Outbreak of the Russo-japanese War
Russia's failure to carry out the Manchurian Convention, by which she had agreed to evacuate Manchuria by April, 1803, was considered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1910
187 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 10
Welsh Coal War Situation Greatly Improved. London
The Home Office reports that the situation in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, is now satisfactory. The police are able to maintain order and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welsh Coal War Another Outrage by Strikers. London
Another outrage by the Welsh strikers is reported. They partially blocked the water supply, at the Llwynpia colliery thus causing a stoppage of the pumps. The mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Welsh Coal War. Strike Organising. London
The situation in South Wales [?] very acute. Mr. Charles Statous, a well-known Socialist leader, is at Aberdare, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty Years in Captivity Incident of Franco-prussian War. Returned to Find Wife Remarried. London
A local newspaper the "Schwarztal Zeitung," has published a remarkable story. being the tragedy of two Germans, who were captured in the Franco-Prussian war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil War in Uruguay. Monte Video
Tranquility has now been restored an Unuguay, where the Government troops have dispersed a band of insurgents, which has been causing trouble for some weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cholera Hospital Wrecked Mob and Soldiery. Milan
Riots have occurred at the towns of Ostuni and Apulia in southern Italy. Owing to the cholera the mayor on hygenic grounds vetoed a pilgrimage to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brutal Sergeant Cruelty to Young Soldier. Berlin
From time to time shocking revelations have been made of the cruelty shown by the non commissioned officers of the German Army to the men the ranks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier's Duty. Unqualified Obedience to War Lord. Speech by the Kaiser. Berlin, November 14
A speech delivered by the Kaiser, in addressing a detachment of recruits at Potsdam, has attracted attention and provoked newspaper comment. The Kaiser…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Aeroplanes in War. Successful Target Shooting. Bombs Accurately Dropped. Baltimore, November 11
The value of aeroplanes in warfare was convincingly demonstrated' at the Baltimore aviation carnival yesterday. A target shooting, competition from…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Deported by Mistake. Forty Years in Captivity. German Soldiers in Guiana. Berlin, November 13
A remarkable account of a tragic episode of the Franco-German war of 1870 is told by the "Scharztal Zeitung," which gives circumstantial details establishing its…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wales Coal War Strikers Out of Hand. London
Affairs are in a serious way in connection with the South Wales strike and riots are daily threatened. Picketing is increasing in rigor. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airships in Peace and War
Those who still doubt that in the near future aerial, navigation will play a leading part both in war and peace mustbe hot a little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Wales Coal War Officials' Houses Damaged. London
Further outrages directed against the managers of the collieries in South Wales are reported. Pellets from explosives are embedded in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mexican Insurrection Soldiers Mow Down Rebels. Vancouver
The riots on the Mexican border continue. At Zacatecas, the capita] of the State of the same name, a body of rebels came into conflict with regular troops, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sham Army. Rifles Stolen by Officers. Loafers Personating Soldiers. Officers Pocket Pay. Tangier, November 20
The determination of the Sultan of Morocco to reorganise his army has not been arrived at before the step was necessary. He intends substituting French…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Gorse Hall Mystery. Soldier Arrested at the Prison Gate. Unique Development
A development rarely met with in modern criminal history came about in the Gorse Hall mystery on Tuesday (said "Lloyd's News" on September 4)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dear Meat in Germany Justification for Restricted Importation. Great Britain's Position in War Time. Berlin
The German Minister of the Interior. Herr Delbrueek, in the Rel[?]hsteg, replying to a remark about the high price of meat declared that the present restrictions on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A South African Fight. Cavalry in the Boer War
In the action of the Zand River in May, 1900, during the Boer War, when I ordered a brigade which had I been dismounted and were being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Pig That Caused a War
The war between the United States and England, in 1812, wa caused by one vote, and, stranger still, the small margin came from a pig's getting its head stuck in a…
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