The Horrors of War
THE following is an extract from a letter from an officer of the Scots Guards, at Suakim, in which an account is given of the state of the ground after the fight at M'Neill's…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1885
88 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 5
War Items
The Kassala garrison are so hard pressed that they are now eating their donkeys. So they'll soon be without officers. China finds Russia encroaching upon her…
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As suggestive of an opoch within "measurable distance," that well worn quotation from Tennyson about the war drums throbbing no longer, and the battle flags being furled, has almost dropped out…
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The Mahdi has sent 10 guns to Osman Digna. Latest cable lie about the Russians. Same as before…
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THE Russian soldier in the field is a man of many virtues. At home in peace, indeed, he has but one vice to speak of. He will get drunk…
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Oozing! They still want £200 to make up the amount for the banquet at Sydney to the returned Contingent. According to official statistics, the…
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The London newspaper correspondents are all back, and are full of indignation at the incompetency of Wilson, M'Neill, and Graham. They are determined to make an official public inquiry…
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A full Russian general gets £300 a year, but a full British tar gets 24 hours. It has once more, been proved by recent military experience that it takes a soldier's Weight…
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The cable a few days ago told us that the Afghan and Soudan business cost the British Empire eleven millions. This doesn't look a biff amount until we…
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British soldiers to come home from Cyprus. The Soudanese are boiling their billies over the embers left by the British. The rebels…
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AN interesting article on Russian life is published by a military correspondent in the Cologne Gazelle. In no European army, he says, is the training of troops in camp developed to such an…
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The British army reserves, which were called out in view of a probable war with Russia are being mobilised. They are going to hold the review on the…
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Russians officers are drilling the Coreans. It is said 25,000 men were slain by the British in the Egyptian war. More than 4000 human bodies in and…
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The section of the Australian people who are clamouring for military work might cut this little item out and paste it on their forehead. A recent London paper says:--…
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Captain Mulholland of the N.S.W. Contingent was distinctly charged by Mr Suttor in the Sydney Assembly with great cowardice. Mr Suttor said the Arabs…
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The proprietors of the London, Chatham and Dover railway, England, held their half-yearly meeting at the Cannon-st. hotel on Saturday, August 6. Mr. J. S. Forbes,…
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MR. DALLEY delivered his lecture on "The Australian Soldier" before a large and fashionable audience on Monday night. The lecture which was given in aid of a local charity was professedly…
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No man can enlist in the regular army of China until he has shown his courage by having a tooth pulled. If he yells he is a goner. The cable prevaricator is at his old work of…
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A clash is impending between King Theebaw and the British, When Napoleon threatened England with invasion in 1803. the nation sprang to arms, and not less than…
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The Sydney Light Horse, alias the Sydney Leneers, appears to be a thorough and unmitigated failure. At the time the corps was established, public attention was called to the fact that it was to…
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