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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
823 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 42
An elderly man named Treadwell, employed as pumpman at the Austinmer railway station, died suddenly on Friday night about 10 p.m. Deceased was an old Crimean soldier, and had also seen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despatches from Bulawayo state that the Matabele rebels are extremely confident, and jeer at the whites as cowards. The majority of the pioneer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notwithstanding the report of the success of the attack by Sir Frederick Carrington the Matoppo Hills, it is now announced that the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Wednesday.--Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington has reported that the lack of men hampers the rapid and effectual crushing of the Matabele rebels. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →were other difficulties of a mare serious kind which newspaper men had to contend with. Attwell underbook his editorial functions at a time when the Gagging Acts were in full bloom,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported that a caravan, which was conveying provisions to the Italian prisoners in Abyssinia, has been attacked by the natives, who pillaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reuter's correspondent at Bulawayo, writing on 4th July, says:—A report last night states that Beal has arrived at Iron Mine Hill, also White, who is going on ahead to Charter. No signs of the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, August 6.—The bands of armed Greeks in Macedonia are increasing. A fight has taken place between the Greeks and a body of 300 Turkisk soldiers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--The bands of armed Greeks in Macedonia are increasing. A fight has taken place between the Greeks and a body of 300 Turkish soldiers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE recent campaign in Dahomey caused us to hear a good deal about the Amazons and their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The case of pensioner J. Corwey, Iate 31st Foot, detailed is our Tipperay Union repert (says the Tipperary NATIONALIST, June 24) challenges attention He was decerated for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Italian cruiser Etna has captured the Dutch steamer Doelwyk, the cargo of which included 40,000 rifles, intended for the Abyssinians, against whom the Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Italian cruiser Etna has seized the Dutch steamer Doelwyk, which was conveying 40,000 rifles to Abyssinia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australians concluded their match against Warwickshire at Birmingham on Tuesday, winning by an innings and 60 runs. The attendance was very large, the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →H.M.S. Orlando (Rear-Admiral Cyprian Bridge), Ringarooma, Wallaroo, Karrakatta and Katoomba, from island-intercolonial cruise, and last from Brisbane, are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonel Baden-Powell, staff-officer at Bulawayo, reports that the Matabele impis (regiments) are broken into detached bands. Many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who Is at present at Buluwayo, reports that the war with the Matabele rebels is virtually at an end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Describing the conduct of the Dervish wounded, the "Times" correspondent says a man would lie still, as if dead, until one of his foemen had passed by—an English officer in preference—when he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The continued spread of inflammatory matter in the chief centres having begun to show its natural results in riotous proceedings at, various places, the Government became alarmed, or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our purely defensive strength rests upon an assumed naval supremacy sufficient to sweep all enemies from the seas-to such an extent, at all events, as to ensure us against the possibility of being…
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