New British War Material
LONDON, Tuesday.—A new type of armour-plate has been tested at Shooburyness. The severest tests failed to crack the plates. A new gun was also tested. It…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 23
How the German Soldier Is Trained
The first six months training of the German infantry soldier is described in great detail in this month's "United Service Magazine" by a German officer. The whole…
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The army of one other European Power than Turkey has to face the difficulty of dealing with polygamous soldiers. The Austrian recruits from Bosnia, being mostly…
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"The issues are now narrowed down to peace or war. The relief of a common difficulty and the independence of the Transvaal are in President Kruger's hands…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Residents of Johannesburg report that the burghers are preparing for war everywhere. A heavy load taken to Ulrecht, a town in the republic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Chamberlain's Reply to Mr. Kruger's Proposals. the Suzerainty Not to Be Discussed. a Second Conference Proposed. Arbitration in View. War Preparations Not Relaxed
LONDON, Thursday.—Advices from Pretoria state that Mr. Chamberlain has replied to President Kruger's despatches. Mr. Chamberlain does not regard the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. The Crisis in the Transvaal. Boer War Preparations
LONDON, Sunday.—The Transvaal authorities are requisitioning rolling stock. Three bodies of Transvaal troops are within 90 miles of Mafeking, British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Arrest of a Rand Editor. One Hundred Warrants Against Uitlanders. Terrible Condition of Johannesburg. War Regarded As Inevitable
LONDON, Monday.—The arrest of Mr. Pakeman, editor of the Johannesburg "Leader," on a charge of high treason against the Transvaal Government, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Government and the Censure Motion.—a School Children's Demonstration.—the Assurance of the Mining Reporter.—the Electric Tram's First Victim.—an Over Conscientious Secretary.—colonel French and the Likely War with the Boers.—the Experiences of Mr. Stead.—a Loud Hoorah for Queensland. Sydney
The Government hope to win on the censure motion. Also, if one may read between the lines of his latest remarks, the leader of the Opposition expects them to…
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A portrait of the new Secretary of War in the United States appears herewith. Mr. Elihu Root is a New York lawyer, who had a running with Mr. Choate for the position…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Consultation at the War Office
LONDON, Thursday.—Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley, the Commander-in-Chief, and General Sir Evelyn Wood, have been in consultation at the War Office for many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Mr. Barton, Mr. Reid, and Pickwickian Accusations.—the Newspaper in Politics Curse.—rumours of War.—that Early Newspaper Train.—melville V. "Sunday Times."—railway Refreshment Rooms.—a Tramway to Manly.—that Good Old Subject, the Weather. Sydney
Mr. Reid rose in the Assembly on Tuesday merely as a matter of privilege, to defend his honour against the impious attacks of Mr. Barton. The latter had…
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The Americans who are bearing the burden and heat of the day in the Philippines in endeavouring to maintain the dominion of the United States over the group are not…
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Capetown is full of nothing but war preparations, says the Melbourne "Argus." Recruiting has already commenced for the Mounted Infantry Regiment which is being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Brink of War
On Friday the British Cabinet met and arrived at a decision to issue an ultimatum to the Transvaal Government demanding an unconditional acceptance of Sir Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal Crisis War Imminent. Result of the Cabinet Meeting. The British Reserves Called Out. Reinforcements Leaving Britain. the Troops Ordered From India
LONDON, Sunday.—Crowds of people warmly cheered Lord Salisbury, Lord Landsdowne, Minister for War, Mr. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Giant Soldiers
Until quite lately Captain Pluskow, of the First Regiment of Guards, had been considered the biggest man in the German army. He measured over eighty inches in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Dispatch. Immediate Acceptance Demanded War the Alternative
LONDON, Wednesday.—The British dispatch was read in the Volksraad yesterday. It demands the immediate acceptance of the five years' franchise, a quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French War Minister
Each successive step taken by General de Gallifet strengthens the conviction that in him France has found, at the eleventh hour, the strong man of whom she stood so…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Accidents of War
"The glorious uncertainty of war" has passed into a proverb, and truly there is no knowing from moment to moment what may occur, says the "Regiment.'' The…
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