Cablegrams. Cairo, Monday. Capture of War Material
H.M.S. Loftus (gunboat) while operating on the Nile, captured nine nuggars laden with munitions of war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1886
32 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
Declaration of War. Life or Death. 1,000,000,000 Lives Endangered
Whilst very elaborate preparations are being made at home and abroad for the propagation of warfare, and the wholesale destruction of human life, few permit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Select Poetry. the Soldier's Return
"SIX months! I wonder if she'll know me. I limp a little, and I left one arm At the Soudan, and I am grown as brown As the plump chesnuts on my little farm;…
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A little after 10 o'clock last evening a scandalous scene, occurred outside the Olympic Theatre. A soldier of the Permanent Force was savagely assaulted…
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Three German men-of war passed. Cape Otway at midday to-day. They did much signalling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Arrival of German Men-of-War
Three German men-of-war arrived in the harbour yesterday, and were saluted by the batteries ashore and afloat yesterday and this morning…
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The German squadron left this morning, when they fired the usual salutes, which were responded to by the English vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Declarations of War
JUST as the proverbial straw, when thrown up into the air, shows the direction of the wind, so does the result of the motion lately moved by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of a Japanese Man-of-war in Newcastle
YESTERDAY morning quite a flutter was caused in shipping circles by the appearance of a Japanese man-of-war in the harbour—the first of her nationality that has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of a Russian War Steamer
THE Vestnik, a corvette belonging to the Imperial Russian navy, arrived in Hobson's Bay on Saturday morning This is the vessel which p[?]ssed Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A War Correspondent's Presentation
AN extraordinary incident occurred at a public meeting one night in Glasgow, where Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent, was receiving a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rumours of War
General Ignatieff has declared that war between Russia and Austria is not improbable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Select Poetry. "United we Stand, Divided we Fall." a Song for British Soldiers
COME, gather around, boys, and join in my song, If all pull together 'twill help us along. We've marched and we've fought, and we've…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Man-of-War
The French man-of-war Allier has arrived in harbour…
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THE announcement that Russia has quickly massed 350,000 troops in Bessarabia cannot be received without some feelings of distrust, to say nothing…
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Two vessels of war built on the Tyne for the Japanese Government by Sir V. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co. are about to leave for the East. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain Marx Wounded
Captain Marx, of H.M.S. Swinger, was attacked with a knite and severely wounded by a native at St. Agnew, one of the Louisiade Islands. He was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. French Man of War
The French war vessel Guichan anchored in Hobson's Bay yesterday morning; and she entered the Heads in the dark, without being seen, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Dynamite War with England
Some of the extreme Irish Irreconcileables are stated to have coal-esced with a number of Nihilists, and have entered into a conspiracy to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Clouds in the Horizon
THE cablegrams of the last two or three days are anything but reassuring to the lovers of peace and concord amongst the nations of the earth. The crisis in…
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