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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday France and England, Movements Towards war

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 4

No information, formal or otherwise, has reached Lord Salisbury to the effect that the French will withdraw from Fashoda…

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An Incident of the Afghan War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 2

Just before daybreak on the morning of the 2nd December, 1878, when the troops under General Roberts were about to attack the P[?]war Kotal, the men of the 8th…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. England and France. Russian Approval. Prince Louis Napoleon, French Criticisms on England. England on a War Footing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 2

The Russian press express approval of the French withdrawal from Fashoda. The Parisian daily, 'La Patrie,'…

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The War Scare

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 3

Tim English newspapers consider that Lord Salisbury in his latest speech has virtually notified the European Powers that the British…

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Another War Imminent

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 November 1898 · page 2

Orders have been issued for the mobilisation of the American war ships in view of the probablo failure of peace negotiations, [?] there is…

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War Preparations

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 3

Russia has given orders for the construction of two warships. Five hundred British troops have been despatched to Canada, to…

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The Soldier and the cow

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 1

A soldier once got drnak and was put in the [?] to sleep off the effect of the drink, on some straw. During the night thief entered the…

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The Cost of War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

WAR is a costly game, which milioniare Stales can afford to engage in. The late war with Spain cost America something like 74 millions sterling. In an interesting article on the subject…

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War Preparations

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 3

Working overtime at the dockyard at, Sheerness has been stopped. The First Watch and vessels of the Channel squadron have been granted ten…

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The Chinese War Indemnity

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 4

The ' Daily News' says that Russia induced the Chinese Government to withhold the payment of the wet indemnity of Japan aend adds that…

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Monarchs Wounded in War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 2

There in but one monarch in Europe who can show the scar of a wound received in war. It is King Humbert. The latter at the battle of Customer, which resulted so…

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