War Official Scandals
The French Government intend to institute proceedings against M. Daniel Wilson, son-in-law of the late President Grevy, in consequence of the disclosures…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New England · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1888
31 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
War Imminent
Sir Charles Dilke says the Marquis of Salisbury believes that war will be declared on the Continent in the spring, and he doubts whether England will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Probabilities of War
THE air is full of rumors of war. Last year the European situation reached a very critical point about Christmas time. The German Chancellor had insisted upon an immediate reinforcement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud
LONDON, February 6.—Bismarck was loudly cheered in the Reichstag, and his hearers were profoundly impressed when he made the solemn avowal that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preparing for War
Some of the Sydney firms are preparing for the war in Europe by ordering merchandise ahead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British War Horses
The Government is arranging for a register of all the horses in the United Kingdom available, in the event of war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cablegrams. London, Sunday. Preparations for War
ITALY is rapidly placing her defences in a complete state, and her navy is being prepared for war. Italy and Spain have mutually agreed to protect their respective…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abyssinian War
The Italian Government have received a dispatch from Massowah stating that King John, of Abyssinia, is stationed at Godofelassi with a strong army under his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A War Vote
The Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs intends to apply for a credit vote of one million florins for war purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Cloud
SPRING is the time for wars to break out, and considerable evidence has been adduced of late to show that the early spring offers peculiarly favorable opportunities for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. War Inevitable
THE ST. JAMES GAZETTE states that, in Russia, war is regarded as inevitable, and is expected to commence in May. The STANDARD states that Russia is preparing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Abyssinian War
The Abyssinians have occupied villages friendly to the Italians, and massacred the inhabitants, regardless of age or sex…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prussian Soldiers
TOWARDS the end of the December, 1870' when the snow-[?]rouded soil round Paris was frozen nearly a foot deep. I was riding one inexprensibly bitter afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Eve of War
THE following communication from a correspondent at Kieff appeared in the St. James' Gazette on the 13lh instant, having been written five days earlier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Cloud
"WARS and rumours of wars" engage the attention of the human race as much now, in the 19th century, as they did in the olden days when these words were penned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French War Votes
A bill for the establishment of a new fund of 38 millions of francs, to be expended in increasing the artillery and engineering forces, has been unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French Bogs of War
The London Court Journal says that the 'dog corps' in the French Army is being carefully trained at Belfort, aud the pupils begin to do credit to their teachers. Huge doss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Austrian War Vote
The Austrian delegation has passed a special military war rote to the amount of forty millions of florins, which was demanded so that Austro-Hungary might…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Scare
The Government do not contemplate taking any precautionary measures against a hostile attack. They do not think the breaking of both cables a suspicious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New War Game for England
CAPT. COLOMB, an English M P., proposes a very ingenious gave at privateering for the British Government to play at, and there is a deal in it. John Bull has two terribly weak points that an…
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