South African War. German Criticism. Colenso Disaster Ascr[?] to General Buller
The General Staff of the German Army has published a trant[?] on the cond[?]t of the South African War. An extract hearing on the Colenso…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
148 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 8
Cablegrams. London, Friday. China on the War Path. Moving Large Bodies of Troops Into Manchuria
Advices from Tien-[?]in, a city on the River Pei ho's right bank, 34 miles from the north, and 80 miles S.E. from Peking, of which it is the port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. Sixty-three Killed and Wounded. London, November 16
A terrible railway accident has happened in Illinois. Two trains came into collision at Kentwood with direful results. Thirty-nine negro and one white passengers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Boer War. a German Staff Treatise. London, November 12
The general staff of the German army has published a treatise on the Boer war. The opinion is expressed that the bad leadership of Sir Redvers Bailer was the cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fire at Woolwich Barracks. Conflagration Subdued. by the Aid of 5000 Soldiers
A large fire has occurred at Woolwick Barracks. The theatre and reading and recreation rooms attached to the Woolwich Barracks, by some means…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humorous War Office Incident
A typical instance of the War Office methods is furnished by a correspondent on one of our Mediterranean stations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Is Paid for War. the Outlay in Men and Money
It is appalling to know that not far short of 700 million lives directly, and 14,000,000,000 indirectly, have been lost in the conflicts which have reged in the world. These…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Santo Domingo. Surrender by Insurgents. President and Ministers Seek Refuge on the German War Ship
General Von. Y. Gil, President of the Republic, and his [?] took refuge on the German warship Athen, on the surrender of Santo Domingo by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Melbourne Letter. Fairly on the War Path
Our Federal warriors are now fairly on the warpath. On Monday His Excellency with all due ceremony dissolved the first Parliament of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saving the Soldier
In former days, as if the hardships of a soldier's life were not enough, military custom squeezed him into a tight uniform, which gave him diseases of the lungs and heart. Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Far East. Mr. Bennett Burleigh's Views. Situation Growing Very Serious. Japan Preparing for War
Mr. Bennet [?], the special war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," who is at present in Tokio, wires to the paper that the situation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. John Burns at Shrewsbury. Attacks Messrs. Balfour and Chamberlain. Fiscal Reform Stalking Horse. Being Used to Cover Blunders of the War
Mr. John Burns (Labour member for Battersea). in the course of an address at Shrewsbury, said that Messrs. Balfour and Chamberlain were using…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Far East. Russia and Manchuria. Declaration by Ex-japanese Minister. Reinforcements Must Stop. or War Will Eventuate
Oissi, ex-Japanese Minister of Commerce, after visiting Manchuria, has declared at Tokio that Russia must instantly stop reinforcements, or Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Far East. Two Manchurian Question. British and French Influence May Avert War Between Russia and Japan
A German newspaper, the "National Zeitung," states that Great Britain and france are exercising their influence at St. Petersburg and Tokio to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Notable Soldier
One of the names that was recently added to the retired list recalls the turbulent times, when the fortunes of Chill were pulled out of the fire purely by dint of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China Clamoring for War Against Russia. Government at Pekin Arouses the Court
The Tientsin correspondent of the London "Standard," commenting on the comicality of China even dreaming at this juncture of fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Macedonian Reforms. Turkey Will Object. Wrangling by the Porte Prophesied. Prospects of War Between Bulgarga and Turkey
The "Times" correspondent at Constantinople indicates that the reforms in the administration of Macodo[?] proposed by Russia and Austria are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Far East. Russia in Manchuria. China Preparing for War
The aggressive attitude of Russian in Manchuria, combined with the desecration to the Manchu tombs, has leg to warlike preparations on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia and China. Chinese Expelled From Mukden. Russia Enrolls Thirty Thousnad Chinese. Viceroy Overwhelmed with Applications for Service in the Event of War
The [?]entsin correspondent of the London "Mail" reports that 1000 Cossacks expelled the Chinese officials from Mukden, and Russia were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Operations in Somaliland the Alte Commander Gra[?] Mission. Engagement Between the British and Somalis. a Marine Killed. Commander Gaunt Wounded
Further particulars are to hand concerning the mission of Lieutenant-Commander Graban, who was recently killed by a shell, fired from Durbo…
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