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The wars & local soldiers, 1897

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Cabligrams. Sydney, Friday. the War. Greece and Turkey. Protest by the Sultan

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 5

The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs has protested against the opposition of the Powers to the Turkish retention of Theasaly and…

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Eastern War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 3

Turkey will confiscate the property of the Greeks who fled from Thessaly unless the fugitives return within a fortnight…

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What War Is Costing Spain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 3

TO understand what a heavy price Spain is paying for her determination to put down the rebellions in her colonies, the traveller who…

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The Soudan War. Removing His Treasures

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

The Khalifa is preparing to transport his treasures to Kordofan, in the event of defeat at Omdurman…

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War Correspondents. Heavy Damages

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 5

The Daily Chronicle's wa[?] correspondent in connection with the Soudan campaign has recovered £1000 damages from the Times…

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An Old Soldier's Story. a Reminiscence of the Zulu Campaign

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 7

Mr. Richard Groves owns a comfortable house and grounds at Hyde, Park, near Rockwood, Sydney, and is spending the remainder of a stirring…

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The Greek War Indemnity. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 5

The ambassadors at Stamboul are making arrangements to control the Greek revenues assigned for the war indemnity…

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British Soldiers for Crete. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 5

FOUR hundred Welsh fusiliers have sailed for Crete with stores and provisions…

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War Horses

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

WAR and the chase are the ultimate objects for which the Commission on Irish Horse-breeding has lately been hearing the evidence of experts on both…

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Courtesy in War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 6

THIS story of courtesy on the battlefield during the Crimean campaign is told in the life of Admiral Tryon:—Tryon took his long glass on shore…

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An Indian War Cloud

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 2

GREAT BRITAIN seems to have been [?] more brought face to face with a time of trouble in her Indian Empire, Not merely one of those small tribal…

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India and Afghanistan. the Relative Fighting Forces. a Holy War Possible. Probable Trouble with Natives

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 7

Close on the heels of famine and earthquake in India comes the disquieting news that the Ameer of Afghanistan is believed to be intriguing…

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The European Situation. Greece and Turkey. War Indemnity

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 4

It is reported that Greece has obtained a loan of £1,000,000 in Paris, and that the money trill lie available within forty days…

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The Wounded in War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 2

PRIVATE SAMUEL EVANS, of the Granadier Company, 2nd Foot, lived for sixteen days after the battle of Corunna, and a postmortem examination revealed the fact…

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Greek War Indemnity

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

The Greek Government state that as the amount of the war indemnity has not been fixed they are unable to state what revenues will be assignable to guarantee for the loan…

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Cablegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Indian Frontier Trouble. Natives Hold the Pass. Loyal Soldiers. No Cause for Alarm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 2

Hostilities continue on the Indian frontier. Fire thousand tribesmen hold Khyber Pass. Six brigades of British…

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End of the Zulu War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1897 · page 3

HARK! a shot in the distance, followed by several more faint reports in quick succession. The Zulus have been found, and soon the mounted men fall back with the…

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About War Indemnities. (St. James's Gazette.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1897 · page 2

WHILE the Greek and Transvaal claims are being considered, it is interesting to glance at a few of the cases in which one nation has paid compensation to…

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The Frontier War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

Subsequent to the attack on Colonel Jeffrey's camp at Rambat Pass, the Mohmands were driven into the hills, Jeffrey's troops were outnumbered and eventually retired…

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A Soldier Killed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

At South Head yesterday. Gunner Wright, of the Permanent Artillery, was crushed to death by a cannon which he was engaged in cleaning…

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