The Fate of a French War Correspondent in the East
A TERRIBLE example has been made in Tonquin. One of the special correspondents attached to the expedition now in the field was Camille Farcy, well known as a brilliant…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1885
88 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 5
Latest-news by the Mail. the War in the Soudan. General Earle and Colonel Coveney, of Sydney, Slain
The correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle sends the following graphic account of the fight at Kerbekan: -- At length we have touch of our foe. After an…
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THE recent cablegrams hearing upon the movements of the Russian forces on the Afghan frontier have created, if we may judge from the excitement exhibited in our own…
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It is believed the British have advanced upon Tamai. The British are constructing a railroad to Handoub wells…
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CONCEIVE of a helpless, a hapless scribe put to the task of parading his wares, like the 'prentices of old did for their masters, and chaunting their manifold virtues and good qualities ! What kind…
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Small parties of the enemy appeared in the vicinity of the British camp at an early hour this morning, and fired about a hundred shots from rifles into the headquarters of General Graham,…
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On February 9th Edward Botham, aged nineteen, a private in the 2nd Battalion Shropshire Regiment, stationed at the Cambridge Barracks, Woolwich, was charged before Mr. Balguy, at…
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A reserve force sworn in in Tasmania. 60 enrolled as local Arillery Corps at Botany. A Russian Cruiser was seen off Cape…
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The tendency of modern warfare to become a matter of numbers and science has been made conspicuous during the Franco-Chinese war. A Chinese ironclad, European officered, is as good as…
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MR. GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, in his lecture delivered at the Golden Age Hall, Maryborough, on Friday-night (writes the correspondent of the Argus) to a crowded house, spoke as follows in…
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Rapid progress is being made with the railway now close to Handoub. The Contingent and Infantry will proceed into the mountains, and the Artillery will move forward to the front to-morrow. The…
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In a message dated from Abu Klea, the 18th Inst, the special correspondent of the Daily Chronicle gives the following account of the manner in which General Buller's force was extricated from the…
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The Patriotic Fund now reaches £33,000. A Cavalry Corps is being formed in West Maitland. The new Mahdi has captured El Obeid,…
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WHATEVER hopes may have been entertained a few days since of the strained relations between England and Russia being brought to a peaceful issue, the cable…
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IT is reported that the Australian contingent will be disbanded unless they volunteer for service in Afghanistan. SUAKIM, Thursday…
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Gordon Defying the Mahdi.—The special correspondent of the Morning Post at Korti telegraphs:—"Information has reached the camp of the following…
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An additional £60,000 has been voted for dockyards and naval yards in England. The wages of British men-of-warsmen and marines have been increased £20,000 per…
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THE camel is of all animals probably the one first and most anciently subdued by men to the uses of a beast of burthen. Its endurance, its…
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PRIVATE WEIR was buried last evening the Guards firing a volley over the grave. Lord Wolseley has arrived from Cairo The Artillery are still at Handoub…
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THE sacrifice which war would entail upon England would be very great, but it would (says the BROAD ARROW) be tenfold greater in the case of Russia. It seems to have…
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