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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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The War. America v. Spain. Terms of Peace Regarded As [?]

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 4

The [?] by the United States Government [?] to the basis of [?] for peaces has been considered by the Spanish Government…

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The War. America and Spain Peace Negotiations. London, August 1

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 5

It is probable that the Commissioners appointed by the United States Government to negotiate with regard to the terms of peace with Spain will…

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The War. America and Spain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 2

—It is believed in New York that Spain has accepted the fundamental conditions of the terms of peace offered by America and that the difficulties…

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The War. America and Spain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 5

The steamers which have entered into a contract with the American Government to convey the surrendered Spanish soldiers from the province of…

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The War. America and Spain Peace Brelim[?]ar[?]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 August 1898 · page 2

The p[?] with regard in the peace preliminary agreed upon by [?]. Cambon acing on behalf of Spain, and Mr. [?] the United…

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The Soudan War

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 1

LONDON, 4th September. — The British loss at Omdurman in the battle with the Dervishes was 100 and the Egyptian 200. Lieut. Grenfell, of the 12th Lancers, and Captain Caldicott, of the…

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The Recent War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 5

The latest rough estimate of the cost of the war to Spain (writes the London Daily News) makes it Li2C,000,000 sterling. It is probably…

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The War Cloud. Britain and France

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

The British Blue-book, issued in reference to the Fashoda dispute, utterly refutes the statement of the French Yellow-book…

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War Feelings

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

THE prospect last week of a war between England and France fomented the fighting elements in Australia to fever beat. They all wanted to carry a carbine to the combat. There is no doubt that in…

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The War Cloud. Britain and France

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

The Pall Mall Gazette reports that a force of 3000 Senegalese is entering the western Bahr-el-Ghazal territory. King Menelik's adviser in Paris…

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Federation and War.—four Important Messages

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 4

1. PROFESSOR H. MOORE: "Australia is reminded that the Pacific is destined to become the cockpit of the powers, and counselled that a federated Australia would be an infinitely stronger unit than a group of disconnected colonies."…

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The War Cloud. Britain and France

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

Warlike preparations are being energetically continued by the French nayal and military authorities. The French Government offers to…

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An Incident of the Afghan War

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 November 1898 · page 3

Just before daybreak on the morning of the 2nd December, 1878, when the troops under General Roberts were about to attack the Peiwar Kotal, the men of the 8th…

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The War Cloud. Britain and France

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 November 1898 · page 2

Lord Salisbury says that America's appearance in Asiatic and European diplomacy has not conduced to the preservation of peace, though likely to be…

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The War Cloud. Britain and France

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

The speech in which Mr. Joseph Chamberlain referred to the harmony between the commercial interests of Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and…

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War News

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

On Tuesday interested crowds lead the cables posted up at the Herald office, to the effect that the hurried preparations for war in English and…

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Colonel Wright's Christmas. The Strange Meeting of Two Old Rivals on Christmas Eve of War Time—Carey's Terrible Temptation, and the Tragedy that Followed

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 2

S Colonel Wright walked up the steps of the Park National…

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Monarchs Wounded in War

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 28 December 1898 · page 3

There is but one menarch in Europe who can show the scar of a wound received in war. It is King Humbert. The latter, at the battle of Custozza, which resulted so…

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