The Motor in War
In all manner of ingenious ways the motor is being adopted for military purposes, and in future warfare these vehicles will play an important part. The…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
2,064 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 104
The British Soldier As He Was at Balaclava and As He Is To-day
In "piping times of peace" I fear that our brave Tommies are not so much in the limelight as when engaged in upholding the honour of the Empire in whatever quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dead Soldiers
This is a deliciously childish game that the little ones simply revel in and at a children's party is enormously popular. The players are marshalled in rows under…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Cablegrams. War of Armaments. the British Cabinet. Is a Break-up Being Precipitated? Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill. Comments Ok Unionist Papers. London
The Unionist newspapers are making capital out of the convention which the Daily Chronicle" (Liberal organ), with permission, reported had taken place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A German Troop Train Wrecked. Seven Soldiers Killed. Berlin
A shocking railway s [?] occurred on Saturday hour Mels, a [?] lown in A [?] A [?] train came [?] violent collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guarding the Czar. Soldiers' Terrible Ordeal. Many Lose Lives. St. Petersburg
The Czar travelled from Moscow to St. Petersburg last week, and, as usual, the entire railway route was guarded by soldiers stationed a few feet apart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Permanent Under Secretary for War Resigns
Lord Edward Wad, Permanent Under Secretary of State at the War Office, who was raised to the peerage on January I, has resigned his position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War of Armaments. Rival Campaign Begins. London
A vigorous platform compaign is [?] [?] on the of [?] armamonts. The Navy Longue is carrying the war into the of [?] of those members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turkey's War Minister. Enver Bey Promoted. Constantinople, January 5
General Izzet Pasha has resigned his post of Minister of War in the Cabinet, and will be succeeded by Major Enver Bey, the leader of the Young Turks…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Horrors of War. Atrocities by Servians. Paris, January 1
Mr. William Willard Howard, of New York, who has been doing much relief work among the Armenians has completed a 400-mile journey through Albania…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Monarchs of the Air. British War Craft. London, January 2
Vickers Ltd., of Barrow-in-Furness, are constructing a rigid airship for the British War Office, which will have engines of 1000-horse power, with a speed of 55 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Turkish Soldiers Arrested
Two hundred Turkish soldiers and six officers, who arrived at Valona with the intention to persuade the population to proclaim Isset Bey as their prince,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on Slum Evils
Alderman Richards, the new Lord Mayor, has taken steps steps to remove the evils existing in the slum areas, referred to in Professor Irvine d report on housing. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. Industrial War. South African Railway Strike. Trains Stop Running. Entire Citizen Army Called Out. Pretoria
The belief that the Transvaal railway strike was a flasco turns out to have been premature. It appears that the stoppage came too suddenly for some of the unions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tragic Story of the War
Fathotic sights were witnessed in Constantinople as the cured soldiers left the hospitals, Mr. G. ward Price, writing to the Daily Mail,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eric Dacres: (Copyright.) A Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. PART 6, Chapter Xx. a Night in the Bush
In low tones, and with a resolute calmness that surprises Eric, the girl related her experience. There is no need to set it down in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Bread for Soldiers
Mr. Anderson, the president of the Bakers' Union, announces that all bread baked from noon to-day will only be delivered on a permit signed by himself…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Welcome Home. to Monsignor Treacy. V.G.
After an absence of about nine months on a trip to his native land, the Right Rev. Monsignor Treaty, Vicar-General of the diocese of Wilcannia, was on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War of Armaments. British Government's Policy. Criticised by Lord Curzon. London
Speaking at Manchester last night, Lord Curzon said it seemed that the Government's land campaign was not going well, and a new cry was wanted to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State of Civil War. Situation Becomes Ugly. Trades Hall Beleaguered. Johannesburg. Wed. Midnight
To all intents and purposes a state of civil war exists in Johannesburg. At the time of cabling, hoarse words of command, given by officers in the streets, the…
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