The Soudan War. the Mahdis Meet. El Senoussi Victorious
LONDON , Wednesday.—News has been received to the effect that a Mahdist Emir, with a thousand men under his command, his reached Sarras. The report has caused…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1889
107 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
She Would Be a Soldier. a Woman in Male Attire. An Extraordinary Story
THE cables have already informed the Australian public of the fact, of which the following is a detailed account.—A tall, well-dressed person, who answered to the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Citizen Soldiers. the Easter Encampment. In the National Park. "Men of the 4th" to the Fore. The "Forces in the Field." New and Old Drill Systems. Mounted Infantry. Grand Review and Sham Fight
Matters were pretty lively in Newcastle castle late on Thursday night and early on Friday morning, owing to the departure for Sydney of the North and North-western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Easter Encampments. at National Park. Attack and Defence. One Man Wounded. National Park
EXCITING work with blank cartridge was done this morning by the forces. Attacking and defending parties were selected from the Mounted Infantry. The Tabulam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →She Would Be a Soldier. Sequel to the Story. Bagging Johnson's Bags. An Artist's Model
HARRIET MACKAY, alias Muir, a tall, good-looking, well-dressed young woman, with close-cropped hair, was charged, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War in West Africa
LONDON, Thursday.—The British expedition from Sulymah, on the west coast of Africa, which proceeded up the Sulymah River for the relief of Jeormah, and attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. War Rumours
LONDON, Saturday.—Austria is making arrangements to place three complete army corps in Galicia. It is also intended to double the landwehr, or mihtia. Military…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia War Rumours
Judge Bundey is seriously ill with a bronchial attack, contracted while yachting in the Gulf. A LIFT ACCIDENT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. War Clouds
LONDON, Monday.—M. Hitrovo, the Russian Minister at Bucharest, is bargaining with Roumania to secure the right-of-way through the Dobrudscha for Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Little Thibetan War
LONDON, Monday.—Advices from India state that the 32nd Pioneers have been ordered up to reinforce the British troops at Gnatong, who have been garrisoned in Sikkim…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANTS. War and Domesticity
THE late Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. the eminent naturalist, contributed to the Sunday Magazine for March the third of a series of interesting articles on "Ants at Home and…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Advices from Cairo report that some fighting has taken place at Serra between the Egyptian troops and the dervishes. The latter lost 80 killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Aboriginal Outrage. a Squatter Murdered. a Stockman Wounded. BRISBANE
FURTHER particulars are to hand with reference to the brutal murder of a squatter near Coon in the Cooktown district. The victim was Mr. Edward Watson, aged 21, of…
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SEVEN nations of Europe—Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Austria, Turkey, and the Balkan States—show a war strength of 10,470,000 men. To this are added the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] a Labour Crisis in Spain. Serious D[?]sturbances. Men Killed and Wounded
ROME, Monday.—For some time past there have been signs of an approaching crisis in the relations between the peasants and landowners in Northern Italy. The strained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Rumours of War
LONDON, Tuesday.—As might be anticipated, there are the usual spring rumours of trouble in the east of Europe pointing to-wards war. There are reports of movements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for War and the Highlander. the Incorruptible Cameron
THE Secretary of State for War, ought (says a Home paper), above all things, it would be thought, to commend discipline and obedience to orders; but then it makes all the…
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LONDON, Monday.—Le Nord, a semiofficial Russian journal, published in Brussels, in an article reviewing the European situation, warns Austria that any further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Brave Soldier
THE Whitehall Review says: There is nothing, fortunately for the world, so difficult to kill as religious enthusiasm and sacrifice. A lady who has had five years'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Seven Feet High Soldier
THE Invalide Russe states that amongst the conscripts drawn in the year 1888 for service in the celebrated Preobrajensky Regiment was a young soldier whose height was seven…
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