Canadian Soldiers. Scheme for Service Abroad
"The presence of a Canadian regiment in London, Delhi, or Cairo would stir the Imagination not only of the Five Nations themselves, but of the whole outside world."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Highlands · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
289 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 15
War and the Red Cross
Miss Mary Durham, the well-known war correspondent, in a lecture in Essex Hall, London, said that she was convinced that Red Cross aid should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Canoe As Wool Carrier
'Times change and we with time" might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of the world, and once the doughty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cockpit of Nations. Switzerland As War Hospital
Switzerland, the cradle of tho Red Cross Society, now offers its services as a common hospital for the European nations in case of war. The land of William Tell is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cost of War
The total losses of France in killed, wounded, and prisoners in the Franco-German war were 21,500 officers and 702,000 men. The cost of the war to France was £544,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Laughed at Soldiers. Young German Arrested
An echo of the Zabern court-martial dictum, that a civilian may not laugh at a soldier, was heard at Strasburg, when a young man was arrested by soldiers for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mexican War
The Mexican Federals opened the campaign against the Americans by destroying the public buildings at Nueva Laredo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What War Means
What shall we say of the Balkan atrocities? (asks Professor starr Jordan). Are they in fact unheard of, "inoul," as affirmed by the Congress at The Hague, or are they just part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When France Goes to War
Compared with conditions in France, the life of a British mayor is a little short of celestial, for it is on the French mayor that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cost of War. World-wide Losses. the Slowing Down of Trade
What shall we say of the "Slowing Down of Trade" in America? asks Professor Starr Jordan. What of the "Slowing Down of Trade" in Europe? Don't believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl with the Bulgars. Shot in the Trenches. Grim Relics of Adventures. War-infested Land
To know the grim terrors of war falls to the lot of few of our women. There is one English lady at least who can claim to be the exception, and she is Miss Jessica…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death-ride of Soldier. Awful Fate on Way Home. After Absence Abroad
Impatient to see his parents from whom he had been so long exiled, and full of delighted expectation at the prospect of a happy reunion, James Duncan, aged 29, a soldier on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ernest Vizetelly. War Correspondent's Life
"In a book which deals with the 'People's War' in France after the defeat at Sedan, and the downfall of the Second Empire, Mr. Alfred Ernest Vizetelly relates some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theirs Wot to Reason Why. When Soldiers Begin to Think
Mr. Ponsonby, M.P., in the "Contemporary Review," says the doctrine of optional obedience Involves the crumbling away of the whole basic principle of the Army as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Career As a Soldier
"Albert Cashier," an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as a soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unnamed Hero. How Three Officers Were Murdered. Wounded Man's Thought for Friend
Details have been received in Great Britain by mail from India of the fatal shooting at Tank Tahsil, on the North-west Frontier, of Major G. Dodd, Captain G. B. Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Cloud
Both Austria and Servia are continuing preparations for active conflict. No fighting has yet occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Verge of War. Austrian Demand. Refusal by Servia
London, July 26 —Excitement per vailed in Earopear capitals throughout yesterday owing to the crisis caused by Austria's Note demanding, among…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Deelared
It was officially [?] in London on Tuesday afternoon that was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Declared
Austria has formally declared war on Serv'a. Only miner ski[?]miebes are so far reported, but Belgrade is said to be…
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