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The wars & local soldiers, 1895

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A Side Issue Of the Chino-Japanese War. Tut Lee and His Fellow Warriors Avenge the Wrongs of China. the Paratongan Chows Make the Japs Take Water. a Short But Decisive Racial War. Heavy Japanese Losses and the Outcome of the Big War Reversed

Evening News · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 2

While in the East the Japanese have been victorious all along the line over their neighbors of the Flowery Land the dire distress of the children of the…

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Battle of Waterloo, No. 2. Adventures of Our Own War Correspondent. He Gathers Copy for the "Bird o' Freedom " at Great Personal Risk. Returns from the Wars with Much Spoil of Victory

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 4

INTELLIGENCE having reached this office on Thursday evening that war had again broken out with China, our special war correspondent was immediately…

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"War on a White Sheet."

Truth · Sunday 26 May 1895 · page 2

UNDER the above peculiar, but catchy, title, Mr. Frederic Villiers lectured to very large audiences at the Criterion Theatre last week. The ground covered by the…

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Our Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 May 1895 · page 4

IN connection with the Queen's Birthday review, it appears that the University grounds were not selected in order to favor a chosen few, as some people appear to…

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Victorian Brandy. Tender Accepted by the War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The War Office has accepted the tender of Messrs. Joshua Brothers, Victoria, for the supply of brandy…

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The Cuban War. a Leader Shot Dead. London, May 24

The Australian Star · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 6

The leader of the Cuban insurgents, Marti, has been shot dead by a guide. Marti was addressing some of his followers when he was assassinated…

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War of Railway Tariffs. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 5

The circular published to-day, indicating the determined attempt to be made by the New South Wales Railway Department to obtain as much of the Riverina trade as possible, has not caused the…

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Victorian Brandy. Tender Accepted by the War Office. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 6

Mr. Joshua, of Messrs. Joshua Bros., says that the tender accepted by the British War Office, for the supply of brandy for military purposes may mean about 1000…

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The Armenian Atrocities. Sermon by Dr. Parker. He Advocates War with Turkey. London, May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 5

At the City Temple, Holborn Viaduct, on Sunday, the Rev. Joseph Parker, D.D., the celebrated Congregatonal preacher, delivered a remarkable sermon upon the…

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News by the American Mail. the War in the East. an American Commander of a Chinese Warship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 6

Commander P. N. M'Giffin, who had command of the Chinese ironclad Chin-Yuen at the battle of Yalu, has arrived in New York from Liverpool. The commander received a number of wounds in the…

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Our Special Cables. the Armenian Atrocities. the Powers Asked to Appoint a High Commissioner. Dr. Parker, Urges a Holy War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The delegates from Armenia who are at present in Paris Making representations in regard to the recent atrocities by the Turks…

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Death of Mr. Gresham. Soldier, Jurist, Statesman

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 4

LONDON, May 28.—Cablegrams from the United States announce the death of Mr. W. Q. Gresham, Secretary of State (or Premier) in President…

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The Chitral War. the Enemy and the Star Shell Cried Aloud to Allah

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 May 1895 · page 2

A wounded Pathan, who was captured after the fight north of the Panjkora bridge, has given the British political officers a most vivid account of the enemy's action…

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The Japan-chinese War Opening Up Trade with Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. --The Japanese Ambassador in London states that the result of the war between Japan and China will be the opening up of a…

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The Railway Mates War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 11

The Victorian. Govern ment are now considering a scheme, submitted by their Railway Commissioners, for adjusting the railway difficulties in connection with the…

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Kambula. a Reminiscence of the Zulu War. General Wood's Victory

Evening News · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 10

N my last letter I said that the day after the disaster at Hlobani…

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The Chitral Campaign. Colonel Kelly's Great March. Irish Soldiers Injured

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 7

A Simla telegram, April 14, says:— Colonel Kelly, who is in command of the forces which are attempting to reach the Chitral from Gilgit, and who since the 25th ultimo has been prevented from…

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A Russian Soldier's Adventure

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 29

A party of Russian engineer officers ventured in the hostile territory of Bokhara with the hope of surveying a portion of it before they were discovered. But they…

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Italy. Socialist Outrage. an Ex-minister Wounded

Evening News · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 4

LONDON, June 4.—Count Ferrara, who was Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Giolitti Ministry last year, was attacked by a party of…

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English War Office Administration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 9

The Times of 25th April contains the first of a series of articles devoted to "War Office Administration," in which it is purposed to set forth the scandals and dangers inseparably connected with the existing…

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