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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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The War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

The American Secretary of State saye that he has agreed to a protocol embodying the proposed terms of peace…

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The War. (By Cable.) London, August 11

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

The American Secretary of State says be he has agreed to the protocol embodying the proposed terms of peace. It is expected the withdrawal of the…

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The War. (By Cable.) London, August 13

The Western Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1898 · page 2

The agreement for peace between Spain and the United States was signed on Friday. Spain relinquishes its title to Cube and cedes Puerto Rice and its other West Indian…

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The War. (By Cable.) London, August 18

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 2

Martini law has been proclaimed at Manilla. Perfect order is being preserved. The rebels are not allowed to enter the city armed. The Americans captured twelve thousand…

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The War. (By Cable.) London, August 22

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 August 1898 · page 2

The [?] are becoming [?] [?] [?]…

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The War. (By Cable.) London, August 25

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

General Miles has made a number of serious allegations against the Washington War Department. He a[?]pusea the authorities of having suppressed and garbled…

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The War. London, August 29

The Western Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1898 · page 3

Fighting between the Cuban robels and the Spaniards continues. President McKinley is not opposed to the Spaniards taking the offensive, as the rebels have not respected…

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Metropolitan Echoes. the Dogs of War

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1898 · page 2

The anticipation that Mr. Lyne's cersure motion would by opening the fountains of party bitterness go a long way towards unfitting the House for a reasonable, calm and…

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The Horrors of War. Ghastly Scenes on the Spanish Ships

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 21 September 1898 · page 3

A war correspondent wrote from “Off Santiago” on July 8th :—Captain Evans has given the following account of the…

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The Chances of War

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

France and England are arming and preparing for war as fast as they can and on the surface, it looks as though war might be declared at any…

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Preparations for War. London, October 31

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

A strong British emergency squadron is being equipped at Plymouth. Seven hundred officers and men of the British fleet have been recalled from leave…

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Latest Telegrams. International. the War Cloud. London, November 3

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

No information, formal or otherwise, has reached Lord Salisbury to the effect that the French will withdraw from Fashoda. the Paris newspapers are of opinion that…

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The War Preparation's. London, November 7

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 3

The Russian newspapers insist upon the perpetual neutrality of Earypt under the joint protectorate of all the Powers. The French war preparations are being…

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Metropolitan Echoes. the Railway War

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

Statements recently published show that whatever advances may have been made towards union in other directions, the war of railway tariffs between the colonies is being…

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A Terrible War-Bill

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

Even to those who profess to know something of the terrible cost, of war it will be some what of a shock to learn that the six principal wars of the latter…

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Colonel Wright's Christmas. The Strange Meeting of Two Old Rivals on a Christmas Eye of War Time—Carey's Terrible Temptation, and the Tragedy that Followed

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

S Colonol Wright walked up the steps of the Park National…

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Latest Telegrams. International. Will There Be War! London, December 29

The Western Herald · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 2

The Rend Post advises that, in the event of war with Great Britain, Johannesburg be converted into a gigantic rubbish beap. It suggests that all residents who…

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