The Russian Preparations for War
The Vienna journal, the Pester Lloyd, considers it unwise on the part of Austria to allow Russia time to make preparations for a military…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1888
72 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 4
Humours of the War Cry
ONE of our officers in Colombo—Captain Akbar (Gape)—has had a narrow escape from drowning. He was carried out to sea by a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →St. Petersburg, Tuesday. Reduction of Russian War Expenditure
The Russian Budget for 1888 proposes a reduction to the extent of 8,000,000 roubles in the War and Marine Departments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French War Office Scandals
In connection with the trial of M. Daniel Wilson, son-in-law of ex-President Grevy, for being concerned in the alleged corruption at the French War Office, the Judge has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anticipated War and Present Death
It is stated that four regiments of dragoons and thousands of infantry have been despatched to reinforce the Russian army in Poland, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparing for War
The feeling that there may be a Continental war in the spring is still strong; and it has been intensified by the announcement that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. London, Monday. War Apprehended
RUSSIA is massing army corps at Kieff, Odessa, and Kischineff. A fourth corps has been ordered to the Austrian and Roumanian frontiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fortune of War
In the appeal in the Mount Morgan case the former judgment has been reversed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Apprehensions
A Berlin official military journal has proved that the Russian forces on the frontier greatly exceed the German and Austrian forces combined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seriously Wounded
The wounds received by Colonel Kitchener, the commander of the Suakim garrison, in the recent fight with Osman Digna at Handoub, are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Russian Council of War
A conference of Governors of the Russian provinces and commanders of military corps has been held in St. Petersburg, with the ostensible object…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Cloud. Bismarck Cheered. He Defies France and Russia. Germany desires Peace. LONDON
BISMARCK was loudly cheered in the Reichstag, and his hearers were profoundly impressed when he made the solemn avowal that Germany desires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Soldier's Pay
THE nominal pay of a common soldier is 1s a day, varying up to 21d a day for men in the household cavalry. But when the prescribed stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Horses for War Purposes
The British Government is arranging a register of the horses in the United Kingdom which would be available in war time. The owners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CALCUTTA, Sunday. Another Little War Feared
The British Government has warned the Thibetans that they must evacuate Sikkim by the 5th March. The Thibetans are being reinforced. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Shooting Affray on Board Ship. Three Men Wounded
A SERIOUS affair took place on Thursday night on board the barque Banffshire, lying at Brisbane, which resulted in three men being conveyed to the Hospital, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buda Pesth, Friday. Preparations for War
In connection with the proposed increase of the Austro Hungarian armies, the Hungarian delegations will be asked to provide for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] SUAKIM, Sunday. Heavy Fighting in Suakim. a Colonel and Five Men Killed—fourteen Wounded
The Dervishes attacked Suakim to-day. The fighting lasted four hours; when the enemy retreated, leaving hundreds on the field. Colonel Jopp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More War Ships
The naval estimates, for the present year, to be brought forward by Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be three million for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War of Tariffs
The war of tariffs which has commenced between France and Italy is causing considerable irritation in both countries, and the Italian press now…
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