The Soudan War. Capture of [?] Obeid. London, February 11
[?]It is reported from Suakim that the Arab chief E[?] Senoussi has captured El Obeid. The Khalifa of Kordofan is consequently much alarmed…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1889
448 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 23
Attempted Hotel Robbery. the Landlord Murdered. the Murderer Wounded by the Landlady. Capture of the Murderer. London, February 11
A sensational case of attempted robbery and murder is reported from Swansea, South Wales. It appears that a negro entered a bedroom in a hotel and while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting in Burmah. Five British Soldiers Killed. London, February 11
Severe fighting is reported from Burmah. In one engagement between British and Burmese troops at Bhamo one British officer and four British soldiers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civil War in Samoa. America and Germany
LONDON, February 12. -The Germans are surprised that Mr. Bayard, the American Secretary of State, has proposed a truce in the affairs of Samoa, pending the evacuation of the German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Negro As a Soldier. (General Viscount Wolseley, in the Fortnightly Review.)
I do not think Europeans learn drill as quickly as the Basuto or the Zulu. It is astonishing to see the zeal, the undisguised interest and application these savages bring to bear upon all military lessons given to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Chinese Civil War in Sydney. the District Court Besieged. on Lee and His Gardeners
For some time past there have been rumors of war among the Sydney Chinese, and the centre of their operations has been discovered, at Chancery square, or more accurately speaking, at…
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THE stupendous change made visible in the size of armies (says the SPECTATOR) strikes the popular mind, yet still seems to be hardly realised in all its depth and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That War Cloud
We are so accustomed. to bear, if not of wars , at least of rumors of wars, that, as a rule, the voices of eminent editors and other European Cassandras prophesying awful things fall upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men-of-war at Samoa
R.M.S. Calliope has arrived from Wellington to relieve H.M.S. Royalist. The change seemed to give general satisfaction to her Majesty's subjects in Samoa. The Royalist left for Auckland at 6 a.m. February 4…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War in Samoa. State of Affairs. Trouble Impending
Our Samoa correspondent writes under date February 6 After having been at A[?]la but a few days, during which I made myself acquainted with the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chinese Civil War in Sydney. on Lee and His Gardeners. the Fight Progresses
The great Chinese legal war, Sam Boe and twenty-three others against On Lee, "was continued in the Metropolitan District Court on Thursday; his Honor Deputy Judge Fitzahardinge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chinese Civil War in Sydney. on Lee and His Gardeners. the End of the First Fight
The "seige of the District Court" by Chinese litigants continued this morning,when the last act of the first fight was commenced.It will be remembered that the Case of Sam Boe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Affairs in Samoa. Declaration by the German Authorities. the U. S. Consul Forced to Leave. Notice to British Residents. War Proclaimed by Germany
By the arrival of the steamer Lubeck from Samoa yesterday morning, we have news from Apia to the 5th February. The German authorities have officially declared that the Samoan Islands are in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Difficulty in Samoa. German Troops on Their Way to Samoa. Great Excitement in Apia. the American War Correspondent Gone Home. Arrival of H.m.s, Calliope
APIA, February 4.--A surprise was in store for the residents of Apia that they little dreamt of Early one morning, a fortnight ago, the s.s. Wanui, from New Zealand, steamed quietly into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Civil War in Samoa
LONDON, February 6.—America has agreed to the proposal of Germany that a conference be held at Berlin upon the affairs of Samoa. LONDON, February 8.—M. Bayard, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Chinese Civil War in Sydney. the Second Case
Foong Tack, having been duly sworn, related his troubles; how On Lee had brought him from China, and set him to work selling fruit and keeping the books; how, later on, he was sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lord Wolseley on War
The first paper in the January cumber of the Fortnightly Review is by Lord Wolseley on the subject of War. He points out how greatly changed are the conditions under which wars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Cablegrams. Civil War in Samoa. Bismarck's Aim
LONDON, February 18.—The Times, in referring in the White Book issued in Berlin dealing with the Samoan question, says that it shows that prince Bismarck's constant aim has been to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Negro As a Soldier
IN an interesting article which he contributes to the December FORTNIGHTLY, Lord Wolseley discusses the military qualities of the negro, and the causes to which they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That Small War in Sikkim. China's Policy
LONDON, February 19.—China has appointed a new Resident or Amba in Thibet. [During the whole of the small war in Sikkim concerning the claims of the Thibetans to the suzerainty…
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