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The wars & local soldiers, 1891

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The Civil War in Chili. Cruel Treatment of Prisoners. Repulse of the Government Troops. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 5

News from Santiago states that ex-President Balmaceda continues to torture persons suspected of acting in collusion with the insurgents, and is treating prisoners in…

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A Fatal Wedding. Scourging a Bride to Death. Numbers Killed and Wounded

Evening News · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 7

A dispatch from Chatanooga, Tennessee, dated, May 13, says: Wolfs Creek, which is a settlement of mountaineers some miles from this city, has recently been the scene…

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The Peace of Europe. the Alternative of War

Evening News · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4

LONDON, July 1.-The Russian officially inspired journal NOVOE VREMYA, in an article dealing with, the European situation, expresses the opinion that unless an…

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The Civil War in Chili. Land and Sea Fighting. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 5

Heavy fighting, both by sea and land, is reported to have taken place in Chili among the Congressionalists and Presidential forces between Huasco and Coquimbo…

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A Military Riot. the Soldiers Routed by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A serious riot occurred to-day in the streets of Folkestone, on the south-east coast, among some of the soldiers stationed in…

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The Civil War in Chili. Reported Insurgent Victory. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 9

The Chilian insurgents declare that the severe fighting which was being carried on between the Presidential and Congressional forces, has resulted in favour of the latter…

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Steel-plated Soldiers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 19

IT is stated in a cable message that every soldier in the armies of the nations forming the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy) will shortly be provided with a steel cuirass which…

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The Triple Alliance. Protest From the Vatican. French War Preparations

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The newspaper organ of the Vatican in Rome emphatically declares against the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria and Italy…

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The Triple Alliance. Rudini Decorated. Francs Preparing for War. LONDON, July 4

The Australian Star · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 5

The Emperor William of Germany has conferred the order of the Black Eagle on the Marquis di Rudini, the Italian Premier, as a recognition of his successful efforts in…

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The Horrors of War in Chili. How the Blanco Encalada Met Her Fate. Awful Scene on the Doomed Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 6

The New York World publishes a letter from a special correspondent, dated Valparaiso, April 26, giving full details of the blowing up of the insurgent ironclad Blanco Encalada, and the engagement…

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The Civil War in Chili. Further Successes by the Insurgents. Defeat of the Presidential Forces. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 5

Advices from Santiago report that the insurgents have occupied Huasco, a town on the sea coast. Balmaceda's troops were routed and fled to Vallenar, which place…

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Statements by the Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 5

Little or no additional light is thrown upon the cause of the dis istcr by the statements of those who were working the gun, and who suffered by the explosion. The usual drill was being observed, and the…

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A War Game

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 3

Another of the series of bi-monthly war games, which have come to be regarded as part of the instruction of local military officers, was bold at the United Service…

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Disastrous Explosion. ON H.M.S. Cordelia. Six Killed and 13 WOUNDED

Evening News · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 6

As briefly announced in our first edition yesterday, the news of the occurrence of a fearful disaster on board Her Majesty ship Cordelia came to band as we were going to press. The…

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Terrible Calamity on Board H.m.s. Cordelia. Bursting of an Abmstbong Gun. Masses of Steel Shatteeed to Fragments. Nineteen Officers and Men Killed and Wounded. Shocking Scene on Deck. the Captain's Story and Statements by the Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 5

"It was a dreadful sight, indeed," said an oiflcer of H.M.S. Cordeha yesterday, as he told the story of the most shocking accident that has occuned on board a man-of-war in these waters. The Cordelia is from…

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The Manipur Revolt. Native Tribes at War. London, July 6

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 5

The Kuki and Naga tribes in Manipur are at war with each other, and each party is committing raids upon its adversary's territory…

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The Threatened Labor War. a Catholic Archbishop on the Situation

Evening News · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 4

The following letter from the Eight Rev. Dr. Carr, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, appears in Monday's Melbourne ARGUS: Sir,-In the hope that the employers have not…

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Terrible Accident on a War Ship. a Gun Explosion on H.m.s. Cordelia. Five Men and a Boy Killed. Thirteen Men Injured. the Captain's Story

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 4

The surprise which the appearance of H.M.S. Cordelia in the harbor created yesterday morning deepened into excitement when it became known that her unexpected…

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The Labor War. Spread of Strikes. the Arrest of H. M. HYNDMAN. The New South Wales Elections. The Dublin Corn Porters and Canal Men Go Out--Miners and Building Trade's Strikes -- Labor Candidates for the House of Commons. LONDON, July 6

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 5

The members of the large body of corn laborers in Dublin City have gone out on strike, owing to the action of the masters in refusing to concede their demands. It is…

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The Cordelia Disaster. a Winner of £6000 Among the Wounded

Evening News · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 6

The five unfortunate men, whose injuries caused by the explosion on board the Cordelia necessitated their removal to the hospital on Monday, are progressing as well as can be expected. Their…

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