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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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War Disaster Echo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 11

Nottingham Corporation has in its employ in a lowly capacity, says the London "Daily News," a man who was once a lieutenant. Mr. William John Leo Baker…

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In a Guerilla War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 6

After distributing the prizes to local Volunteers at York (Eng.) lately, Mr. Haldane, British War Secretary, in the course of his speech said the first question…

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Mutinous French Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—As a punishment, 600 of the French soldiers who mutinied at Agde have been sent to Tunis…

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Contraband of War. Proposed Exemption. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 5

Mr. Choate, one of the American delegates to the Pence Conference at the Hague, proposed in committee, that private property, except…

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A Soldier of Fortune

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 6

A picturesque soldier of fortune from whom Mr. Richard Harding Davis got many ideas his stories, has recently died in a lodging-house in New York,…

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The Peace Congress. Principles of War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 5

At the Peace Conference at the Hague the Fourth committee discussed America's proposal in favour of the general inviolability of private…

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Contraband of War. the Hague Difficulty. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 5

It is understood that America's proposal at the Peace Conference at the Hague for the immunity of private property at sea from seizure in time…

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Natal's War Contribution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Natal Government complains that while the Transvaal's war contribution of £30,000,000 has been waived, that of…

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Natal and the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Natal Government has decided not to request the Imperial Government to make any refunds in connection with the South…

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Riflemen As Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 4

The full text of the scheme for the training of riflemen as soldiers shows that it is an important development in the policy of the Defence Department…

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Riflemen As Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 3

Sir,—Dealing with riflemen as soldiers, you point out that the Defence Department intends to introduce a little drill into the rifle clubs of the States, in order…

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The Motor Boat As a War Arm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 5

Sir Hiram Maxim declared quite a time ago that the motor boat would yet be the scout of the squadron. A fleet in advancing formation throws out certain of its…

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Moorish Fanatics. Seek a Holy War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 5

Several of the Moroccan tribes are demanding a holy war. The Sultan of Morocco is much concerned, and believes that unless he…

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Our Adelaide Letter. Adelaide, August 14. an Australian War Cry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 13

The Adelaide lacrosseurs have been so taken with the Canadians' war cry of "Oikiti Oik," &c., that some of them have been trying to discover a local shout of…

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Sensation on a Train. Several Persons Wounded. Picton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 4

A number of passengers by the midday, southern train yesterday had a sensational experience. A young man named Thomts…

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Morocco Troubles. a Holy War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 5

The Europeans have evacuated Marakesh and Mogador, and gone kooard warships. A jehad (holy war), is being…

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Practical Aspect of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 13

An article by Captain Mahan, in the "National Review," warns the advocates of Hague Conferences and arbitration that an cannot safely five on his knees…

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British War Balloon. a New Invention. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states that the War Office, after two years' secret experiments, has built an airship approximating in type the La Patrie of…

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Moroccan War. Armistice Extended. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 5

The latest intelligence from Casablanca is that, as the deputation from the insurgent tribes which was to propose peace had not arrived, General…

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The Coming War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 6

"The Coming War: A Struggle for Supremacy and World Dominion," was the subject of a lecture by Mr. F. Mogg, in the Trades Hall, Hunter-street West,…

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