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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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LONDON, October 12.—Dr. Arthur Ben— wick, M.L.C., Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Chicago Exhibition, has sailed for the United States. He…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News has been received from Dahomey to the effect that Colonel Dodds, the officer in charge of the French forces, is preparing for an attack on the natives. The French force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The successful result of the visit of a British man-of-war to the Russian port of Vladivostock for the purpose of rescuing the sealers who were seized by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Berlin states that the German Government is making secret inquiries with a view of obtaining the opinions of socialist soldiers in the army. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.--The German Government are making secret inquiries with a view to ascertaining the opinions of socialists serving in the army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following cablegram has just been received from Europe:—London, October 26. Russia demands the free passage of the Dardenelles for vessels carrying war…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, October 27.—Desperate fighting has occurred in Mexico between the Government troops and a tribe of native Indians inhabiting the neighborhood of El Paso…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The present system of giving men's weapons to little boys," says the report of the Military Service Inquiry Commission," is almost cruelty to the plucky little lads, who would rather stagger…
Continued on Trove, page 970 →LONDON, October 19.—Mr. H. H. Asquith, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, has announced that the Government will permit meetings to be hold in Trafalgar…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Statist, in an article on recent heavy withdrawals of gold from England for Russia, expresses a fear that this course indicates a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia has recently been malting heavy withdrawals of gold from England, and the STATIST, commenting upon this fact, expresses the fear that this course indicates a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A despatch from Dahomey reports that another engagement has taken place between the French forces and the natives. The battle is described as brilliant, but bloody,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French man-of-war Scorff left the port of L'Orient, France, on the 14th July, Capetown on the 14th September, and arrived at Port Melbourne at 11 o'clock last night. The Scorff has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, November 3.—The Howe, British man-of-war, has struck on a reef near Ferrol, Spain, and lies in a dangerous position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday Night.--Prince Bismarck has been interviewed with respect to the new military bills before the German Legislature. These bills propose a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.--The French Government are supporting the demand recently made by Russia, that Russian warships should be allowed unrestricted passage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT was during the campaign of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1877-78. I was very young then, and consequently full of enthusiasm and exaggerated ideas of the "duly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The celebrated painting by Storey, an engraving of which we publish in another page, tells a story of its own. The subject, when a young man, was sent to war under the Duke of Cumberland. We may…
Continued on Trove, page 1036 →THERE is no little significance in the fact that one of the most familiar names to American ears, a name which, indeed, has almost lost its personality as it were, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Several important additions are to be made to the Russian navy. The largest ironclad in the world has just been launched from one of the Russian naval shipbuilding…
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