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The wars & local soldiers, 1897

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War Preparations in Russia. the Black Sea Fleet. Regiments Ready to Sail

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily News" slates that the Russian Black Sea fleet has been placed on a war footing at Sebastopol, and that two regiments are at Odessa in…

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Cretan Rebellion. Rumours of War. The Attitude of Greece. LONDON, February 10

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 3

The latest news regarding the situation in Crete is alarming. Several Greek warships have left for Canea, and there are rumours of war. A…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Rebellion in Crete. Mohammedans Pillaging Canea. the Greek Fleet Mobilising. Rumours of War. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 5

The latest reports from Crete state that the Mohammedans are in complete possession of Canea, the capital, and have seized 2000 rifles which were stored in the…

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News by Cable. The European Situation. The Revolt in Crete. Greece and Turkey. Rumors of War. Dispatch of the Greek Fleet to Canea. Turkish Reinforcements

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 6

LONDON, February 10.—The Greek warships hare left for Canea, Crete. There are rumors of war. Reports, from Constantinople state that…

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The War Cloud. Greece and Crete. A Note to the Powers. Departure of Warships from Athens--Excitement in Greece. LONDON, February 11

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

Six Greek torpedo boats sailed from Athens yesterday for Cretan waters, the object being to prevent the landing of Turkish reinforcements in Crete…

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The War Cloud. a Serious Outlook. Greece and Crete. Despatch of Warships-The Greek From Protests--But King George Insists. LONDON, February 10

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

With reference to the attitude of Greece respecting the rebellion in Crete, it is reported from Athens that M. Theodoros Delyannis, the Prime…

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United States War Department

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 367

The annual report of Mr. Lamont, Secretary of War, has just been issued at Washington. It shows that the United States Army consists of 25,426 officers and men, or 284 below the legal maximum…

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The War Cloud. Crete and Greece. LONDON, February 12

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 4

With reference to the despatch of Greek warships to Cretan waters, the Premier of Greece, M. Delyannis, has declared that it is impossible for the…

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Shadowed for Life. (Now First Published.) 'A' Soldier's Story. Chapter I. -- Only a Simple Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 3

This is the story of Jocelyn Lloyd, or Major Jocelyn Lloyd. May I not indeed call it his life tale? The story, too, of his love, and of all the trouble, the weariness, ay! and the lonesomeness…

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The War Cloud. Greece and Crete. A Warning From the Powers. The Future of Crete-Bombardment of Retime--A Blockade Probable. LONDON, February 11

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 6

Replying to the note sent by Greece to the Great Powers justifying the despatch of a fleet of warships to Cretan waters, the Powers have warned Greece…

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Cable Messages. The European Situation. the Egyptian Question. Important Ministerial Statement Turkey and the Powers. the Rebellion in Crete. Serious Fighting in Canea. Russian War Preparations. the Armenians in Turkey

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 13

LONDON, February 4.—The Embassies at Constantinople have completed a scheme embodying the chief proposals for reform in Turkey. The scheme will be submitted…

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A Tale of the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1897 · page 7

My twenty third birthday will always re main engraven on my memory. It was the the hottest day amoungst many hot ones I have experienced. I do not refer to the weather,…

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The War Cloud. The Powers and Crete. Arrival of Greek Warships. LONDON, February 13

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 3

The Porte has informed the Foreign Ambassadors that it will maintain a passive attitude respecting Crete pending the efforts of the Powers to restrain…

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The War Cloud. The Cretan Trouble. Christians Marching on Canea. Moslem Villages Burned--Action of the Ports. LONDON, February 12

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 6

News from Crete is to the effect that further desperate fighting has taken place between the Moslems and the Christians. A body of four thousand…

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Shadowed for Life. (Now First Published.) a Soldier's Story. Chapter II.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 3

He answered almost impatiently. "O," he cried, "what know I about love? I never felt the tender passion before. I know not that I feel it now. My life till recently--and I am almost…

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Latest Cables. the War Cloud. The Cretan Trouble. Three Hundred Moslems Killed. Christian Refugees--Rebels Attack Canea-Foreign Warships Asked to Interfere--The Attitude of Great Britain. LONDON, February 14

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 5

Latest advices from Canea state that fighting still continues in Crete between the Christians and the Moslems. At Sitia, near the eastern end of the…

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Bombardment of Canea. Consuls Seek Refuge on War .Vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Canea has been cannonaded, with sanguinary results, and the Governor of the capital, Georges Berovitch Pasha, has resigned from his position and…

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Soldiers for England. The Mounted Riflemen, In Camp at Moore Park. Departure on Wednesday Morning--Farade Through the City

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

The Australian horse with the Australian rifleman astride of him is to be an established fact at the military tournament in London this year. Any…

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Shadowed for Life. (Now First Published.) a Soldier's Story. Chapter III.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 3

Hardly, knowing why, I now opened one of my travelling boxes and took out a Bradshaw. A glance at the Index guided me to the page that gave the trains betwixt Battlecombe and E---…

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The War Cloud. The Cretan Trouble. A Serious Situation. Getting Beyond the Control of Diplomacy -- cities to be Occupied by Foreign Troops--The Attitude of Grceco--A Turkish Transport Fired Upon--Canea Cannonaded -- Russian Troops at Odessa-- Mr. Gladstone's Views. LONDON, February 15

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 3

The position of affairs in regard to the Cretan trouble is very serious, and in Vienna it is feared that the situation is getting beyond the control of…

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