Termination of the Basuto War. Capetown, April 30
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1881 · page 3
Certain terms of peace offered by the British have at length been accepted by the Basutos, and hostilities have finally terminated. The result has been mainly brought about by Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Termination of the Basuto War. Cape Town, April 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1881 · page 5
Certain terms of peace have been offered by the British, which have at length been accepted by the Basutos. Hostilities have finally terminated. The result was mainly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable Messages. Appalling Disaster on a War Sloop
Evening News · Thursday 5 May 1881 · page 2
LONDON, May 3.—Information of a most appalling calamity has been received by the Government. An explosion occurred on board Her Majesty's ship Doterel, and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1881 · page 3
Some important papers, containing a narrative of events which preceded and which immediately followed the war in the Transvaal, have just been presented to Parliament. Before they took to arms the Boer leaders accused Sir Owen…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 9
LONDON, May 3— Information of a most appalling calamity has been received by the Government. An explosion occurred on board Her Majesty's ship Doterel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (Reuter's Telegrams.) the Late Afghan War. London, May 5
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 5
In the House of Lords, this afternoon, a vote was carried, thanking the officers and men who took part in the late Afghan war for their brilliant services. A similar vote of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Folks "Only a Soldier."
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 739
Unarmed and unattended walks the Czar, Through Moscow's busy street one winter's day. The crowd uncovered as his face they see,—"God greet the Czar !" they say…
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Evening News · Tuesday 10 May 1881 · page 2
LONDON, May 9.âIt is announced; that the Boers are making preparations for war, and some uneasiness is felt at the announcement. It is uncertain whether the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Graves. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1881 · page 7
Sir—A very short time since, I visited one of my old haunts, namely, the grave-place of soldiers who died at Blackheath, on the old Bathurst road (just opposite Hydora House), and was [?] to see all the tombstones—some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chilian Butcheries. Horrible Atrocities Committed by the Chilians in Tacna and Arica. Murder of Wounded and Prisoners. Pillage of the Town. Shooting of Foreigners
Evening News · Friday 13 May 1881 · page 4
WHEN in June last we made a slight allusion to the crimes and atrocities perpetrated by the Chilian army in Tacna and Arica, after the battles of May 26 and Jujne 7, we were very far from…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 May 1881 · page 9
LONDON, May 9— It is announced, that the Boers are mating preparations for warland some uneasiness is felt at the announcement. It is uncertain whether thev…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Tunisian War. Pairs, May 12
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1881 · page 5
Later intelligence received by the French Government, from the military expedition in Tunisian territory, states that the column has continued to advance, and is now only a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tunisian War. Paris, May 12
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1881 · page 6
Later intelligence received by the French Government from the military expedition in Tunisian territory states that the column has continued to advance, and is now only a few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Franco-tunisian War. Paris, May 21
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1881 · page 5
Further fighting has taken place in Tunisian territory between the French column which was recently reported as advancing towards Tunis, and the Arab tribes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Cloud in Afghanistan
Evening News · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 2
LONDON, May 23.—Another war in Afghanistan is regarded as inevitable. Ayoub Khan has declared his intention of retaking Candahar. He has secured a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marshal Von Moltke on War
The Protestant Standard · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 9
M. Goubereff, a member of the International Association for the Reform and Codification of International Law, having written from Paris to Field-Marshal von Moltke, criticising his…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 9
LONDON, May 23— Another war in Afghanistan is regarded as inevitable. Ayoub Khan haa declared his intention of retaking Candahar. He has secured a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Home and Foreign. Ireland. the Land War. Terrible Process-serving Affray
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 7
TELEGRAMS in Monday's papers announced that a large body of police proceeded on Saturday to Clobber, near Ballaghaderrin, to protect a process-server named Broder in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Military at War with the Police. a Captain "Run in " by a Constable
Evening News · Wednesday 1 June 1881 · page 2
Constable Robson was this morning proceeded against in the Water Police Court, before Messrs. Senior, Maclean, and Penfold, for exceeding his duty on the morning of April 25, by arresting Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Archibald Forbes, War Correspondent. (See Illustration.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 17
THE news that the famed war correspondent, Archibald Forbes, was en route for Australia was hailed by thousands who admire the steady courage perseverance, and ability which have raised…
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