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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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Purchase of War Material by Carlists

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 2

A Carlist agent baa made heavy purchases of war material in England, including 20,000 rifles and one million cartridges…

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War. America Against Spain. London, Monday, the Queen of Spain Accepts the Peace Proposals. Spain Bows to Circumstances America Will Retain Puerto Rico. American Public Men Favour Peace. Withdrawal of the American Army From Santiago

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 2

The Queen of Spain has agreed to the acceptance of the preliminary conditions of peace laid down by America…

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The Costs of War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

There is no way in which a nation can more quickly dissipate funds than by engaging in hostilities with another; for at every step enormous sums of money must be…

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The War. London, Aug. 9

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 4

TYPHOID fever is very prevalent in the camp of the American troops at Santiago. General Shatter has telegraphed to Washington that over 75 percent, of those…

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The War. London, Aug. 8

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 3

OWING to the inroads of yellow fever the American army in Santiago de Cuba is to be at once deported. All the energies of the War Department…

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Our Special Cables. [Reuter's Service.—copyright.] the War. Severe Fighting at Manila. Determined Attack by the Spaniards. Another American Victory. Spain Temporising to Gain Time. a German Protest. America Will Demonstrate Her Strength to the Powers. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 5

FURTHER details of the fighting at Manila shew that for 60 hours after the Americans had taken up their position before the city they were allowed to throw up…

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America and Spain. Latest War News

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

The force under Brigadier General Haines has captured Guayma, on the south coast of Puerto Rico, after a slight…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday Night. The War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

It has been announced by the American Secretary of State that the Government has agreed to M. Combon's protocol embodying the terms of…

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Success in War a Matter of Machinery—a Lesson for Australians

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 4

When a defeated Spanish officer the other day remarked that it was not on courage that the issues of warfars depended, but on the…

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War.war. America Against Spain. London, Thursday. Terms of Peace Withderawal of Spanish Troops From Puerto Rico. the Peace Commission Will Meet at Paris. Terrible Famine at Manila. the Bombardment of Manila

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 4

The American Secretary of State. says be has agreed to a protocol embodying the proposed terms of peace It is expected that the withdrawal…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, August 12

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 4

THE protocol with regard to the peace preliminaries agreed upon by M. Cambon, acting on behalf of Spain, and Mr. Day, the United States Secretary of State, allows…

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War America Against Spain. London, Mod day. Exultation in the States, Wailing Spaniards

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 August 1898 · page 2

The Amerioan newspapers are greatly exalted at the completeness of the victory over Spain. On the other hand, the Spanish journals…

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The Outcome of the War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 2

A WRITER in Berlin has gleaned " from a high source" some interesting views on the political situation arising out of the Spanish American war. According to the German…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Aug. 16

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 5

IT is reported in New York that Manila has fallen. General Angnsti, the Governor-General of the Philippines, who is returning to…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Aug. 15

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 3

THE Cubans have accepted an armistice, and have discontinued fighting. The American newspapers are exultant at the completeness of their…

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War. America Against London, Thursday. Martial Law at Manila. Capture of War Material. Spanish Losses. American Press Indignant. Spanish Troops at Puerto Rico

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 4

Martial law has been proclaimed at Manila, and perfect order is being preserved. The rebels are not allowed to enter the city armed…

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London. Sunday. After the War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1898 · page 3

The inhabitants of Puerto Rico are becoming riotous, and in attempting to take revenge on their former masters at. Ponce they attacked the Spanish cafes and banks. The…

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Carnegie's Views on the War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1898 · page 4

MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE, replying to a request made to him by some. Scottish Highlanders in Chicago to equip a regiment with Highland costume, wrote" From the Langham Hotel,…

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War. America Against Spain. London, Monday. the Philippines. Excesses of Natives at Puerto Rico

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 August 1898 · page 2

Official despatches state that Manila and suburbs have surrendered, but the whole of the Archipelago has not yet been brought under subjectioh…

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Courtesies of War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 4

To the Iowa (reports C[?]ptain Evans of that battleship) came a boat with Captain Eulate, of of the Vizcaya, for whom a chair was lowered over the side, as he was evidently wounded, A…

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