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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
499 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 25
LONDON, Tuesday.—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Mitchell, the Governor of the Strait Settlement, has telegraphed to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The committee of the Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria, Limited, has adopted the following rates for war risks on merchandise from Melbourne to South Africa, per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At this early stage of the war there are people in the United States who are engaged in discussing the division of the colonial empire of Spain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Reports from Hongkong state that Manila has surrendered, and that the Americans and insurgents are forming a Provisional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—Six of the lastest vessels under the command of Admiral Sampson have coaled at Key West, and have sailed to join the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—The foreign Ambassadors in Constantinople have intimated to the Porto that the first instalment of the Greek war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Spanish Congress has suspended the grain duties. The Budget Committee has also suppressed the clause in the War…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—The steamer City of Pekin takes appliances to Manila for the purpose of repairing the damages to the ships under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—The American cruiser Annapolis has captured the French liner Lafayette, after an exciting chase. The Lafayette was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Sunday.—It is rumoured from Gibraltar that a naval engagement has taken place in the Atlantic, the result of which is satisfactory for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many officers and men of the National Guard of New York refused to enlist for war, and those who refused were ordered from camp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious rioting has taken place at Murcia on the coast of South Spain. A dynamite store was looted, the lawcourts burned, gaols broken open,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—Admiral Dewey, the United States commander at the Philippines, has offered to administer the government of the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Spanish Ministry has declared that unless additional credits are granted by Parliament, they will be unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Extremely vivid detailed descriptions have been received from the Philippines of the battle at Manila between the American…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—General Merritt, of the American Army, will command the corps which will support Admiral Dewey. General Merritt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In an article on "The War Office: Its Work and Personnel" in the "Windsor Magazine," the writer says that "Though it deals with the army, and its very name is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Friday.—Admiral Sampson, who commands the American fleet in Cuban waters, with nine ships has bombarded the ports of San Juan,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queen and Princess Henry of Battenberg have forwarded (says the "Daily Telegraph") to Netley Hospital some very beautiful gifts as a memento of the visit they…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Friday.—The Spanish Senate has adopted the bills making provision for the war expenditure…
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