the brown is one of the romances of natural history. Till the end of the first half of the last century the black rat was the…

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