The Slaughter of a Soldier
Alexander Pollock, the Queenseliffe (V.) gunner, who shot the gunner, Thomas Briner, at the barracks, apparently in sheer wantonness, was placed on trial at…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
2,742 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 138
The Recent Fighting. Interview with the Wounded Funeral of the Victims
The first account of the recent fighting in Sa-moa, and the ambuscade into which a British and American force fell, was published in the "Evening News" of Wednesday last, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Samoa. Germany's Foreign Minister Speaks. War Would Be Criminal. the Work of the Commission. Rights of Germany Must Be Maintained
LONDON, Saturday.--Herr Von Bulow, Minister for Foreign Affairs in the German Cabinet, in the course of a temperate but firm speech in the Reichstag, upheld the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Suspended Colonel Interviewed. in a Peculiar Position. Statesman, Soldier, and Plain Man. a Prior Controversy
The suspended colonel (Colonel Neild) is still a genial gentlemanly man with a fierce moustache a jovial hall-follow-well-mot sort of man, notwithstanding his little difference with Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China and England Unruly Chinese Soldiers. Attack Upon British Troops. Brilliant Charge by the British. Many Chinese Slain. No British Casualties
LONDON, Monday.--The agitation which has been recurring from time to time in the Kowloon concession opposite Hongkong, and which has twice caused the Governor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tug-of-war Competition. Entries Coming in Freely
Mr. L. Foley has definitely decided to bring off his tug-of-war championship competition on Saturday. May 20, thus giving the various teams entered four weeks from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Samoan War. American Cruiser Despatched Hostilities to be Suspended. LONDON, April 18, 3.28 p.m
The United States cruiser Marblehead has been ordered to join the cruiser Newark in Samoan waters. Meanwhile the battleship Texas is held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ructions at Rookwood. Soldiers and Civilians in Conflict. "Laying Out" the Pushes
Things were very lively up at Rookwood last night, when some 40 or 50 Artillerymen proceeded to "lay out" the pushes, by way of revenging a serious reflection cast upon one of their number…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fighting at Samoa a Pitiful War
The Alameda brought to Sydney full accounts of the fighting at Samoa prior to the battle of Vailele, which we report above, and in which the seamen and friendlies were surprised and…
Continued on Trove, page 917 →A Free Fight at Rook Wood. Soldiers and Civilians
Though the camp at Rookwood is now at an end, as far as the course of practice is concerned, a number of Permanent Artillerymen are carrying out fatigue duty there—striking tents, removing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Suicide Death of Alfred the Inquiry
The coroner held a magisterial Inquiry yesterday at the Lloyd Hotel, George-street North, In connection with the death of Alfred Ernest Daunt, late sergeant in the Australian Horse, who shot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suicide of an Ex-soldier. Shot Through the Head
The suicide of Alfred Ernest Daunt, an ex-sergeant' of the First Australian Horse, which occurred on Thursday at 9 Richmond-Jerrace, Domain, formed the subject of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tug-of-war in Melbourne. Ireland Undertakes to Put Down Australia, England, Scotland, America and Denmark. a Win for the Green
THE promoters of the big Fair at the Melbourne Exhibition Building in aid of St. Vincent's Hospital showed business tact in making an International Tug-of-War one of the features. Fearing that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Philippine War
Brigadier-General Lawton says the present force in the Philippines is sufficient to make its way right through the islands, but that a force of 100,000 soldiers will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Affair of Vailele Fully Described by One of the Wounded
Immediately the unfortunates who were wounded in the recent battle in Samoa arrived at the Auckland Hospital, a representative of the local "Star" paid them a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →2Nd Edition This War in the Philippines. Straight Talk From Uncle Sam. Alleged German Interference. Admiral Dewey's Message. "Flags Are Cheap." "If You Want War You Can Have It."
Captain Cochrane, of the U.S. cruiser Raleigh, states that he was present when Admiral Diedirchs. of the German Navy, made a complaint to Admiral Dewey, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Soldier's Suicide
Alfred Ernest Daunt, single, 30, sergeant, instructor to the Australian Horse, shot himself at the office of the regiment, Domain, on Friday. He had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For St. George and England. a Word by an Irish Soldier. (To the Editor.)
Sir.— In the Peninsular War the honors belong, to the famous "Light Division," the 43rd and; 52nd Begiments. or Oxfordshire light Infantry called the "Flower of the British Army." No…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Philippine War. London, April 23
The American newspapors are despondent in tone concerning the Philippine war, and expross much division of opinion respecting the expediency of enforcing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Filipino War. News by the Menmuir
The E. and A. Company's steamer Menmuir, which arrived yesterday, brings some late news regarding the war. Under date Manila, March 16, a correspondent writes:--"Brigadier-General…
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