Increasing the Navy. Nineteen New War Vessels
LONDON, December 7.—It is reported that the Admiralty has given orders for the immediate construction of a first-class cruiser, four line-of-battle ships, and 14 vessels of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1893
628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 32
A Camel Killed. Five Others Wounded. Malicious Act at Bourke. BOURKE
Daring Wednesday night on Bourke Common one camel was maliciously killed and five others wounded by large cuts and stabs. There is no clue as to the perpetrators…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Matabele War. London, Dec. 2
Operations in Matabeleland against Lobengula'e force are retarded by heavy rains. DEC. 6…
Continued on Trove, page 1210 →The Matabele War. Our Ally, Khama
A correspondent of the Illustrated London News writes:-- The chief of the Bamangwato tribe, Khama, is a Christian, and the most enlightened and civilised of South African…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ireland for Ever. the Tug-of-war in Glasgow
Fully tea thousand persona gathered the Must End Exambition Buildings, Glasgow, to witness the final in the tug-of-war (Competition between [?] men of Glasgow and ten of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"What News Have You ?" an Incident in Mid-ocean After the American War
Early one morning the mate was startled by the cry from aloft, "Black smoke ahead, sir! A big steamer standing to the southward."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable Messages. The War in Morocco. More Fighting at Melilla. the Spaniards Making the Attack
LONDON, December 1.—Russia is reported to bo parleying with the Montenegrin Government for a site for a naval depot on the coast of Montenegro…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Paris Outrage. the Supposed Author. Wounded in the Hospital. LONDON, December 11
A man named Marechal, who has been arrested in connection with the dynamite outrage in the French Chamber of Deputies, is believed by the police to be the man who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Infernal Machine Outrage. Explosion in the French Chamber. Eighty Persons Wounded. the Committee Rooms a Hospital. Sixty Spectators Arrested
LONDON, Sunday.--Paris telegrams report that an extraordinarily bold outrage was committed in the Chamber of Depu[?] last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War. Lobengula Ill, and Anxious for Peace. London, Dec. 9
Latest advices from Capetown report that Lobengula is with his impis at the Bubi River. The King is ill, and is anxious to come…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riotous Soldiers. Welsh v. SCOTCH. Trouble at Aldershot. LONDON, December 11
A feud has broken out at Aldershot between the men of the 23rd Regiment (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) and a Highland regiment also stationed there. In one melee a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alarming Dynamite Outrage. Explosion of a Bomb in the French Chamber. Slugs Scattered in All Directions. Eighty Persons Wounded. Fifteen Deputies Injured. Intense Alarm in the Galleries. the Corridors Turned Into a Hospital. Several Suspects Arrested. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondents.) London, Dec. 10
News has just reached London to the effect that an alarming dynamite outrage has been perpetrated in the French Chamber of Deputies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Paris Outrage. the Supposed Author. Wounded in the Hospital. LONDON, December 11
A man named Marechal, who has been arrested in connection with the dynamite outrage in the French Chamber of Deputies, is believed by the police to be the man who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Riotous Soldiers. Welsh v. SCOTCH. Trouble at Aldersbot. LONDON, December 11
A feud has broken out at Aldershot between the men of the 23rd Regiment (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) and a Highland regiment also stationed there. In one melee a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldiers' Riot. Welsh and Scottish Fighting at Aldershot
LONDON, Monday.--A military riot has taken place at Aldershot barracks, as the outcome of a feud between the Welsh Fusiliers and a Highland regiment who are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Socialist Riot in Sicily. Eight Persons Killed and Fourteen Wounded. a Town Clerk and His Wife Beheaded
LONDON, Tuesday.--A serious socialist riot took place yesterday at Palermo, the capital of Sicily. The military had to be called out, and fired upon the mob, killing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riot in Sicily. Interference of the Military. The Mob Fired Upon. Eight Persons Killed and Fourteen Wounded -- A Man and a Woman Beheaded. LONDON, December 12
A socialist riot of a serious nature took place at Palermo, Sicily, yesterday, and the military had to be called out before the disturbance was quelled. The soldiers fired on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. Reported Capture of Lobengula. a Midnight Fight with the Matabeles
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A dispatch received from South Africa reports that Major P. W. Forbes, who pursued King Lobengula into the forest country,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War. Further Fighting. a Midnight Engagement. An Advance Party of British Repulsed --Capture of Lobengula. London, December 14
Despatches from South Africa give particulars of a further conflict between the British South Africa's Co.'s forces under Major Forbes, who went in pursuit of King…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. Mashonaland. the Matabele War
London, December 15.—Later news from Capetown reports that Captain Wilson's detachment of 40 men came upon Lobengula's waggon stuck in the mire. Captain…
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