The Soudan War
CAIRO, Tuesday.—Intelligence to hand states that a force of rebel dervishes is advancing from Dongola on Wady Halfa…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1889
107 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 6
The Soudan War
LONDON, Tuesday.—A skirmish has taken place near Suakim between detachments from the British and Egyptian troops and the rebels under Osman Digna…
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ADVICES from Samoa, dated Apia, January 7, state that since the severe engagement at Fagali between the German sailors and the rebels there has been no fighting. On…
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IN Lord Stanhope's notes of conversations with the Duke of Wellington occur several passages in which the Duke expresses his views of the British soldier as he existed in…
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CAIRO, Saturday.—Rumours are current in the bazaars of Suakim that the dervishes are massing near Khartoum and will shortly advance on…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Racial conflicts of a very serious character have taken place in several of the United States. In Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas fighting of a serious…
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H.M.S. Dart and the Russian war ship Nayezdnik arrived at Auckland en Wednesday from Sydney. THE LAKES…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A reconnaissance which has been made in the vicinity of Handoub disclosed the fact that there were but few of the enemy in that part. Deserters,…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Lord Wolseley addressed a meeting at Birmingham last night, and delivered important speech regarding the naval and military…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The World states that Lord Wolseley advocates a system of military conscription. This, he considers, would be a sanitary benefit to the men, and is also…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Colonel Kitchener, R.E., together with the remainder of the British troops at Saukim, have sailed for Cairo…
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LONDON, Monday.—It is reported that a native chief named Senoussi, with a strong body of troops, is marching on Kordofan, and has summoned the Khalifa to submit…
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WASHINGTON, Thursday.— At to-day's sitting of the Senate, a vote of six hundred thousand dollars asked by the Government for the purpose of protecting American…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—News from Hayti states that in the civil war now being carried on in the negro republic, General Legitime and his followers have defeated General Ganaive and…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.—News has been received, stating that a civil war of a most sanguinary character still continues at Hayti. On the 27th ultimo the insurgents formed an…
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CAIRO, Monday.—According to intelligence received from Suakim, the rebels under Osman Digna have evacuated Hardoub, which they burned before retreating…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Advices received from Suakim state that a cavalry reconnaissance made in the direction of Handoub disclosed a deserted camp, which had been some time…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Birmingham factories are working day and night in the manufacture of quick-firing shell ammunition. It is reported that Russia is spending…
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LONDON, Thursday.—News has been received from the Soudan to the effect that the Khalifa, or Mahdi, has summoned Osman Digna from Suakim to Khartoum…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The committee on naval manœuvres has recommended that the British navy should be promptly placed beyond comparison with that of any two other…
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