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The wars & local soldiers, 1891

643 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 33

Departures of War Ships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 4

It is projected for several of the warships now in Farm Cove to make a start towards New Zealand tp-day. The flagship, H.M.S. Orlando, and [?] Majesty's ships Lizard, Cordelia, and Royalist will very likely set out at noon. The…

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The Sioux War. (London Daily Telegraph.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 7

Although there is ample cause for grave anxiety, if not for absolute alarm in the intelligence received from Washington with respect to the hostile attitude assumed by the Sioux and Shoshone Indians in Dakota, it is to…

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BOXING. The Queensland Giant Wants War. He Challenges the "Unknown" Prodigy

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 5

Dick Barker, the Queensland giant, thinks he has improved so much in his fighting that he is fit enough for anybody. He wants Sam Mathews to trot out his new giant, and…

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A Funny Ten Minutes. France And England Meet. Wild War Imminent. Worse Than Marrying An Earthquake

Referee · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 6

For a long time past there has been raging a fierce newspaper war between Professor Seguy, the well-known French athlete, and Captain Jennings, the bare blade hero of…

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A Funny Ten Minutes. France And England Meet. Wild War Imminent. Worse Than Marrying An Earthquake

Referee · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 6

For a long time past there has been raging a fierce newspaper war between Professor Seguy, the well-known French athlete, and Captain Jennings, the bare blade hero of…

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His Ladye's Casement. The Pipe of War

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

JOSEPH MARTIN toed the scratch at the Central to day for several reasons. He was charged first with having wilfully and with an iron pipe smashed several…

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War Scares. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

Sir,--Apparently the average politician is again at his tricks; attention has been properly drawn by your able leader of to-day to the tactics of the powers that be in the…

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The Sioux War. Probable Surrender of the Indians. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

A despatch has been received by the United States Secretary for War in Which the report that General Miles was killed during an engagement with the Sioux…

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Annexation, or Commercial War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 4

The McKinley tariff has become the law of the Union, and looking at the matter from a political standpoint, those who have been advocating Commercial…

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His Ladye's Casement. The Pipe of War

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

JOSEPH MARTIN toed the scratch at the Central to day for several reasons. He was charged first with having wilfully and with an iron pipe smashed several…

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Bad Indians. Big Fighting. War of Extermination. Results Uncertain

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 11

LONDON, January 4.—The report that during the recent engagement between the U.S. troops and the Indians at Pine Ridge 200 squaws were amongst the slain…

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Stanley's Struggles. From the Workhouse to Darkest Africa. How he was Adopted--A Prisoner at Pittsburgh--He Fought with the South--A Failure as a Soldier

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

NOT one man in a thousand really remembers the early career of this man Stanley, whose very name is not his own…

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The Sioux War. London, January 10

The Australian Star · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 5

A despatch from America states that the Canadian Indiana are becoming very excited on account of the war between the Sioux Indiana and the United Slates, and that…

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The Sioux War in America. Reported Submission of Many Indians. the Indians Fighting Among Themselves. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 7

General Miles, who is in command of the United States forces acting uguinst the Sioux Indians, is trying to force the Indians to a decisive battle…

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The Sioux War. Refusal of the Indians to Sur0render Their Arms. [By Cable.] (From Our Correpspondent.) London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

The Sioux Indians who have given in their submission to the United States troops refuse to surrender their arms. It is feared that an attempt to disarm them…

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The Sioux War. London, January 13

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

A despatch from America states that the Sioux Indians are marching towards Pine Ridge Agency, evidently for the purpose of surrendering to the United States troops…

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The Sioux War. London, January 15

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

The chiefs of the Sioux Indians are submitting to the United States authorities. General Miles, commander of the United States troops despatched against the Indians,…

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Strange Suicide of a Soldier

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 8

AN inquest was held at Little Marlow on Thursday November 27 on Mr. John Mentor, formerly staff-instructor of the Buck's Volunteers. The circumstances of…

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An Exciting Day. Dublin Gives Parnell an Ovation. Lively War in a Newspaper Office. The M'Carthyites Issue an Appeal--How the Irish People Stand

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 2

A DESPATCH from Dublin, December 10, states:--Parnell arrived at Kingstown early this morning. A bodyguard of 200 supporters of Parnell, the leadership…

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More War

Referee · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 8

Agreement of articles drawn up between J. R. Donovan, champion swordsman of the world, of the one part, Professor G. Parker, champion of Australia, on the other part, for…

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