Germany's War Fund
A vast hoard of gold lies in the German Government's treasure vaults at Spandan. There is £6,000,000 of money in ten and twenty-mark pieces, put up in purses of 10,000 marks, each dozen purses…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1896
823 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 42
Tee Cost of Modern War
There are two sides to every question, and the man or the nation that resolutely faces one and ignores the other is apt (says the St. James's Gazette) to be very disagreeably disillusioned. For the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cross-bolts. War in the Transvaal
is more than likely. In view of thin fact another account of Jameson's fight, which comes by this week's mail, is worth considering. It reads like the truth, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death of General Merrill. a Veteran of the War
"General Lewis Merrill died at Philadelphia on 27th February. He was born in New Berlin, Pa., 28th October, 1831. He was educated at the Lewisburg. Pa., University, and graduated from the United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in the Soudan. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It is painful to hear that a brave but fanatical and misguided semi-civilised people are rushing on again to certain defeat and tremendous losses, by an encounter with a scientific foe armed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America and Great Britain, a Fratricidal War Averted. Peace with Honor
The possibility of war about the boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana naturally caused a furore. The President of the United States sent a dispatch to the English Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →French and German Soldiers
It is said that the Socialist element in the German Army is a thing which greatly concerns the authorities, who know how deep-seated the evil is, but the French are by no means without their troubles of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British Soldiers. the English. Irish, and Scotch Regiment Names, Nick-names, and Mottoes
In connection with the formation of the Irish Regiment in Sydney, the following from a London paper, February 22, should be interesting:-The first Regiment of Horse Guards is said to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Black Sea. The Russian Position. Arrangements with Bulgaria. In the Event of War--Varna and Burgas to be Ceded -- The Army to be Mobilised at Shumla. London, April 3
The Novoe Vremya states that the Russian Government has abandoned the idea of crossing the Balkans as a means of reaching the Bosphorus, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Prospects
THE despatch of 5000 troops for Capetown would appear, at the first blush, to suggest that there is something in the cable story of last week as to the possibility of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Shooting Accident. Father and Son Wounded. MELBOURNE
A serious shooting accident has been reported from Lilydale. An old resident of that town named M'Ghee, with two others, father and son, named Parr, went shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia and Bulgaria. Reported Agreement in the Event of War. London, April 8
The newspapers of Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, publish remarkable statements regarding an agreement roported to have been entered into between Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in the Soudan. the Dervishes Concentrating Their Forces. Ten Thousand in the Vicinity of Dongola. Osman Digna in Command at Harasat. London, April 6
There are 4000 dervishes at Suarda, a few miles to the north of the third cataraet on the Nile, and 10,000 are concentrated in the vicinity of Dongola and Abu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soudan War. Dervishes in Strong Force. Preparations for an Attack. the Egyptian Troops Strongly Entrenched. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 6
The dervishes, who recently out the telegraph wires, are reported to have assembled in large force on the road from Assouan to Berber, and are preparing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soudan War. the Dervishes Mobilising. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 7
Reports received from Cairo state that the Khalifa has abandoned the attack on Kassala, and is about to mobilise the Dervishes at Berber and Murad Wells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matabele War Attack on a Laager. London, April 8
In the attack upon the laager occupied by Lieutenant Gifford's force the Matabele lost 100 killed. Gifford's force lost two killed, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Soudan War. a War Tax Levied by the Khalifa. Mobilising of Dervishes. Offer of a Canadian Regiment. London, April 8
The Khalifa has suspended the pilgrimage to Mecca nnd is levying a war tax on the natives inhabiting that portion of the Soudan within the Khalifa's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Special Cables. the Soudan Offer of Canadian Militia. War Preparations by the Khalifa. Mobilisation of 50,000 Troops
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Canadian Government have cabled to Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, offering a regiment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Renter's War News
At the County of London Sheriff's Court, on Friday, before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a jury, the adjourned case of Reuter's Telegram Company, Limited, v. the New York "Sun"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reuter's War News
At the County of London Sheriff's Court recently, before Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell and a jury, the adjourned case of Reuter's Telegram Company, Limited, v. an American Printing and Publishing…
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