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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

2,281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 115

Original Novel. THE Daughters of Eye; A Tale of the Maori War Chapter Xvi.—(continued.)

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 3

'I have a notion that they [?]ean fellows who are soldiers and diggers at the same time.' 'Soldiers and diggers!' repeated Don…

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America and Spain. War Inevitable. Departure of an American Squadron. Under Sealed Ordees. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 9

An American flying squadron, consisting of the Brooklyn, Minneapolis, Massachusetts, Texas, and Columbia, has left Hampton Hoads, Virginia, under sealed…

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News by the Taiyuan. Rebellion in the Philippines. Rapine and Ruin. Russian Soldiers at Port Arthur. Movements of British Warships. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 9

The steamer Taiyuan, from Hongkong, paeaed south yesterday evening Hongkong papers to March 26 give details of the revolt in Manila The "Overland Mill " correspondent at…

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America and Spain. War Inevitable. the Opinion of Ambassadors. Heavy Insurances on Vessels. the Spanish Minister. Declines Social Courtesies Arrangements for Leaving Washington

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- Reports which have been received from Washington indicate that the foreign Ambassadors in the American capital consider war with Spain to be…

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Another War-worn Derelict

Truth · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 2

FOLLOWING on TRUTH'S article last week, describing a stranded and badly wrecked marine and his sad bufferings and pressing want, comet the tale of William Hodge, late…

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A Wiseacre and War

Truth · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 4

PITY the sorrows of a poor old daily ! The midwife of militaryism has achieved the delivery of a prophetic shortion. All wrong all round, led astray by the…

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Show America Declares War

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 6

AT this juncture the following from LESLLE'S WEEKLY, to hand by the American mail yesterday, is of special interest:-"In Great Britain and most other…

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Spain and America. the President's Message. The Cuban War Must End-War Beckoned a Certainty

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 8

THE Message from President M'Kinley with reference to the situation in Cuba and the Spanish reply, presented to Congress, strongly opposes any recognition of belligerency in…

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War in the Soudan. Brilliant British Victory after a Desperate Battle

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 8

STIRRING accounts have been received from the Soudan of a great battle between the joint British and Egyptian army under Major-General Sir H. H. Kitchener, and the Dervish…

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The Final War. a Story of the Great Betrayal Chapter Xxv. Another Agincourt (Continued)

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 5

THERE could now be no doubt concerning the nature and magnitude of the engagement. Along a front of seven miles a determined conflict was already in progress, and the mad…

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Spain and the States. Spanish Ambassador to Leave Washington. Queen Christina Declares for War. Indignation in Spain. London, April 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 7

SENOR BERNABE, the Spanish ambassador ab Washington, has been ordered to withdraw directly President M'Kinley receives the resolution of Congress authorising…

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Those Slouching Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 7

SIR,-I notice that my few matter-of-fact remarks in connection with the slouching habit and untidy appearance of some of our militia men and volunteers, in a recent issue,…

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The Last of the Encampment. Soldiers March Through the City. Yesterday's Great Parade. an Imposing Spectacle

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1898 · page 7

THE Easter Military Encampment, which in numbers and various other ways has surpassed previous ones, broke up yesterday morning. At an early hour the…

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War and Coal

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 4

Not remotely connected with the war about to be entered upon by the United States and Spain is that little trouble—it hasn's reached the dignity of an industrial war—between the…

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American War Feeling

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 6

The Legislature of Massachusetts has, after only half an hours discussion. voted 500,000dol ([?]100,000) for the State millitia…

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All for War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 4

Any hope which may have been entertained, even so lately as within the past few days, that war between the United States and Spain might be averted must now be…

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After the War

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 6

The United States Senate passed resolutions declaring that America will not exercise sovereignty or control over Cuba except for purposes of…

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War Preparations. American Naval Movements

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 6

Five American patrol ships, manned by naval reserves. are guarding the coast of Maryland. and the battleship Massachusetts and the cruiser Michigan the coast…

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The War Cloud. the American Senate Vote. President M'kinley's Quandary. Cuban Republic Recognised. Spanish Evacuation Demanded. Use of Force Insisted On. Hurried War Preparations

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--A prolonged session of the United States Semite has been in progress since yesterday afternoon, the resolutions brought forward by the Foreign…

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For the Rebel Cause. a Romance of the Chili War. Chapter.vii

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1898 · page 7

In spite of the arrival of the Blanco Dolores Cardenosa slept well throughout the night.The Intendente and Don Pedro had both declared that the Coagressional warship would…

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