A Private Soldier on the Horrors of War
In a letter to his friends at Heywood, dated September 5, from Khartoum, private J. Carruthers E. Company, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, who took part in the batch of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
399 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 20
War Indemnities
The practice of exacting money from a conquered foe is, in its present form, somewhat modern. In ancient times the victor despoiled the enemy he had overcome, sacked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cardinal Vaughan and the Fear of War
During the extreme tension that oxisted between England and France over the Fashoda affair Cardinal Vaughan addressed the following circular lettter to his clergy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War-ship Maine. Site of the Wreck Flagged. London, January 3
The American authorities, having occupied Havana, decided to commemorate the destruction of the war-ship Maine, which was blo[?]n up in the harbor in February last…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Soldier and the Spider
According to Public Opinion, Major Lawrie is the hero of an interesting superstition. Before the battle of Atbara he discovered in the ventilator of his helmet an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preparing for War. Russia's Military Estimates. London, January 17
Despite the proposal published by the Czar for the disarmament of the nations, Russia is determined to keep her forces in a abate of preparedness should war break out…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Civil War in Abyssinia. Successes of Ras Mangascia. London, January 15
Ras Mangascia, Governor of the province of Tigre, and son of King John, the former King of Abyse[?], continues to defy the fores of King Menelik, against whom…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Strong Man. Beats Seven Men in a Tug of War
About five thousand people, including a sprinkling of ladies, attended the Exhibition building, Melbourne, on Saturday evening to witness some feats of strength by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Gift to an Emperor. a Memento of Success in War. London, January 12
The Japanese Imperial Diet has voted to the Emperor Mutshhite sum of 20,000,000 yen (about £2,100,00) from the indemnity paid by the Chinese at the close of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →War in Samoa. Malietoa Declared King. Five Hundred Captives. Refugees Sheltered on H.M.P. PORPOISE. Auckland (N.Z.)
The R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived this morning from San Francisco, brings the latest Samoan news. It appears that the Chief Justice, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The Latest Engine of War
THE New York correspondent of the London Mail telegraphs details of Nicolo Tesla's electrical machine for destroying warships. It consists of a combination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Prisoner of War for Thirty Years
A German named Richard Fischer has returned home after an absence of five years, for the greater pint of which he served in the French Foreign Legion at Saida. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Soldiers in the Soudan
"One thing puzzled me very much during the Nile expedition," remarked a well-known officer the other day. "My man were fine, reckless scallywags, who would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War of Creeds in Palestine. the German Emperor’s Disappointment
It is known that the emperor, in his address to the Evangelical clergy at Bethlehem, expressed his disappointment at his impressions in the Holy Land. The test of his speech is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Night After San Juan. with the Killed and Wounded
In the Contemporary Magazine for December Mr. Stephen Bonsal writes an account of the scene among the fallen which now and then rivals in interest Tolstoi's…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The Spanish-american War. Cause and Effect
The New York Journal, which, it must be remembered, is decidedly yellow, gives the following as cause and effect in the late war:—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Relics of the War
The Spanish cruisers which have recently been raised from Manila Bay have arrived at Hongkong for docking. Two—the Is'a de Cuba and the Isla de Luzon—are sister…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Fighting at Manila. the Insurgents Lost 4000. American Loss—40 Killed and 178 Wounded. London, February 6
Advices received from the Philippines report that a desperate attack has been made on Msnilla by the Filipino insurgents, which was repulsed by the Americans, who inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fierce Fighting at Manilla. a Filipino Attack. 28 Americans Killed, 120 Wounded
Advices received from the Philippines report that a desperate attack has been made on Manila by the Filipino insurgents, which was repulsed by the Americans, who inflicted heavy loss upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Europe Obtains Its Soldiers
In Franco every man, miles, physically unlit, is liable to service, which begins when he is 31, and lasts for 23 years. These 25 years are usually spent as follows:—Ten…
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