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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

362 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 19

MARVELS Of Battle Airships. Will the Next War Be Fought in the Sky?

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

How long will it be before the British Army is provided with a fleet of reliable battle airships it is of course, impossible to say…

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China's Boycott of Japan. Japanese Captain Interviewed. No Threats of War. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

Captain Harrison, of the Japanese mall steamer Nikko Mara, which arrived in the harbor to-day, was interviewed concerning the boycott of…

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The Frontier War. Is the Ameer Loyal? Composition of the British Forces. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

No further lighting is reported to have taken place on the Indian [?] since the re[?] of the Afghans were driven over the border on Monday…

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Cablegrams. the Frontier War. in North West India. Pathans' Great Dash. Pierce Fight at Kargala Vilage. London, Thursdsay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 2

The military ceasor has now allowed press messages to be sent on, and these certain details of the recent severe lighting on the frontier…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xvii

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 5
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

Cunning, in striving to attain the end, Oft shoots beyond the mark.—Old Play. Baron Tichoff was exceedingly embarrassed at the command that he had…

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A British Soldier in India

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

Lord Roberts tells an [?] story of the building of a bridge a cross the river [?] in the [?] expedition of 1871. He writes…

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The Frontier War. the British Terms. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

The situation on the North-West [?] of India shows little or so change. It is announced that the Mohmand [?] have been given [?] to-day to…

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Cablegrams. Indian Frontier War. British Rest Me the Offensive. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

The settlement of the trouble on the North West [?] of India now appears to be [?] postponed. Team had been drawn up and…

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A Soldier Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XVII.—Continued

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 5

Her calmness and self-possession at once deceived the wily Russ, who quitted the saloon to issue fresh instructions to his agents…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XVII.—Continued

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 6

Hor calmness and self-possession at once-deceived the wily Russ, who quitted the saloon to issue fresh instructions to his agents…

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A Soldier of Fortune. —A Tale of the Crimea.— Chapter XVII.—Continued

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 6

Her calmness and self-possession at once deceived the wily Russ, who quitted the saloon to issue fresh instructions to his agents…

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Dogs of the Battlefield. to Retrieve the Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

Since dogs have proved to be such able assistants to the Paris police corps why shouldn't they be trained to reinforce the hospital and…

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Indian Frontier Trouble British Picket Surprised. a Midnight Attack. Nine Men Killed. Twenty-four Others Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

Another small engagement hall taken place between the Mohmands and u force belonging to the British Expedition to the North West frontier of India under…

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Madame Melba. Enthusiastis Welcome Home. at Covent Gardens. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 2

Madame Melba made a brilliant re-entrance at the Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden on Tuesday evening, in Puccini's opera "La Boheme."…

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The Indian Frontier War. Severe Fighting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 28

The second brigade operating against the Mohmands and allied tribes on the Indian frontier is under the command of Major General Barrett, usually stationed at Nowshera…

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What a British Naval War Cost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 41

There is no nation in the world whose prosperity is so intimately bound up in its navy as is the case with Great Britain, so that under these circumstances it is of…

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The Saving of the Squadron. a Story of the Patagonian Indian War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 10

I have traded with the Patagonian Indian for many years, exchanging European goods for furs and Indian-made articles. I used to purchase my goods in the Chubut Colony…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XIX.—Continued

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 5
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

Schlusselberg, is an ancient [?] formerly belonging to Sweden, built upon a rock close to the source of the Nova; a fountain which rises from the bottom…

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