Imperial and Colonial Military. Interchange of Soldiers
LONDON, Friday.—Arrangements have been concluded for a company of the first battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, stationed at Halifax,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1897
232 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12
German War Office and Carrier Pigeons
Some remarkable flying by carrier pigeons took place recently from Dover. Two thousand of these birds had been in crates on the Admiralty Pier in charge of an agent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Indemnity Loan. Guarantees for Interest
LONDON, Monday.—Reports from Athens state that the Government is awaiting on the Chamber to pass a vote of confidence in them. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greco-Turkish War. Medal for the Turks
LONDon, Thursday.—The Sultan of Turkey has decorated all the officials who took part in the Greek war with a war medal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greek War Indemnity. German Demands
LONDON, Friday.—The Greek stamp tax will yield eleven million dr[?]chmas yearly. Greece has offered the German bondholders additional security,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Military Manœuvres a Bridge Collapsed. Many Soldiers Drowned
LONDON Friday.—During some military mancouvres in Saxony yesterday a bridge collapsed while trcops were passing over it, many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Engineering War
THE great strike in the English engineering trade still continues, and that without any sign of an immediate conclusion being visible. Indeed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finances of Greece. the Turkish War Indemnity. Lord Salisbury's Proposals Approved
LONDON, Wednesday.—Router's correspondent at Constantinople telegraphs that the Great Powers have approved of the proposals made by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How the Queen Averted War
A WRITER in the current number of an English magazine states as a fact what has often been rumoured before—that it was the Queen's personal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Payment of the War Indemnity. the Powers Still Parleying
LONDON, Friday.—The Times to-day states that the Great Powers have not agreed to the evacuation of Thessaly by Turkey independently of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cycle in War
If the bicycle has shown its usefulness in all conditions of life, and this has long since been admitted, it has now shown what an exceptionally useful thing it is on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike Warfare in Pennsylvania. Armed Strikers Fired Upon. 22 Killed and 76 WOUNDED
LONDON, Saturday.—A body of armed strikers in Coleraine, Pennsylvania, approached the colliery in order to induce the men to abandon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shaving Soldiers in India
AN English soldier in India is shaved by a native barber. The nappy, by which name he is known to Tommy Atkins, visits his company (each com-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spain and America. Danger of War
LONDON, Thursday.—War with America is considered inevitable at Madrid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Rifles at Aldershot. Their "Soldierlike Quality."
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has assured Colonel Lassetter that the military authorities are much impressed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Political Duel in Austria. a Count Wounded
LONDON, Sunday.—Some time ago, in the Austrian Reicharath, Herr Wolf, the leader of the German party, referred to what he described as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Greeks and the War. the Duke of Sparta Explains. a Sensational Charge
LONDON, Tuesday,—The Duke of Sparta, the eldest son of the King of Greece, who commanded the Greek forces in the war between Turkey and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Unemployed and War
A curious light is thrown on the industrist condition of New South Wales by a statement of some of the reasons which have induced a number of our citizen and partially paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cairo Incident. Assaulting British Soldiers. Offenders Severely Sentenced
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Egyptians who were arrested recently for stoning a party of British soldiers have been heavily sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Sensations in Battle
"IF yon want to know what my sensations were in my first battle," said a distinguished colonel to the writer, "I'll tell you; they were chiefly bewilderment and fear. You…
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