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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xl IX—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

"What my dear fatter must have suffered!" observed Beatrix. Despite their entreaties to be admitted into the chamber, where they promised…

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War Expected

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—One of Dinizulu's wives has testified that she heard him order his headman to summon the regiments for war, and also urge his men to murder the…

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New Naval War Horror

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 8

A new type of torpedo has been Invented by Lieutenant-Commander Cleland Davis, United States Navy, The torpedo contains a tube of…

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Aeroplanes in WAr

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 6

Sir Hiram Maxim asserts that aeroplanes will soon be a very important military weapon, enabling the operators to bombards to was from a…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter L.—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 2

Never since the roundheads passed through the village on the way to the Moat, and plundered its inhabitants, has such a scene of connection been…

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Evengelists at War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 6

A terrible affray has occured at Kansas City (U.S.A.), between, the police and the street evengelists. During the fighting, one policeman…

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A Story of the Boer War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 7

Here is a good story of General T. who is famous in the Army for his habit of calling a spade something even worse than a shovel. The…

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Pomp of War. Bright Tunics Discarded

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 8

For some time past the German army administration has been considering the question of uniforms and accoutrements in time of war, says a Reuter telegram…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter LI.—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2

The next day Charles and Henri de la Tour, at the request of the Pole, brought a number of skins to the house of the Jew. The real object of their visit was,…

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Would War Cost More Than a Strong Navy?

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 9

About this time every year navy becomes the subject of keen discussion Parliament and the country. The question is entirely…

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Around the Stores At Christmas-time. Kwong Sing War

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 4

The stock this firm carries is a perfect eye-opener to the person who has the "rank impertinence" to in-spect it and the ability to write it…

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A New War Devil. Could Rip a Battleship to Pieces

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 7

A new terror has been added to war in the shape of a deadly torpedo gun, which is the invention of a young American naval commander, and is…

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"Koepenick" Outdone. Englishman's Frank with German Soldiers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 7

The trick of the cobbler captain of Koepenick, who in a second-hand uniform took command of a squad of German Guardsmen and used them to…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter LII—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 5

"Prove," said Baltar, "by accepting the husband whom your family have chosen for you. Too often has the wolf desolated the fold of Judah. I will, if…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter LIII—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 7

The speaker alluded to a ukase to that effect, issued by the Emperor Alexander at the time he granted a constitution to unhappy Poland; but what cared the…

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