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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The wars & local soldiers, 1893
628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 32
TELEGRAPHIC, Alarming Dynamite Outrage. Explosion of a Bomb in the French Chamber. Eighty Persons Wounded. 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 1268 →The Irish Tug-of-war Team. Entertained by the Munster Fusiliers
In connection with the Dublin tug-of-war team who recently carried everything before them in Scotland, the writer of Garrison Gossip" in the FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, Nov. 4, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War. Feaes for the Safety of Captain Wilson's Force. London, Dec. 15
Later news from Capetown reports that Captain Wilson's detachment of 40 men came upon Lobengula's waggon stuck in the mire. Captain Wilson challenged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Soldiers' Riot
LONDON, Dec. 12— A military riot has taken place at Aldershot Barracks, as the outcome of a feud between the Welsh Fusiliers and a Highland [?]egiment who are stationed there. The two factions…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Around the World. Notes by the Way. Moscow and Berlin. The Working Classes--The Churches and the Wealthy --The Frontier Towns and the Soldiers--The Sanitary Arrangements--The Education System Condemned -- American Machinery
"On arriving at Moscow," said Alderman Davis, continuing the account of his trip round the world to oar representative, "I engaged a guide and started out as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →News by Cable. Russian Nihilists. a Fight with the Police. Fifty Prisoners Taken. Fifteen of the Police Wounded
London, December 16.—A fierce fight has taken place in a suburb of Moscow between the police and a number of Nihilists, whom the police were endeavoring to arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Matabele War. Further Fighting Reported. London, Dec. l8
Reports from South Africa state that further fighting has taken place on the Shangani River, in Matabeleland, between the chartered company's forces and…
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London, December 19.—Russia is purchasing large quantities of munitions of war in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian War Preparations. Large Purchases of Cartridges
LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m.--Russia is reported to be making purchases of cartridges in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War. Further Fighting Reported. London, Dec. l8
Reports from South Africa state that further fighting has taken place on the Shangani River, in Matabeleland, between the chartered company's forces and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Peace of Europe. Russia Buying Large Quantities of War Material. Lonton, Dec. 10
Russia is purchasing large quantities of munitions of [?] in America…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Matabele War. Brave Death of an Officer. London, Dec. 19
It is reported that in the recent engagement between a detachment of the Chartered Company's forces and the Matabeles the horse of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Navy. Mr. Gladstone's Opinion. No Fear at Present. Superior to France and Russia--The Mediterranean in the Event of War--New Warships for France and Russia. LONDON, December 20
During the course of the debate on Lord George Hamilton's motion in the House of Commons regarding the British navy, Mr. Gladstone denied that there was at present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War. London, Dec. 22
Advices from South Africa state that word has reached Capetown to the effect that Major Forbes, in command of a detachment of the Chartered Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Russian Nihilists. a Fight with the Police. Fifty Prisoners Taken. Fifteen of the Police Wounded
LONDON, December 16.—A fierce fight has taken place in a suburb of Moscow between the police and a number of Nihilists, whom the police were endeavoring to arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The War in South Africa. Telegrams From Major Forbes
LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--Telegramshave been received from Major Forbes, who is in command of the British column in pursuit of Lobengula, stating that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War. Lobengula Repeatedly Defeated. London, December 22
Major Forbes, the officer commanding the British South Africa Co.'s force, which has gone in pursuit of King Lobongula, has wired to headquarters, stating that repeated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mashonaland. the Matabele War. Lobengula Again Defeated. His Flight on Horseback
London, December 22.—Major Forbes, in command of a detachment of the Chartered Company's forces, concerning whose safety some fears had been entertained, is all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African War. Defeat of Major Forbes. The Maxim Guns Abandoned. LONDON, December 23
Latest despatches from South Africa report that Lobengula's force was attacked by Major Forbes and his men, but the latter were repulsed, and crossed the…
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