Trivial Causes of War. Bloo[?] Over Shaving
Among the curiosities of history is the oft-recurring fact what many of the great wars of the past have been indirectly brought about by very trifling circumstances. A war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1906
84 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5
End of Picturesque War. Fighting of the Future
The veteran French other General de Negrier has given to the “Revuedes Deux Mondes” his criticisms of the Russo-Japanese campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balloons in War
Writing In "Harper's Magazine," General W. A. Greely traces the use, and discusses the various uses of balloons in war time. The first time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French War Office. This French War Office. Nearly Collapses
“Luckily,” writes the Paris correspondent of the London “Daily Telegraph.” on 18th January. the High Council of War was not sitting on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blind Soldier’s Plight. Gentleman Ranker Cast Off
To the Brentford magistrates a most pathetic appeal was made by a middlcaged man who is totally blind. Groping his way to the witness box…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Masquerades. a Vladivostok Picture
A vivid picture of the sacking of V[?] is given by the correspondent of the London “Dally Mail.” Writing on November 15th, he says:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Foe’s Legacy. a Soldier’s Adopted Child
There are three visitors In Nottingham at the present time who recall one of the most romantic Incidents of a soldier’s life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireworks That Figure in War
Among the different varieties of projectiles enumerated in the official artillery handbook are some concerning whose nature and use even…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Baptism of Fire
A commanding officer [?] taking his forces into action. He sent forward a small party of [?]er to make gaps in a rail fence to avoid the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queen [?]Ly Regiment. Every Soldier with [?] Ed-up Nose
When the baby Czarewitch was a few hours old he was gazetted to the Pevlovski Regiment of the Guard, one of the finest-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany’s Black War
During fighting in South-west Africa the Germans drove Morenga the rebel leader, over the border, at longitude 20, into British territory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twice Wounded
Twice has your name been shouted through the dark That broods above the river's sullen flow; Twice the etern Ferryman, with lifted cars,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Aftermath of War. Workless Soldiers
Many soldiers who were invalided out, of the Army after the Boer war are now on the tramp, the casual wards of the country's workhouses being their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heroines of the War. Russian Amazons Who Have Faced Death in Awful Form
The days of Hie Amazons are not yet past, nor is the story of a Joan of Are who rides her horse to battle beside her brother warriors wholly in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Socialism and The Class War
Mr. H. E. Holland's address on the above will be delivered in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Socialism and the Class War
NOTWITHSTANDING the bitterly cold weather, there was a large attendance at the Temperance Hall last night, when Mr. H. E. Holland delivered his address…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News Censorship. Press and National Interest
On the war of or during war make it penal to publish unauthorised news of naval and military movements. A Bill to that effect, which, bas been urged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Indian Soldiers. Memorial to John Nicholson
The Viceroy unveiled on friday, 6th April, a statue of General Nicholson at Delhi in the presence of a brilliant gathering. Lord Minto, who was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gruesome Story of the Russo Japanese War
The 'Anglo Russian' states that after each battle in the late war the Russian sanitary officers, collecting the wounded; put aside for burial those of them who in their opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Year’s Freight War. Still Continuing
It is now more than a year ago that a freight war broke out in the Eastern trader On the one side are still ranged the Peninsular and Oriental Company…
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