Stones As Weapons of War
It has been reported that on more this [?] basion the Russians and Jap [?] sally [?] each other [?] The "Regiment" points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1906
84 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
Ex-arch Duke As Recruit. Completes His Course As an Ordinary Soldier
After holding the rank of General in the Australian Army and being known as a good strategist the ex-Archduke Leopold who gave up his position in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier, Indian and Whisky
'The way an Indian loves whisky [?]ts everything, said the soldier 'I once met a Choyenne on his pony. 'Give me a drink of whisky; I'll give you my bridle for it,' says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Science and Invention. Japan’s War on Disease. What Sanitary Precautions Have Done For Her Armies
“Typhoid, that dread scourge of soldiers, has been almost eliminated from the Japanese army in the present war,” writes Anita Newcomb McGee in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-arch Duke As Recruit. Completes His Course As an Ordinary Soldier
After holding the rank of General in the Austrian Army and being known as a good strategist, the ex-Archduke Leopold, who gave up his position in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Naval War Lessons
The apartment of a British committee of experts to cons[?] new battleship designs in the light of the experience of the past year shows that Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Stores Inquiry
DOCUMENTS CAUSE DELAY. So many fresh documents have arrived from Pretoria which require examination that the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South African Soldiers' Pay
THE Government has decided to carry out the recommendation of Judge Murray in regard to the claims of the men forming certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Consut. Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers
Five soldiers of the 22nd Colonial Regiment, which is stationed at Hyeres attacked and robbed the British Consul Mr Sadler, and Dr, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A British Soldier in India
Many, years ago, when Corporal Freeman was on duty in India, he met with an amusing adventure with a rifle-thief. He was at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion at Saigon. Dynamite Ship Blown Up. a Romance of the War
A message received in London yester, day (writes the “Daily Telegraph” of 8th December) afternoon from Salgon French Indo-China, announces that an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Out-of-work Tragedy. Ex-soldier Murders His Sister and Child
An ex-private of the Royal Rifles, named John Murphy, thirty, murdered his married sister Annie Masters, aged thirty-three, and her baby…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounds Healed with Water. Marvels of Aseptic Surgery. Surgeon-general Suzuki Describes Japan's Method in War with Russia ; Demonstrated by the Loss of Only 32 Out of 682 Men Treated in Japanese Naval Hospitals
"The aseptic method of surgery is extremely simple. It consists in washing out a wound in distilled water, bandaging it with sterilized cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Duke of Cambridge. a True Soldier
Colonel. Willoughby Verner, late Ride Brigade, assisted by Captain Er[?] Darwin Parker, late Manchester Regiment, have produced,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“The Coming War.”
“Seestern, 1906” is the tille of a remarka[?]e book published anonymously to-day, November 10th, which deals with the possibility of a war between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers
Fire soldiers of the 2nd Colonial Regiment, which is stationed at Hyeres, attacked and robbed the British. Consul, Mr Sadier, and Dr. and Mrs Rookeley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables. London: Saturday. War Cloud
The special correspondent of the “Times” at the Morocco Conference at Algeciras expresses the opinion that the changes of a rupture are great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A RUSSlAN Soldier. How He Is Valued
Ann[?] Shestopaloff of the village Biakova, Government of Tula, was summoned to the military chief of the district, who said to her; “T[?]ne husband…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A British Soldier's Adventure
A British soldier describes the following incident which occurred some years ago, when he was on active service in Burmah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Stores Scandals. Court-martial at Chelsea. Accused's Statement. the Meyer Rebate of £20,323
Staff-Sergeant-Major Arthur Mansfield Hilton, of the 11th Company, Army Service Corps, who was arrested at Queenstown during Christmas week, just as he…
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