Will There Be War?
FOR some reason we in these colonies are unable to understand but, doubtless, sufficient, the papers in England and on the Continent have renewed the discussion on what…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New England · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1893
29 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
Diabolical Outrage near WarTrick. Smart Capture of the Culprit by the Police. (Warwick Examiner.)
PERHAPS the most atrocious outrage that has ever been perpetrated in this portion of the colony was committed on a girl of tender years on Monday last on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Horrors of War
YOU cannot imagine the horrors attending the taking of Tarragona. You did not see 5000 Spaniards perish in 10 hours; you did not see houses and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Use of Elephants in War
In the good old days, long before gunpowder was invented and war became too terrible to serve as a pastime for kings, when armies were equipped with swords and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Typical British Soldier
Sir John Burgoyne was a general of engineers serving on the staff of the army which Lord Raglan commanded in the Crimea. His…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is Europe on the Brink of War ?
ACBORDING to a Dalziel (New York) correspondent, there is grave reason for stating that in the highest circles in Berlin the long threatened attack, on Germany by Russia is looked upon as almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Are Soldiers' Lives Worth Saving?
YES, of a verity our soldiers' lives are worth saving, and this being so, the Contagious Diseases Acts must be promptly reintrotroduced. The wastage of our soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Real Dogs of War
The pages of history from the earliest times record with honorable mention the services of dogs as auxiliaries in war. They were utilized in the Greek and Roman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Between Nature and Man
HE scatters the seed, and when he looks for the green heads to appear the earth opens, and lo! an army of long-faced yellow grasshoppers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Real Dogs of War
THE pages of history from the earliest times record with honorable mention the services of dogs as auxiliaries in war. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A War Vessel Aground
The war ship Fearless has gone aground while searching for the bodies from the sunken ship Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires and Explosions in Ships of War. a Terrible Catalogue
THE Edgar, a fine 74-gun ship just returned from American waters, in 1711, blew up in Portsmouth Harbour, with great loss of life, few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australian Soldiers
Major-General Hutton, addressing the Mounted Infantry on Saturday, said he was well pleased with their work individually, but that their manoeuvring was deficient. He further said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Phonograph as an Adjunct of War
IN the opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel Fosbery, V.C. who read a paper before the United Service Institution the perfection attained in any branch of the art of war was far from approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Correspondents Experiences
MR. FREDERICK VILLIERS, the well known artist, tells the following:— During the Russo Turkish war Mr. Forbes and I, at last came up with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Holy War
Fourteen thousand Moors have proclaimed a holy war against the Spaniards at Melilla Morr. Spain is sending a reinforcement of 20,000 troops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London. Sunday. Arbitration V. War
The Peace Congress have asked Mr. Gladstone to invite the nations to conclude treaties binding them to arbitrate on international disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peace Deadlier than War
AN American naval journal draws attention to the striking and mournful fact that the loss of life by the sinking of the Victoria in piping times of peace and on a calm sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London. Sunday. the South African War
Sir Henry Loch reports that two of Loden gula's peace envoys were stabbed by British sentries owing to a deplorable mistake. Major Adams and the British force have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The South African War
Major Forbes has burned Bulwayo. It is believed that the impis who were detached to oppose the advance of Major Adams' column have rejoined Lobengula, who returned to the…
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