War Cables. Arrest of a Spanish Spy. Captured at Key West. Plans of Mine-fields in His Possession
It is redorted from Key West that Lieutenant Sobral, formerly a Spanish attache at Washington has been arrested as a spy…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1898
507 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 26
The War. the Invasion of Cuba. Lord Wolseley's Advice. Germany and Manila. Rioting in Manila. Financial Pressure in Spain. American Enthusiasm for England. London, May 24
MR. G. W. Smalley, the New York correspondent of "The Times," states that an opinion by Visconnt Wolseley, the commander-in-chief of the British army, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Newspaper Quarrel. M. Rochefort Wounded. London
M. Rochefort, the well known French journalist, fought a duel at the outskirts of Paris this morning, and was wounded in the breast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edison on War
Mr Thomas Alva Edison, the famous electrician and inventor, is reported to have devised a quantity of light bombs, which he is supplying to the American Navy, in order…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Human Cost of War
So far as is known the low of human life directly resulting from the just commenced Spanish-American War has been the 400 men who were killed at the Battle of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Revolt in Another Spanish Colony. London, May 27
The Caroline Islands, which belong to Spain, have revolted against the Spanish Authorities. [The Carolines are widely-scattered archipelage, cumbering over 500…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. America and Spain. the Phantom Fleet. London
Though Commodore Schley, in command of the Hampton Roads squadron, has reported that Admiral Cervera'a elusive fleet is safely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Fierce Fighting in Spain. an American Officer's Prompt Action Saves Many Lives
IT is greatly to be regretted that the Spaniards should have allowed their senses to become subservient to their anger. That such is the case is borne our by the cables…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News. London
Though it is officially announced in Madrid that the Spanish squadron under Admiral Oerveras, is lying at Santiago de Cuba, the statement is regarded in America…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →America's War Bill. Already Over £62,000,000
It is estimated that the Hispano-American war has already cost the United States 312,000,000 dol. (£62,400,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. America and Spain. Where Is the Phantom Fleet? Still in Santiago. London
Notwithstanding the doubts entertained by the American Government at to the whereabouts of Admiral Cervera's Cape Verde squadron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Arrested Correspondent to Be Released. the Annexation of Hawaii. Speaker Reed's Opposition. London, May 30
"THE Times" this morning says that Senor Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, sanctioned the despatch of Mr. E. F. Knight to Cuba as its war correspondent. It states…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America's Soldiers. Without Arms
President M'Kinley has, in company with Major-Geaeral Russel Alger, Minister for War, reviewed in camp the volunteer reserves and militia who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Spanish Fleet. Where Is It the Invasion of Cuba. America Unprepared. America's War Expenditure. £62,000,000 to Date. London, May 30
Although "The Times" correspondent at Kingston, Jamaica, has stated that the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera has left Santiago de Cuba, and is now in Central…
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served, and putting o full steam made a desperate dash, one boat going for the Texas and the other for the Brooklyn. They had got within 500…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spanish War Loan
The Spanish Parliament has authorised the Sagasta Ministry to raise, in accordance with its war budget finance scheme, an internal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News London
At midnight on Whit Sunday the searchlights used on board the United States battleship Texas, one of the warships engaged in the blockade of Havana, revealed the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War! B. J. M. Donne
Columbia's award springs gaily from its rust, And loud the clamour of her valiant sons; Must tropic waters "serve to lay the dust? Since "Peace" demands the thunder of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Reporters in Cuba. Two More Arrested As Spies
The two latest press prisoners—Mr. Philip Robinson, the well-known, "Daily Telegraph" war correspondent, and Mr. Whigam, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Sickness in Cuba. America Cautious. Her Forces Prepared
America has deemed it advisable, owing to the great mortality now prevailing, and the near approach of the unhealthy season in Cuba, to take precautionary measures for safeguarding the…
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