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The wars & local soldiers, 1896

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America and Great Britain. a Fratricidal War Averted. Peace with Honor

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 3

The possibility of war about the boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana naturally caused a furore. The President of the United…

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Cablegrams. Sydney. Friday. Egyptian Affairs, the Dervishes Aggressive. the Yearlf Prilgrimage Suspended. a War Tax to Be Levied

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 4

The Dervishes in the Soudan are making great efforts to oppose the BritishEgyptian troops. The yearly pilgrimage to Mecca has…

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The Effect of War on Commerce

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 2

IN the current number of the 'Nineteenth Century' Mr. H. W. Wilson, a quite competent authority, writes an article on "The protection of our commerce in war," which…

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London. Friday. the Matabele War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 3

Mr. Chamberlain made a statement in the House of Commons to-night in regard to the situation in South Africa. A feeling of dissatisfaction has been…

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The Italians as Soldiers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 6

THERE are those who have spoken with scant respect of the personnel of the Italian Navy, and have professed a curiosity to know what kind of a…

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The Soudan War. Defeat of Dervishes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 3

A force of friendly natives in the Tokar district has had an engagement with some of Osman Digna's troops, whom the natives defeated with…

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The Transvaal. Attempted Settlement. Troops Not to Be Reinforced. Comment of the Times. the Boers Beady for War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 4

Speaking at a banquet in London, Mr. Jo[?] Chamberlain said he would exhaust every persuasion, argument, and negotiation to renew the good…

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The Soudan War. Quarrels Among the Khalifa's Body-guard. 500 Men Killed. an Attack on British Scouts. Scouts. Dervishes Repulsed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 3

London, April 21,—Reports from the Upper Nile state that the unrest at Omdurms[?], opposite Khartoum, on the Nile, continues, and that there…

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The Abyssinian War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 5

The Italian forces in Abyssinia have decided to hold Kassama against the Dervishes until the autumn…

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The Soudan War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 3

An engagement has taken place between some of the British forces and a body of dervishes near Akasheh, on the right bank of the Nile south of…

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Sketcher a War Incident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 3

During the Crimean war, General Herbe, who was at that time captain, was in the trenches whilst a sharp musketry fire was being carried on between the French and…

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War Averted

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 5

The difficulty between Spain and the United States has been settled, Spain having agreed to a fresh trial in an ordinary court of the five members of the Competitor's crew…

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Peace and War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 4

WELL preoarations for war to going on all over the world the nations on contiscally showing themselves [?] and now swrious for post and…

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The Cost of Modern War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1896 · page 3

THERE are two sides to every question, and the man of the nation that resolutely faces one and ignores the other is apt, (says the ST…

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The Matabele War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1896 · page 2

Radicludi, a brother chief of Khama, is taking a forse of six hundred Bechuanas to assist in attacking the Matabele rebels in the bush…

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Funeral of an Old Soldier

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 5

The funeral of Major-General Richardson was largely attended by the military, members of both Houses, and private friends, etc,…

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A Soldier's Ride for Life

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 3

In 1860, I held the position of mess- sergeant in USA Dragoon Guards, then engaged fn the China war under Sir Hope Grant. Being only recently appointed to my post, I…

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The Matabele War. Treachery of the Mashonas. Native Rising at Fort Charter

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 6

London, June 23.—A patrol from Fort Salisbury numbering 23 men, while conveying in a mule waggon the women from Mazoe, where nine…

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Short Story Contraband of War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1896 · page 3

Stamford, of the 3rd Dragoons, Saule, of the 90th Field Battery, and Wyllsoa, of the Rutlandshire Regiment, were seated on a [?]ssy bank under a hedge. They had gone…

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Curious Result of the Japanese War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1896 · page 5

THE Board of Trade return just issued points to a curious effect which the Chino-Japanese war has had upon commerce by paralysing the camphor trade between…

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