The Civil War. Severe Fighting. London Dec. 29
It was recently announced that Senor Rolando Riera, a prominent leader of the late Venezuelan revolutionists, had rallied 2400 rebels to make a fresh attempt to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1903
179 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 9
The War Indemnity. London, Dec. 31
The heavy decline in the price of ailver since the Chinese war indemnity was fixed has led to a hitch over the payment of the January instalment. China refuses to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Civil War. Defeat of the Rebels. London, Dec. 31
Advices from Caracas state that after a battle with the revolutionists, lasting three days, President Castro has reoccupied Barquisimeto, an important town 165 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplies for the Soldiers. Request by Sir E. Barton. Sydney
Sir Edmund Barton has telegraphed to His Exce[?]ncy the Governor-General, requesting him to ask the Colonial Office to use its best effort to see that, in any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Brilliant Wedding. War Secretary Married. London, Jan. 6
The marriage of Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary for War, to Miss Madeline Stanley, step-daughter of Sir Francis Jeune, president of the probate division of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Agreements. Voluntary War Contribution. London
Mr. Chamberlain's discussions with leading residents of Johannesburg has resulted in an agreement being arrived at whereby the Imperial Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Levies on Caracas Merchants. London Jan. 14
In order to raise money for the Venozuelan Government, President, Castro has levied on the richest merchants of Caraca the sum of 2,500,000 bolivare (£100,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story. the Story of a Chase. a Thrilling Incident of the Great Civil War
There were dead leaves underfoot, but overhead the trees were crimson and russet gold. There were deep lanes under the trees, but beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Soldier in Battle
Mr. Milne has written a very touching analysis of the soldier's temperament in his " Epistles of Atkins." (Fisher Unwin). This is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Loans
"St. James' Gazette" thinks that the loan of £35,000,000, at 3 per cent., for the Transvaal and Orange River Colony public works, will be issued at the end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cardinal Moran & the Samoan War
At the blessing of a Catholic edifice at Waverley on Monday afternoon, Cardinal Moron referred to the Samoan war and its causes. He complained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Contribution. a Nearly Unanimous Offer. London, Jan. 21
The great mining houses of the Transvaal, excepting Mr. J. B. Robinson, suggested that £30,000 should be the amount of the contribution by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Incident of the War. Boer Commandant's Revenge. a British Officer Murdered
SOUTH African files give the following account of the trial, as yet incomplete, of a Boer commandant, who coldbloodedly shot a British officer who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Pay
A deputation to-day waited upon Sir Edmund Barton, complaining that the members of the Royal Australian Artillery, whose services were dispensed with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Roads. One of Our Returned Soldiers. How they are Left to Starve or Beg
HE was travel-stained and had come from far; he asked for a little work and bore credentials that he could work, so we nut him on a 'case' in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Items
A front seat—The seat of War. An English general 1s, so to say, giving the Boers "some lessons in French." It appears that the Boers are paying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Vessel Wrecked
The French torpedo boat destroyer Eapingole struck a rock in the Bay of Carolane, and sank. The crow were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Commission
At the sitting of the commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the war in South Africa, Lieutenant-Colonel John Adye, C.B., R.A., testified to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Civil War. Rebels Defeated. London Feb. 4
The civil war in Venezuela still continues. General Alcandra, with a Government force, has defeated a body of revolutionists at Camatagua, 50 miles south of Caracas,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Conduct of the War. Commission of Inquiry. the Colonial Forces. London, Feb. 5
At the meeting yesterday of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of the war in South Africa, Leiut.-Colonel John Adye, of the Royal Artillery, who…
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