Aeroplanes in War. French Fleet of 344 Machines
Speaking in the Senate, M. Alexandre Millerand, Minister for War, foreshadowed that at the end of 1912 France would possess 27 field and five garrison aviation…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1912
409 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 21
Soldiers Forced to Flight. Brussels, February 11
A Serious conflict between the mob and the military, arising out of a strike, has occurred at Mons. Two strikers had been arrested for looting. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Story of the Male and Female. Too Many Males Means War
"We may possibly look upon ourselves at the present moment as being at the zenith of a female oscillation." Such words in their proper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in Tripoli. "Aslow Conquest." Rome, February 16
Newspapers state that General Caneva has informed the Government that he will not be able to provide a decisive victory in Tripoli, such as would enable Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Cablegrams, News From America. Affray with Strikers. Two Men Wounded. Lawrence (Mass.)
Further serious riots have occurred in this city, where 15,000 textile workers are out on strike.During an affray on Sunday shots were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Arrested for Distributing Handbills to Soldiers
A man named Frederick Crowsley was remanded yesterday on a charge of distributing handbills to the soldiers at Aldershot, urging them not to fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Cloud in Albania. Turks Beleaguer Towns. St. Petersburg, February 26
There is a serious revolt in Albania. Sixty thousand soldiers have been mobilised, and the Turks are beleaguering the towns of Kumanoovo and Bratovo, north…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Protection of the Embassies. Foreign Soldiers Summoned. Peking
in consequence of the serious noting and incendiarism in the city the various foreign ambassadors have decided to sun-mon ali the available troops of each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams Horrors of War Insurrection in Peking. Headless Bodies Strewn About Streets. Ovillians Barricadlng Homes. Peking
The situation here is grave. The delegates to the Nanking National Assembly have telegraphed to Li Yuan Heng ordering to the capital the Republican army…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Great Coal Strike. Soldiers in Readiness. Miners on Holiday. 2500 Trains Withdrawn. London
No fresh developments respecting a settlement of the coal strike were announced yesterday. The miners spent the week-end at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. Mutiny in Peking. Soldiers Dance Round Burning Shop. Peking, March 1
Owing to the non-payment of their images 5000 soldiers of the Third Division burnt near those of the President (Yuan…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Would Like to Be a Soldier. Yerong Creek
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is not the first time I have written to yon, but I daresay you have forgotten mo by this time, as it is a long time since I last wrote to you…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldier, Rest!
Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking; Dream of battle fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →South African Soldiers' Association
Ten years have almost passed since the last regiments of N.S.W., which served in the South African war, returned suntanned and weather-beaten to their native soil…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Grim Coal Strike. War Against Fellow-man Distress and Starvation. Stagnation of Business. Thousands of Dismissals. London
The great coal strike remains unsettled and meanwhile there is an ever-increasing record of suffering and distress. As is only to be expected, the general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Vittoria Was Won. a Page of the Peninsular War
The British had to fight for the bridges over the River Zambesi at the battle of Vittoria, on the 21st of June, 1813; but the possession of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italy and Turkey. Balloons in War. Rome, March 7
Dirigible balloons have been used with success by the Italians in their operations against the Turks in Tripoli. By means of bombs dropped from the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →My Letters. a Lockhart Boy and the Cricket War. Lockhart
Dear Uncle Jeff,—The rain has come at last, but not much of it, only about 50 points. When my time comes, I mean to try to be a cadet in Albury. No wonder…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in Tripoli. Fighting Near Benghai. Italian Casualties 91. ROME
The latest particulars received here regarding the heavy fighting which took place between the Italians and a Turko-Arab force, near Benghazi, on Tuesday, show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegreams. the British Army. Estimates Discussed in Commons War Office Plans. London
The army estimates which were tabled in the House of Commons on February 27 were considered by the House yesterday, The total expenditure is £27,860,000, being…
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