A Prisoner of War for Thirty Years
A German named Richard Fischer, has returned home after an absence of five years, for the greater part of which he served in the French Legion at Saida. He and another…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 10
The Tallest Soldier
"The tallest man in his army," who accompanied the Gorman Emperor on his visit to the East, is a Grenadier named Chiemke, who is nearly 6ft 10in in his stockings. This…
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Latest news from Samoa states that war has broken out. It appears that the Chief Justice, Mr. Chambers, decided that the Chief Mat[?]afa was disqualified from being…
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News of an outbreak of hostilities at Samoa was brought to Auckland last Wednesday by the American mailboat. The Foreign Consuls at Samoa agreed to…
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The officers, N.C. officers, And men of the Lancer Squadron, which volunteered for six months’ continuous training at Alderashot, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers for England
The officers, N.C. officers, and men of the Lancer Squadron, which volunteered for six months’ continuous training at Aldershot, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nowra Fire Brigade Concert and Tug of War. Bellawongarah V.firemen Victory for the Brigade. a Hollow Affarir
On Thursday night a concept and Tug of War was held in the School of Arts under the auspices of the Nowra Fire Brigade, when in spite of the many counter attractions, it being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Soldiers in the Soudan
âONE thing puzzled me very much during the Nile expedition.â remarked a well-known officer the other day. â My men were fine, reckless scallywags who would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wo[?]ongong Week. the Ill-war Carnival
To-day (Wednesday), Thursday, and Friday next are the days of the Wollongong Show, the carnival of the South Coast. A new[?] pa[?]re is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spanish-American War. Cause and Effect
THE âNew York Journal,â which, it must be remembered, is decidedly yellow, gives the following as cause and effect in the late war:â…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tommy Atkins. Soldiers and Shaving
RESPECTING military bearding and barbering, an old soldier, who is an expert on the subject, writes to the âTelegaphâââThroughout the last century, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Filipino War. Fighting on Saturday and
MAJOR-GENERAL OTIS reports to the United States Government that in the engagement in the vicinity of Manilla some 12,000 Filipinos took part. The engagement was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sam[?]an War
VOLUMINOUS accounts of the fighting between the Angl.-American warships and Samoan natives who claim Mataafa for their King, have appeared in the…
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A DESPATCH from Apia, under date April 18, reports further severe fighting. A pitched battle, in which the firing was hot, took place at Ma[?]gai, where a force…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thh Filipino War
FURTHER details have been recein from Manila of the American [?] tory ot Calumpit where 6000 tro[?], under General Otis attacked t[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Historical Account of the Samoan Trouble. How the War Started
So many versions of the trouble in Samoa have been published, so many comments based upon wrong grounds have found expression of late, and so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Correspondents
In a recent article by John Oilman Speed the bad conduct of the war correspondents at Tampa and Santiago was commented, upon, severely. "Even the naval operations were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fastest British War Ship
THE 34 286 knots attained by H.M.S. Albatross during her trials over the Maplin course gives her the prond distinction of being the fastest ship in Her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer Crisis. British War Preparation
MILITARY preparations are being made in South Africa on all sides in readiness for hostilities should the Transvaal crisis develop into war. The military forces in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An American War Hero
"FRED. Funston" is now a popular hero. Colonel Frederick Funston, of the Kansas Regiment of Volunteers, was frantically…
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