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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

2,281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 115

The Indian Soldiers of the Queen. What They Are and How Recruited. (Graphic, January 1.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

The Indian Army is recruited entirely from among the native races of India that are of naturally warlike disposition, leaving entirely out of account the weaker and tamer-spirited races…

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The Powers and China. British Preparations for War. Extensive Manufacture of Ammunition. Construction of Quick-firing Guns. Work Proceeding Day and Night

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--In view of the unsettled condition of affairs in the far East, it has been deemed expedient to make every preparation for war. The Woolwich…

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Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. the War on the Indian Frontier. the Attack on Fort Gulistan. Compliment to the Defender. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

General Sir George S. White, Commander-in-Chief in India, in the course of his despatches on the war on the NorthWest Frontier has paid a compliment to…

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The War Scare

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

A consultation took place yesterday between Me. Brunker and Major-General French on defence matters. It is explained that the interview was arranged solely pursuant to the reports as to activity in defence…

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Rumors of War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

The news of the warlike preparations at Woolwich has had the effect of stirring up the military authorities with regard to the present condition of the defences of this colony. While there is no…

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The War Scare

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

Our senior morning contemporary has started a full-sized war scare. It inquires in a leading article what the country and the Government are doing in the face of the threatening…

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British War Prepara­tions. Increase of the Army. 119 Guns and Six Battalions

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 13.-The "Standard" says that the Government programme for the increase of the Army provides for in­creasing the artillery by 119 guns, and the…

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The War on the Indian Frontier. the Time of Submission. London, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The Afridis have been allowed until February 25 to give in their submission to General Sir William Lockhart, Commander-in-chief of the forces on the…

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The War on the Indian Frontier. the Time of Submission. London, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 7

The Afridis have been allowed until February 25 to give in their submission to General Sir William Lockhart, Commander-in-Chief of the forces on the…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Terrible Disaster. a Man-of-war Blown Up in Havasnah Harbor. Great Loss of Life. Much Damage in the City

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 16, 10.55 a.m.-A territic eplosion occurred yesterday on board the United States armored cruiser Maine, lying in the harbor at Havannah…

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China and Japan. the War Indemnity

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 17.-The Japanese Ministers in London and Pekin advise that China should be allowed to postpone the payment of the war indemnity due to Japan…

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China and Japan. the War Indemnity. London, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5

The Japanese Ministers in London and Pekin advise that China should be allowed to postpone tho payment of the war indemnity due to Japan, with the…

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The Powers and China. the Japanese War Indemnity. Proposal to Defer Payment

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--M. Kato Takaaki, Japanese Minister in London, and M. Yano Fumio, the Minister in Pekin, both advise the Japanese Government to allow of the…

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The Greek War Loan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 13

In the House of Commons, Mr. A. J. Balfour stated that Great Britain, France, and Russia had agreed to guarantee the loan to be raised by Greece to pay off the war indemnity to Turkey and…

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

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

There was, besides this, a private note for Florrie, in which the bashful lover said he slept every night with a lock of maiden-hair under his pillow, and some indefinite…

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The Soldier's University. How Our Officers Are Trained. a Group at the Infantry School of Instruction. (See portraits on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 31

Our illustrations show the volunteer officers attending the last Infantry School of Instruction at Victoria Barracks, No. 15 country course, class "B," all of whom were passed by…

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News from Abroad. (By Cable From London.) The Far East. British War Preparations. Activity at Woolwich. Great Purchases of Coal. Foreign Squadrons Crippled

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 13

Work is being proceeded with day and night at Woolwich Arsenal. The output of cartridges has been increased to 2,000,000 weekly. The authorities are also hastening the construction of…

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The Frontier War

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1898 · page 8

MR. J. LAWSON WALTON, Liberal member for Leeds in the House of Commons, moved an amendment on the motion for adopting the Address in Reply condemning the Frontier…

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'Germany and Her War Scare

Truth · Sunday 20 February 1898 · page 3

SIR,—It is amusing at must times to read the alarming paragraph that appear from time to time in the columns of dear old 'Granny' and the other capitalistic run…

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Our Coal Supply in War Time

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1898 · page 6

In view of the disturbed state of International politics, and the new admitted facts that should war break out between England and any of the other Great Powers…

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