Tall Soldiers or Short
A native Indian regiment, giving points as regards height, can be squeezed into half the space taken up by an ordinary British infantry corps, yet an idea seems to be…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
2,742 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 138
The Dreyfus Case Determined Duellists. One Seriously Wounded
LONDON, Friday " Night.--Another duel arising from a quarrel between members of the Dreyfusard and anti-Semitic factious has been fought near Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Affair at Ashfield. a Supposed Burglar Wounded
The now year was ushered in at Ashfield with a shooting sensation. About 12.15 on Sunday morning, Miss Master, who is staying at 25 Bland- street, the residence of Mr. E. H. Shepherd,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Ashfield Sensation. a Supposed Burglar Wounded. Three Shots Fired
A Sensational shooting affair occurred at Ashfield while the new year was yet but a few minutes old. Shortly after midnight on Sunday the inmates of Mr. E. H. Shepherd's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bismarck. Statesman and Warrior. As Viewed by Himself. the Autobiography of an Autocrat. Quarrels with the Empires Promoting a Racial War
Owing to the delay which occurred in the transmission from Albany of our London correspond dent's review of Bismarck's autobiography, we were only able to publish the first portion of it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Wonderful Torpedo Boat. So Destructive That War Will Be Impossible
The following additional details have been published (says the Washington correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle") of the now submarine torpedo boat which is to "make war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Soudan. the Battle of Omdurman. Killing the Wounded. "A Disgraceful Libel."
LONDON. January 5, 4.28 p.m.—Lord Kitchener has telegraphed from Khartoum that the allegations of Mr. Bennett, the correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette" in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Soudan. a War Correspondent's Charges. Lord Kitchener Indignant. LONDON, January 6, 4.28 p.m
Considerable sensation has been provoked by allegations made by Mr. Bennett, who was war correspondent in the Soudan for the "Westminster Gazette."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Land War
England's latest attempt at coercion (says the San Francisco MONITOR) has served to increase the spirit of Irish unity tenfold. Nationalist differences are forgotten in the noble struggle for life and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Between England and France
Has not yet been proclaimed, and let us hope never will be; but war has been proclaimed, between Fawley and the rest of the Parramatta grocers. Fawley's weapons are the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Race War in America
The following Hems are taken from the Chicago "Inter Ocean;" and throw a lurid light on the intense bitterness of the race hatred in the southern States:—…
Continued on Trove, page 50 →The Omdurman Battle. a Disgraceful Libel. Denounced by Lord Kitchener. Alleged Massacre of the Wounded
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Lord Kitchener of Khartoum has telegraphed to the London press, denying certain allegations of the "Westminster Gazette."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →England. Cardinal Vaughan and the Fear of War
During the extreme tension that existed between England and France over the Fashoda affair Cardinal Vaughan addressed the following circular letter to his clergy:—"Archbishop's House, October 28…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Probability of War. the Natives Gathering. Plenty of Ammunition
The Rev. Dr. Brown, general secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, is in receipt of news from Samoa, under date December 19. A correspondent writing from Apia says: -- "Matters…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Theatre Tug of War. the "Strong Mans" Challenge. an Excited Audience
There was a crowded, and, at times, excited, audience at the Opera House last evening, when an extra attraction was billed in the form of a tug-of-war (says Friday's Melbourne "Age"). The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tallest Soldier
"The tallest man in Ms army," who accompanied the German Emperor on his visit to the East, is a. Grenadier named Chiemke, who is nearly 6ft lOin in his stockings. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Queensland Horror. the Police Baffled. No Progress So Far. a Council of War Held New Plan of Campaign Adopted. Put Into Operation To-day. District Divided Into Sections. Interview WiTH Chief Commissioner Okeden
GATTON (Q.), Saturday morning.—Baffled though not beaten best describes the attitude of the Qaeensland police in relation to the Gatton horror. Days, verging now into weeks, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How War Messages Are Sent
Although much of the romance of war, as exemplified in the writing and sending of despatches, and orders to bodies of troops at a distance, has been knocked on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Prisoner of War for Thirty Years
A German named Richard Fischer has returned home after an absence of five years, for the greater part of which he served in the French Foreign Legion at Saida. He and another German…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Channel Islands. Eyed Hungrily by France. the Idea Utopian. and a Pretext for War
LONDON, Saturday.--The Parisian daily "Le Matin" makes the suggestion that the British Government, in return for the cession of the "French shore" of Newfoundland…
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