The Defence Question. What the War Office Wanted
Nothing in the nature of an adequate statement of what the War Office, at the conference of Premiers, wanted Australia to do in the way of recruiting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
148 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 8
The Civil War. London, January 1
There is some doubt as to the result of the battle between the Government troops, commanded by President Castro, and the revolutionists at Barquismeto, an important…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Hidden Treasure. Chinese War Episode. London, January 12
General Chaffee, who was in charge of the American troops which assisted in the relief of the Peking legations daring the Boxer outbreak in China, in 1900, made an…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Sacred Armchair. Story of a Soldier's Return
Captain Carus Bentley of the Eleventh artillery regulars limped down the gangway from the transport and stepped on pier 19 with the vague…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The End of the Dutch Thirty Years' War
It will be something of a shock to many people throughout the world to hear that the Acheenese War is at an end. Men who are now grandfathers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Soldier in Battle
Mr. Milne has written a very touching analysis or the soldier's temperament in his "Epistles of Atkins." (Fisher Unwin ). This is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Samoan War. Cardinal Moran's Charges
At a meeting of the Evangelical Council, Sydney, on Tuesday, it was agreed to present a memorial to His Excellency the Governor-General, asking for the…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Venezuela. the Civil War. London, January 22
A revolutionary force, commanded by Senor Rolando Riera, has attacked Coro, a town of 9000 inhabitants, 203 miles west-north-west of Caracas, and severe street-fighting took…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →England's Food. Its Safety in War London, February 2
An influential association, composed of widely representative men, with the Duke of Sutherland as chairman, has been formed to urge upon the Government the necessity of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The War of Tariffs. Retaliation on Germany. London, January 30
The new tariffs that hare been brought into force in Austria-Hungary and Russia increase in a drastic manner the duties on imports, the increases being largely due to a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Death of a Soldier
A splendid specimen of the Australian soldier has been removed by death Sergeant-Major J. D. Sutton, late of the 3rd Mounted Rifles, and also of the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Some War Stories
Some good anecdotes of his experiences daring the siege of Plevna are told by Mr. Frederick Villiers, the distinguished war correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Conduct of the War. London, February 17
The Royal Commission inquiring into the conduct of the war yesterday took evidence from Sir George White, the defender of Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →South Africa. Conduct of the War. Sir Redvers Buller Examined. London, February 18
The Royal commission inquiring into the conduct of the war yesterday examined Sir Redvers Buller, who went out to South Africa as commander-in-chief shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →War Pensions
It will be good news to the widows and families of Australian officers and soldiers who died or were permanently injured in South Africa to learn that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cape War Contribution. London, February 23
A Reuter's telegram states that it was informally suggested to Mr. Chamberlain that a war contribution of £10,000,000 from Cape Colony would be a final and absolute proof of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Conduct of the War. Sir Redvers Buller's Account. London, February 19
The examination of Sir Redvera Duller by the Royal commission inquiring into the condUct of the war was continued yesterday, and further interesting evidence was given…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fierce Gale in Britain. War Ships in Danger. London
Tremendous storms have visited the whole of Great Britain and Ireland causing heavy loss of life and damage to property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damaged War-ships. London, March 2
The coastguard ship H.M.S. Resolution, a twin-screw, first-class armoured battle-ship of 14,000 tons, which suffered severely in the storm off Holyhead, was towed to Plymouth…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Conduct of the War. London, March 1
The Royal commission inquiring into the war yesterday examined Major-General Sir Bruce Hamilton, who gave an interesting expression of opinion with regard to the…
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