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The wars & local soldiers, 1887

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French War Office Scandals

Evening News · Friday 18 November 1887 · page 5

LONDON, November 17.—The JOURNAL DES DEBATE hints that a popular outbreak will ensue if the scandals in connection Kith the French War Office are prolonged…

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The French War Office Soandals London, Nov. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 November 1887 · page 7

The Journal des Debats hints that a popular outbreak will ensue if the scandals in connection with the French War Office are prolonged…

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French War Office Scandals

Evening News · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 6

PARIS, Thursday.—The Chamber of Deputies has unanimous[?] granted leave to the civil authorities to pro c[?]ute M. Daniel Wilson for his alleged irregularities in connection with the…

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To-day's Cablegrams. French War Office Scandals

Evening News · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 4

LONDON, November 18.—The members of the Left in the French Chamber of Deputies intend to force President Grevy to resign. M. Wilson has been accused as an accomplice in filching and…

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Sinking of a Russian Man-of-War. LONDON, Nov. 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 1070

A Russian man-of-war has been sunk by coming into collision with a British merchantship at Odessa…

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The French War Office Scandals. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 14

The members of the Left in the French Chamber of Deputies intend to force President Grevy to resign. M. Wilson has been accused as an…

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The French War-office Scandals. M. Wilson to Be Prosecuted. Resignation of the Minister for Justice

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 5

PARIS, Thursday. -- The Chamber of Deputies has unanimously granted leave to the civil authorities to prosecute M. Daniel Wilson in connection with the…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland, Soldiers Cheer for Mr. O'brien

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 5

Last Thursday morning, October 6, the Royal Scots Fusiliers left Formoy for Birr. Some extraordinary scones were witnessed before they left the town. Indeed nothing is the talk of…

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War Comes High

Evening News · Monday 21 November 1887 · page 8

M. Flourens, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has submitted to the French Budget Committee a statement of the Tonquin finances. It shows a deficit of 20,000,000f. The Government has…

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French War Office Scandals. Accusations Against M. WILSON

Evening News · Monday 21 November 1887 · page 4

LONDON, November 19.—It is understood that in the event of the resignation of President Grevy, several candidates will come forward whose policy is regarded as dangerous to the…

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The French War Office Scandals. Probable Candidates for the Presidency. Accusations Against M. Wilson Disproved. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1887 · page 7

It is understood that in the event of the resignation of President Gravy several candidates will come forward whose policy is regarded as dangerous to the welfare of…

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The French Crisis. Fears of a Revolution or War. the Resignation of the Ministry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 November 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Matters are, it is believed, approaching a very serious crisis in France. The recent War Office scandals have greatly excited public feeling, and the…

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The European Situation. General Gourko Predicts an Early War. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 November 1887 · page 14

General Gourko has delivered a speech at Warsaw, in the course of which he predicted an early war in Europe. General Gourko is likely to be appointed…

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Relief to a Wounded Volunteer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 November 1887 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Several entertainments will be given throughout the district in aid of the unfortunate man Burt, who was seriously injured by a gun accident on…

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Deputations. Merchant Seamen on Men-of-war

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 November 1887 · page 3

A deputation, representing the officers and men engaged in the New South Wales merchant trading service, waited yesterday on Sir Henry Parkes to make certain proposals with…

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The French War Scandals. the Charges Against M. Wilson. Paris

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 6

The Judges have decided that the charge against Daniel Wilson in connection with the War Office scandals are legally untenable…

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The French War Office Scandals. the Case Against M. Wilson. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 7

The Judges of the French Supreme Court have dismissed the case against M. Wilson, who was implicated in the alleged corruption at the War Office, on the ground that no legal…

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The French Crisis. Boulanger, Still War Thirsting

Evening News · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 6

LONDON, December 15.-General Boulanger has declined a seat in the Freach Senate, giving' as his reason that, in the coming war. Generals will be more needed than deputies…

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Yesterday's Cablegrams. (The following cables appeared in yeaterday's third edition.) The War Office Scandals. Burning the Evidence

Evening News · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 6

LONDON, December 15.-M. Blowitz, the paris correspondent of the London TIMES, alleges that M. Grevy, the ex-President of the French Republic, burned the originals of M. Daniel Wilson's…

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The French War Office. Scandals. Allegations Against M. GREVY. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 12

The Paris correspondent of the Times states that M. Grevy burnt the original letters from M. Daniel Wilson to Madame Limouzin, because they implicated himself in the…

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