The War
The Servian delegates to the peace conference have been recalled. The conference will probably be dissolved with the outstanding…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1913
63 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 4
The French Foreign Legion Composed of Soldiers of Fortune From All Over the World
Perhaps none of the world's modern troops have more of a glamour, romance, and reputation for fierce fighting than France's Foreign…
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Sir W. Byles asked in Parliament why troops took part in a welcome to Lord Roberts at Leeds, when the visit was undertaken to promote a controversful political object (national service opposed to the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier with Axe. Wrecks Railway Station
A private of the Welsh Regiment, named Cox, escaped from the guard-room at Bordon Camp, Hampshire, where he was awaiting court-martial, and lay hidden for a day in a email wood, between the camp and the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King Among Soldiers. Reviews Veterans of Old Regiment Testing the New Rifle. Gallops with Princess Victoria
The King, accompanied by the Queen, Princess Mary, and Princess Victoria, spent Whitsun among his soldiers at Aldershot, watching the smart work of the Regulars for…
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An American who escaped from Serres, and, who, with several thousand people, made his way on foot to Saloniks, describes the fight from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier and Sailor. Two Strings to Her Bow. a "Good Sheet."
Meeting by chance, a soldier and an ex-naval engineer discovered that they had been courting the same young woman unknown to each other. There was a sequel at the Marylebone Police Court, London, when Frank…
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Madame Jane Diculafoy has (says the Paris correspondent of the "Dally Express") addressed a letter to the Minister for War begging him to grant her the privilege of being the first woman to participate in national…
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The Russian Black Sea Fleet is near the entrance to the Bosphorus. Great excitement has been caused in Constantinople…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Undocked Army Horses. War Office Supports Humane Campaign
Colonel Seely tinted in Parliament that as few docked horses as Possible were purchased for the army, and on Order had been issued that from three years after this date no decked horses will be purchased by the military…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indian Census. Tribesmen Suspicious. Must Be Prelude to War
The report of Mr. Denys Bray, I.C.S., containing the statistics for Baluchistan obtained in the census of India in 1911, has just made a rather belated appearance in print…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Horses. Mounts of Famous Generals. "Copenhagen" and "Marengo."
James Grant Wilson tells about the favorlie war-horses or famous generals in the "Century." Washington was considered to be the best horseman of his age. He lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Soldier's Plight. Workless, Asks for Gaol
During the hearing of a case at the Guildhall Alderman Sir George Woodman drew attention to the fact that many persons who committed offences for the purpose of…
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"The Balkan allies entered 'Macedonia in the guise of liberators, and to-day they seem bent upon plunging the whole region into worse and more implacable strife than it has even Known since the days of the Ottoman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Soldier Heroines. Sisters Who Fought Bravely at Jemappes
Recently, at the Belgian town of Jemappes, near Mons, the unveiling of a memorial to the French soldiers who fell there on November 6, 1792…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Effeminate Soldiers. Kaiser's Warriors with Painted Faces. Boudoirs and Swansdown Puffs
"Perfumed Paris" was merely an amateur in dudedom compared with tho young officers of the crack Potsdam and Garde du Corps lancers and hussars, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's War
Elizabeth Robins appears in "M'Clure's" as an extreme supporter of the tactics of the "militants"; she recounts the wholes miserable history of the past seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on the House Fly
The common house flies that will seen be crawling on every window-pane are among death's most deadly agents, and they should be exterminated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The King on War. Demands of Modern Conflict. Praise for Troops
The King was present at the conference held in the Hiding School, Weedon, Bucks, when Sir John French und tho leading officers and umpires discussed the objects,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story of the Male and Female. Too Many Males Means War
"We may possibly look upon our-selves at the present moment as being at the zenith of a female oscillation." Such words in their proper…
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