Cable Messages. The War in the Soudan. the Fighting at Omdurman. 500 of the Bodyguard Killed
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 12
LONDON, April 21— It was reported yesterday that intelligence has been received from. Omdurman, the headquarters of the Khalifa, stating that the advance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Upper Nile. The British Expedition. Slatin Pasha's Record. The Last Soudan War -- The Khalifa's Defences-Some Interesting Facts -- The Soudanese Manufacture Their Own Ammunition
The Australian Star · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 7
There are few men, if any, who are calculated to help the British expeditionary force to the Upper Nile more than Slatin Pasha. He went to the Soudan in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →May Day. Riots in Vienna. Mob Charged by Cavalry. Fifty Rioters Wounded
Evening News · Monday 4 May 1896 · page 6
LONDON, May 3.-" May Day " passed off quietly in London and the chief cities of the Continent except Vienna. In the Austrian capital disorderly mobs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Soudan War. a Body of Dervishes Routed. London, May 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1896 · page 5
An engagement has taken place between some of the British forces and a body of dervishes near Akasheh, on the right bank of the Nile south of Wady…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →May Day. Riots in Vienna. Fifty Persons Wounded
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday Night—"May Day" passed off quietly in London and the chief cities of the Continent, with the exception of Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Treatment of the Wounded in Abyssinia
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1896 · page 6
Horrible stones of the mutilation of the Italian wounded are told by the survivors of the Adowa defeat who are arriving at Naples. The Daily News correspondent sends a note of some of there:—"A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Matabele War The Rising Almost Crushed. Report of Earl Grey. London, May 5
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1896 · page 6
Earl Grey, the Administrator of Rhodesia, has furnished a despatch on the progress of the rebellion. In this he reports that the rebellion was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Italy and Abyssinia. Evacuation of Adigrat. Removal of Wounded Italians
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--General Baldissera, the Italian commander in Abyssinia, is evacuating Adigrat. Three hundred wounded Italians have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Abyssinia War Evacuation of Adigrat. London, May 6
The Australian Star · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 7
The latest news from Abyssinia is to the effect that general Baldissera, the Commander- in- Chief of the Italian forces there, is carrying out the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Tug-of-War
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 20
An Indian paper relates a singular tug-of-war which a young fisherman of Dharampore had recently with a tiger. At midnight a man-eating tiger that had made himself a terror to a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Man-of-war Pay. The Monthly Muster
Evening News · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 4
MOST things relating to our chief arm of defence are of Interest at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Abyssinian War. Evacuation of Adigrat. London, May 7
The Australian Star · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 6
The Abyssinians have insisted that the Italians shall pay an indemnity before removing their arms and ammunition from Adigrat, which place is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Orange Free State. Purchase of War, Material. the Treaties with the Chartered Company
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 12
LONDON, April 30— The Volksraad (Parliament) of the Orange Free State has passed resolutions in favor of the purchase of large quantities of war material…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Chivalrous Soldier. Maori War Reminiscence
Sunday Times · Sunday 10 May 1896 · page 9
THE inquiry of some English friends as to how Lieutenant Norman, a volunteer officer, was killed in the Maori war of 1863, brought to light an interesting fact, thus related by the Auckland News :-" Lieutenant…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Abyssinia War Alteration of the Frontier London, May 10
The Australian Star · Monday 11 May 1896 · page 5
The Marquis di Rudini, the Italian Premier, has made an important statement in reference to the war in Abyssinia. He announced that it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forces Available for the War
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1896 · page 7
Our representative was further informed that as far as was known at Government Home the insurrection would be dealt with by the police and volunteer forces in the Chartered Company's territories…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War in the Soudan. Indian Troops for Suakim. the Defence of Kassala
Evening News · Tuesday 12 May 1896 · page 6
LONDON, May 10.-Two Indian infantry regiments have been ordered to Suakim, on the Red Sea.LONDON, May 11.-General Riccotti, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Matabele Outbreak. Who Conducts the War? the Dual Control Question. (Cape Times, March 31.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1896 · page 7
The question has been freely debated during the past few days as to whether, in the light of recent events, the operations against the insurgents would be conducted by the Imperial authorities or by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Edition Late Cables. The Transvaal. Preparing for War. Purchases Op Arms
Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1896 · page 5
LONDON, May 12.-M. C. Van Boeschoten, the Transvaal Under-Secretary of State, who i is now in Europe, is making large parchases on the Continent of arms and heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. America and Spain. The Sentences on Americans. War Feeling in America. Indemnity for American Losses Demanded
Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1896 · page 6
LONDON, May 12.-The Spanish authorities have postponed dealing with the sentences of death passed upon the crew of the Competitor until the bearing of the treaty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →