Electricity for War Purposes
An invention which Its author believes will make war so terrible and expensive as to become prohibitory has just been announced in the United States by Nicola…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 23
THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXII.—(Continued.)
'It is unnecessary,' replied the wounded Frenchman, gallantly, at the same time attempting to rise from the bed on which he was reclining merely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arbitration v. War. Petition to President M'kinley
LONDON, Saturday.—A deputation representing 145 denominational churches and eight million Christians have petitioned President M'Kinley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXIII.—(Continued.)
His cousin, with the keen sight of bate, saw that it was the man whom he had most injured, and his vindictive heart bounded with a ferocious,…
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'It's a bad world, Ned,' muttered the general, and the fewer we trust in it the better. I—hang it! no. I can't tell you.'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Ixxv
Judge we by nature? Habit can efface. Interest o'ercome, or policy take place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When a Soldier Is Degraded
This is how most armies degrade an officer who has been proved a traitor to his country. The day before the traitor is to be publicly degraded, the military tailor removes all the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wickham. Welcome Home
About four years ago Mr. Arthur Bearby, son of Mr. Bearby, of the firm of Morison and Bearby, engineers and founders, left home for the old country to gain further…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXV.—(Continued.)
'What have I to say ?' repeated the woman, 'why that is one of the noblest best fellows in the world; a better soldier never broke her Majesty's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Red Tape at the War Office
Mr. Arnold Forster gives in the "National Review" some amusing instances of red tape at the War Office. A milltia man cannot be burled at a cost exceeding two…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →How the Black Soldier Comes Home
How a battalion of the famous West India regiment returned home after fighting fever and savage foes in West Africa for four long years is described…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Typical British Soldier
Colonel Rowland Hill Martin, who led the 21st Lancors at the memorable charge at Omdurman, was a guest at the annual banquet of the Glover's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXVI.—(Continued.)
His captors commanded him by signs to follow them, and leading him to a rude shed, tied his legs with a thong similar to the one they had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Question of Compensation. Foolish Statement by M. Delcasse. England Seeking a Pretext for War
LONDON, Saturday.—In a communication from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, it is declared that France is willing to accept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXVI.—(Continued)
'Earth,' said Julian, is only cursed by man and his evil passions. When the Creator surveyed his work, he pronounced that all alike was good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alarm of French Workmen. Withdrawals From Savings Banks. Apprehension of War with England
LONDON, Monday.—French workmen are making heavy withdrawals from the savings banks owing to their apprehension of internal disturbances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXVII.—Continued.)
Bitterly did Beatrice reproach herself for the impatience which had urged the baronet to land the instant the vessel entered the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Youngest Soldier Peer
Lord Kitchener, as the Sirdar will now always be called, is the youngest soldier to have been made a peer for war services since Wellington. Wellington was 40…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXVIII.—(Continued.)
Certainly Scratchenoff could only have written to me on some important affair; probably to ask the restoration of his traps, which he left behind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter LXXVIII.—(Continued.)
'Which letter I was the bearer of, said the young Count de Guiche, who formed one of the party. 'I received it from the hand of the Prince himself…
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