The British Navy. New War Ships to Be Built. London, March 19
Last night in the House of Commons, in moving the Navy Estimates, Mr. Hibbert, Secretary to the Admiralty, announced that 25 additional…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1886
187 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 10
A Soldier of Fortune on Ireland
That renegade American, Henry M. Stanley, who, forswearing his allegiance to the United States, has been for some time robbing the inhabitants of the Congo country in the interests…
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LONDON, March 20.—Last night, in the House of Commons, a motion which had been proposed by Mr. H. Richard, member for Merthyr Tydvil, that war shall not be declared, or a treaty…
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London, Saturday.--Last night in the Commons, the motion of Mr. Richard, member for Mertlhyr Tydril-- " That war shall not be declared, or a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cruel London: a Romance of Real Life. (All Rights Reserved.) Book Ii. Chapter I.—martyrs and Victims in Peace and War
From a luxurious nome in the southern states of America to a fugitive existence in a country desolated by war; from penury in New York to a happy home on the hill side of a smiling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Eastern Question. a Greeco-turkish War Imminent. Greece Increasing Armaments. the Governorship of Roumelia
London, Wednesday.--No settlement Of the difficulty with Greece was been arrived at. The Greek Government continue defiant, and are still making…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under the Tricolour. Soldiering in Algeria
In the beginning of 1861 I was in my nineteenth year and had a decided taste for soldering. I lived in Dublin, but my inherited political convictions forbade my…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Incident of the Burmah War
Judged by previous Indian wars in which Britain has been engaged, the campaign; in Burmah has been most satisfactory. The manouvres of the invading army read more like…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Belgian Riots. Military Called Out. Rioters Killed and Wounded
London, March 29.—The leading glassworks in Belgium have been wrecked by the rioters. Desperate conflicts have taken place between the military and the rioters, and about 200 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of a Japanese Man-of-war at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
Yesterday afternoon a Japanese man-of-war, H.M.I.S. Tsukuba, arrived from Shanghai, and came to anchor opposite to Stockton. She is a training ship belonging to the Japanese Government, and has come into this port to load…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The captain and officers of the Japanese warship Tsukuba visited the fortifications this morning, and were received and shown round by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of a Japanese Man-of-War at Newcastle. Newcastle
Yesterday afternoon a Japanese man-of-war, H.M.I.S. T[?]nkuba, arrived from Shanghai, and came to anchor opposite to Stockton. She is a training ship belonging to the Japanese Government, and has come into this part to load…
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The sentiment of pity is not more quickly excited in the female mind than the feeling of antipathy. Mrs. Gardner had not intended to challenge…
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The Japanese man-of-war Tsukaba, from Yokahama, via Newcastle, arrived in port this morning. She is a wooden vessel of 1100 tons register, and carries eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A German Gun Boat in the South Seas. Chastisement of the Natives. Forty-five Killed and Many Wounded
The German gunboat Albatross arrived in Farm Cove yesterday morning, after one of the most oventful cruises that has been reported by any man-of-war for a long time past. It began about eight months ago, when the Albatross…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russia and Austria, Impending War. Turkey and Greece
LONDON, April 12.—General Ignatieff has declared that war between Russia and Austria is not improbable…
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A supplement to the Government Gazette, issued yesterday, contains the following circular despatch enclosed, from the Principal Secretary of State for the Colones, with reference to the adoption by armed vessels, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EXCHANGE of COURTESIES by War Vessels
In Thursday's issue we republished from the Government Gazette some correspondence which had been sent to the various Colonial Governments by the late Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonel Stanley, having reference to the…
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LOKDON, Wednesday, April 21.—The refusal of Greece to comply with the request of the Powers to reduce her armaments has been followed by ordering troops to the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →War in Burmah. Engagement with the Kacheens
CALCUTTA, April 21.—News has been received from Upper Burmah that the British force of about 200 strong, which was recently dispatched Bhamo against the Kacheens, fought an…
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