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The wars & local soldiers, 1893

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Trouble in Armenia. a Rising War Cloud. an Unfortunate Country

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 3

The Turks are torturing the Armenians, and a great European row is impending. The latest telegrams relate how various Armenian have been " beaten to a jelly…

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Telegraphic. Special Cables. The War in Samoa. Submission of Mataafa. London, Aug. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 326

Advices received from Samoa to the 19th July state that fighting had taken place between King Malietoa and Mataafa. The foreign men-of-war at Apia intervened…

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The War in Samoa. the Battle Near Apia. Horrible Cruelty and Butchery. Gallant End of Mataafa's Nephew

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 9

AUCKLAND, Friday.--The correspondent of The Sydney Daily Telegraph at Samoa writes that on the afternoon of July 8, while most of the Europeans were…

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Trouble in Armenia. a Rising War Cloud. an Unfortunate Country

Evening News · Monday 14 August 1893 · page 7

The Turks are torturing the Armenians, and a great European row is impending. The latest telegrams relate how various Armenians have been "beaten to a jelly…

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The Bombay Riots. Europeans Injured. Tramcars Attacked With Stones. The Troops Charge the Mob-- Fourteen Killed and One Hundred Wounded-- Streets Guarded by Armed, sailors-- How the Trouble Originated. LONDON, August 12

The Australian Star · Monday 14 August 1893 · page 5

The riot which occurred in Bombay, on account of, religious bitterness existing between the Mahommedans and the Hindoos, was of a most serious character. Many…

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The Religious Riots at Bombay. the Combatants Fired On. Hospitals Filled with Wounded. Twelve Hundred Arrests. the Queen Expresses Grief

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Further particulars have been received of the religious riots which occurred at Bombay on Friday and Saturday…

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Collision Off the Coast of Devonshire. a Steamer Rammed by a Man-of-war. London, Aug. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 5

A collision has taken place off Start Point, on the coast of Devonshire, between H.M.S. Forth, a second-class twin-screw cruiser, and the steamer Kirby (? Kirkby)…

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The Religious Riots. Rioters Charged and Shot. Fifty Killed and Many Wounded. Burial Parties Attacked-- Grief of the Queen --Over Twelve Hundred Arrests --Military Camped in the Streets, LONDON, August 14

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 4

Latest reports from Bombay state that the religious riots between the Hindoos and the Mohammedans have extended. The troops which wore called out to quell the…

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Fighting in Africa. Two Soldiers Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, Noon.--Later information with respect to the burning of Witu, in Zanzibar, by the British forces, is to the effect that the natives offered…

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Fighting in Africa. Two Soldiers Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, Noon.--Later information with respect to the burning of Witu, in Zanzibar, by the British forces, is to the effect that the natives offered…

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The Samoan War. Short and Decisive. Details of the Fighting. The Mode of Warfare --Preliminary Courtesies-- Beheading Enemies-- The Battle of Vaitele-- Advance on Made --Flight of Mataafa

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 3

By the American mail yesterday, details are to hand of the brief civil war in Samoa. The fighting was short and decisive, if not particularly bloodthirsty…

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Welcome Home to the Rupertswood Artillery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The R.M.S. Arcadia arrived this morning from London with a fair number of passengers, amongst whom were the members of the…

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The War in Samua

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 388

The steamer Upolu brings details of the fighting between the rival factions, and news of the surrender of Mataafa and his leading chiefs. The incidents which gave rise to the war are already known. On…

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Accidents to Men-of-War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 13

LONDON, August 11.—In reply to a question in the House of Commons, last night, Sir U. Kay-Shuttleworth, Secretary to the Admiralty, stated that there had been 30…

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Another Man-of-war in Collision

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 19

LONDON, August 14.— A collision occurred yester-day off Start Point, on the coast of Devonshire. during a thick fog, between H.M.S. Forth, a second-class twin-screw cruiser, and the steamer…

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The War in Samoa. a Brave Catholic Chief's Downfall. Gallant End of MATAAFA's NEPHEW

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 7

THE correspondent of the Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH at Samoa writes that on the afternoon of July 8, while most of the Earopeans were return-ing from the races, they were met by the first…

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Death of an Irish Soldier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 6

The writer of " Garrison Gossip" in the Dublin FREEMAN, July 8, writes:— Thare has just passed away an officer well known and respected in this country. I allude…

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Thee Civil War in Samoa. the Rival Forges Meet. Defeat of Mataafa by the Government Troops. Barbaric Incidents. Women Murdered. (From Our Correspondent.) (See portraits on page 28.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 11

The civil war in Samoa has at length come to a head, and the battle between the two forces has resulted in a defeat of Mataafa, and the triumph of Malietoa. Portraits of Mataafa and Malietoa…

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Desperate Labor Conflict. French and Italian Workmen. Terrible Fights in France. Italians Attacked by Frenchmen. Sixty Men Killed--150 Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--A desperate quarrel, involving the loss of many lives, has taken place between the Italian and French workmen at Aigues-Mortes, in the…

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The Franco-italian Riots. Renewed Conflicts. The Italians Badly Beaten. Fifty Killed and 150 Wounded-- Attack on the French' Embassy at Rome. LONDON, August 19

The Australian Star · Monday 21 August 1893 · page 5

Renewed fighting has taken place at Aignes-Mortes, near Marseilles, between French and Italian workmen. The Italians were badly beaten, and 100 of them sought…

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