France & China. the Declaration of War Confirmed
LONDON, Monday.—The declaration of war between China and France has been confirmed, but Shanghai has been declared a neutral port…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1884
36 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2
Native Attack in the Northern Territory. One Man Killed and Two Wounded
THE Minister for Education at Adelaide, has received the following telegraphic despatch from the Government Resident in the Northern Territory, giving particulars…
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THE following extraordinary letter appears in the Sydney Daily Telegraph of Saturday:— To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph…
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PARIS, Sunday.—M. Jules Ferry announces that China, up to the present time, had not declared war against France…
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News has reached Simla of a horrible occurrence at Sabathoo. It appears that Private Rawlinson, of the 2nd Queen's, shot at and killed two of his comrades, named…
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THE true origin and purport of the movement against Madagascar (the New York Sun remarks) are disclosed in a late number of the Revue des Deux…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Affairs in the Soudan. Important News From Khartoum. General Gordon Victorious. the Enemy Repulsed with Loss an English Colonel Wounded. 700 Soldiers Killed
CAIRO, Sunday.—News from Assiout (Assouan?) states that Lord Wolseley arrived there to-day, and immediately proceeded to the front…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The German man-of-war Elizabeth, nineteen guns, arrived in the harbour to-day, and received the customary salute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From Our Own Correspondent.) French Soldiers Beheaded
HONGKONG, Tuesday.—Six hundred French troops, while endeavouring to occupy Tamsui, fell into an ambuscade. Twenty were taken prisoners and beheaded…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Times correspondent reports that another engagement has takes place between the French and Chinese at Tamsui. The Chinese lost very…
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LONDON, Sunday.—China claims great victory over French troops at Tamsui. An exodus of Chinese from Shanghai has taken place…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Chinese are blocking the entrance to the river at Ningpo…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The American man-of-war Iroquois, which is the first that has come to Sydney, arrived to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Reuter's Telegraphic Company.) Gordon Called Upon to Surrender. a Critical Moment. Wars and Rumours of War
LONDON, Monday.—In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Granville, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in replying to a question, denied that there was any truth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →France & China. a War Credit Passed
PARIS, Friday.—The bill recently introduced in the Chamber of Deputies authorising a further credit of 43,000,000 francs for the French warlike operations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fate of a French War Correspondent
A TERRIBLE example has been made in Tonquin. One of the special correspondents attached to the expedition now in the field was Camille Farcy, well known as a…
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