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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

204 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 11

Crisis in Russia. Mutiny by Sea and Land. Battleships Bombard Forts. Kronstadt Held By Mutineers. State of War Proclaimed. the Mutiny at Sveaborg. a Portentous Outbreak. Mutineers Fight Bravely. Battleships v. Forts! London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 2

At the outset of the mutiny the commander of the sappers was fred at and having been wounded, was thrown into the sea. While he was struggling…

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Cablegrams. the Crisis in Rusisa. Explosion Kills Fifty. Soldiers Hang Their Priest! London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 3

An explosion occurred at Sveaborg, killing any of the mutineers, including many of the Finnish Red Guards. The latter consisted mainly of…

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The Recent Boer War. Commissariat Scandals. Report of the Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

A Blue Book has been issued containing the Report of the Commission (presided over by Mr Justice Farwell) appointed to inquire into, the…

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Swiss Guards' St[?]my Life. Story of 400 Years Service of Soldiery Told in Pictures

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

A series of remarkable historical tableaux has been presented at the Vatican, says the "New York American" commemorating the four…

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The Spectre of the Franco-german War

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 3

In a review of the European situation the "Spectator" says that grave apprehension as to the future is entertained in Paris, not merely…

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Prediction of the Greatest European War Ever Known

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 4

The Russian troubles and the Anglo-French entente have so disturbed Europe's equilibrium that a German prophet foresees a fearful…

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War Stores Scandals. Royal Commission's Report. London, August 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 14

The Royal Commission, presided over by Mr. Justice Farwell, which was appointed last year to investigate the whole of the circumstances connected with the…

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Soldiers Two

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

One of the sweetest and most pathetic war stories is about the Sheridans, father and mother of General Phil Sheridan…

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Cablegrams. France and the Pope. War to the Knife Declared. "The Death-knell of the Church." a French Minister's Threat. "The Law Will Have the Last Word!" London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

A very serious and disturbing crisis has suddenly grown out of the Papal encyclical to the French Bishops dealing with the new Separation (of State…

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Betraying Britain Further. £30,000,000 War Expenses. British Taxpayer Pays

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

A cable from the "Daily Mail's" Johannesburg correspondent states that it is understood in that city that the Imperial Government has decided…

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Fatal Forest Fires in France Soldiers Burnt to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 2

Forest fires on a very large scale broke out in the vicinity of Toulon, the great French naval port in the Mediterranean and a number of…

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A State of Civil War. Maxims and Bayonets Against Bombs and Revolvers. Details of the Stolypin Case. a Terrific Explosion. Another Tyrant Murdered. Young Girl Kills a General. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

A suppressed state of civil war is now known to exist in Russia. A disquieting feature of the position is that the general public seems…

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The State of Civil War. Revolutionaries Confident. They Defy the Dictators. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

The Revolutionary Committee in an eloquent proclamation defies all the attempts of the Reactionaries to suppress the movement…

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Wireless Telegraphy in War. Utilising the Eiffel Tower

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

The French War Office is making use of wireless telegraphy, and a station has been erected on the Eiffel Tower in Paris by means of which…

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South African War Claims

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 6

The following notification has been received by the Premier, from the War Office, London, through the Agent-General, in regard to outstanding…

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Boer War Expenditure. Colonial Contributions. London, August 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 15

An important decision with regard to the proposed contributions by the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies to the cost of the Boer War is stated to have been arrived…

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Forest Fires. Soldiers Burnt to Death. London, August 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 15

Serious forest fires have occurred in the neighbourhood of Toulon, in France. In order to assist in quelling them the aid of the military was sought, with the…

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Important to Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 39

The following notification has been received by the Premier, from the War Office, London, through the Agent-General, in regard to outstanding claims in connection…

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This Crisis in Russia. the Revolutionary War. Mr Keir Hardie Approves. "The Day of Kings Is Past." London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 September 1906 · page 2

Mr Keir Hardie, M.P. for Merthyr Tydvill, and leader of the Independent Labour Party in the House of Commons, speaking at Blackburn on…

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Reprisals by Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 14

Troops attacked a house at Libau, the Baltic seaport, from which shots had been fared that wounded a policeman passing along the street. Four civilians were…

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