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The wars & local soldiers, 1896

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Special Edition. Late Cables. The Transvaal. Soldiers Imported. "Made in Germany." Fresh Trouble Expected

Evening News · Wednesday 15 April 1896 · page 5

LONDON, April 14.—Private letters received from the Rand state that 500 German soldiers have been "imported" into the Transvaal…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Affairs the Transvaal. Introduction of German Soldiers. Trouble Anticipated. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1896 · page 5

Private letters which have been received from the Rand are of a very disquieting nature. They state that no fewer than 500…

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Transvaal Troubles. Further Disturbances Expected. German Soldiers Imported. London, April 14

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 April 1896 · page 6

News from the Transvaal continues to be of a most disquieting character, and there are grave fears of farther troubles at an early date. The…

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The Transvaal. Importation of German Soldiers. Further Trouble Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Private letters received from the Rand state that 500 German soldiers have been "imported" into the Transvaal…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the War in the Soudan. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 5

Later news from the Upper Nilo states that the friendly Arabs are rapidly acquiring discipline under British organisation, and that they have taken entire…

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Return of Mr. J. H. Want. an Interview on His Trip. an Attack of Malarial Fever. the Japanese After the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Amongst the passengers by the R.M.S. Oroya is the Attorney-General of New South Wales, who is returning from a trip which he took to…

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Reuter's War News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 17
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

At the County of London Sheriff's Court, on March 6, before Mr. Under-sheriff Burchell and a jury, the adjourned case of Router's Telegram Company, Limited, v. the New York "Sun"…

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Cable Messages. Matabeleland. the Native Rising. Defeat of the Rebels. 250 Killed and Wounded

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 12

LONDON, April 7— Four machine guns have been sent from H.M.S. St. George, the flagship on the Cape of Good Hope and West African Station, to Buluwayo…

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The Abyssinian War. The Peace Negotiations. London, April 16

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 11

Matters in connection with the Abyssinian war are at present quiet. General Baldissera, the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forces in…

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The War in the Soudan. Fighting Near Suakim. Defeats of the Dervishes

Evening News · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 4

LONDON, April 17.—A force of friendly natives in the neighborhood of Tokar, about seventy miles from Suakim, has had an engagement with some of Osman Digna's…

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Telegraphic. Special Cables. The Soudan War. The Dervishes Mobilising. LONDON, April 7

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 806

"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…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Soudan War. Friendly Tribes Patrolling the Nile. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 9

News has been received from Wady Halfa, in the vicinity of the Second Cataract on the River Nile, to the effect that five tribes who are friendly to the British are…

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The Catholic Soldiers' Institute. General Lord Roberts Contributes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 6

An important and interesting meeting was held at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, on March 4, for a most deserving object, viE., the establishment of a Catholic Soldiers' Institute at the Curragh Camp…

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Brave Soldier Gone

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 5

Says " Garrison Gossip" in the Dublin Freeman, March 7 :- Heroes are allowed to pass away comparatively unnoticed nowadays. Such a one went over to the…

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The Soudan War. Defeats of Dervishes near Suakim. LONDON, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 19 April 1896 · page 5

A force of friendly natives in the neighborhood of Tokar, about 10 miles from Suakim, has had an engagement with some of Osman Digna's troops, whom it…

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There Shall Be No More War

The Australian Star · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 4

So at least certain wise men amongst us most confidently assert. Commerce shall kill out all possibility of war. Gaul and Teuton may…

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The Transvaal Arming. Importations of War Material. War Considered Imminent. the Outlook Regarded As Grave. Bitter Tone of the German Press

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The special correspondent of "The Times" in the Transvaal states that large numbers of cannon, Maxim guns, and rifles of…

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The Soudan War. Retreat of Osman Digna's Forces. London, April l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 5

Osman Digna's troops, who were recently defeated by friendly natives in the Tokar district, are retiring to Adarrmn…

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Seafaring. Law-threats of War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Port Melbourne magistrates to-day heard a claim by a seaman belonging to the Nicaraguan barque Dominion for a balance of wages…

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