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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 71
A tragic shooting affair has taken place. Dermis M'Namara, aged 35, a constable, lies in a critical condition, suffering from a wound caused by a bullet from the revolver of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In recognition of the valuable services Tendered to the mother country by the Colonial contingents sent to the war in Africa, the War Office has decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Matsushima, now in Sydney Harbour, had a hot experience in the China war. She looks peaceful enough now, but at one time she was battered and torn and bathed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was not "playing the game" for the New South Wales Government to take a technical point in e test case in which a member of "A" Battery claimed for extra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The popular Japanese liner Kasuga Maru is now at Circular Quay, berthed at the N.D.L. Wharf, having arrived, during Sunday from Yokohama, via ports. The familiar figure of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Gaulois" gives an account of an interesting historical discovery just made at Me[?] the old citadel of which is being demolished. when. in 1552, the Emperor Charles v. besieged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Complaints have been made in several quarters that a large number of officers and men who are entitled to two, three, and more clasps gained by them in the South African war have not yet received them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, June S.—The "Daily Mail" says that the "War Office is presenting to the headquarters of each colonial contingent which took part in. the war in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The "Daily Mail" says that the War Office is presenting to the headquarters of each colonial contingent which look part in the war in South Africa a flag on which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Regarding sale of infected blankets in South Africa the Secretary for War has explained in the House of Commons that an enormous stock of unwashed blankets which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the recent Spanish-American War (says the "Regiment") a trooper in the famous Roosevelt Roughriders, who had passed unscathed through the whole of the campaign (including the…
Continued on Trove, page 63 →Visit of Japanese War Vessels. (PHOTOS. BY J. GAZARD, ADELAIDE.)…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, explained in the House of Commons last night, in reference to the sale of 2[?]0,000 military blankets in South Africa and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Inclination of the politician to interfere in military matters must certainly be not the least of the difficulties with which the Commandant of the Forces of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has reached London of fiendish atrocities perpetrated by the Mullah in Somaliland on his British prisoners. Spies report that the members of the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, June 11, 3 p.m.—Spies report that the Mullah tortured a Boer prisoner and decapitated some wounded British officers who had been captured. The heads of the victims were then placed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The diplomatists in London do not expect there will be civil war in Servia as the result of the assassination of the King and Queen. King Alexander has been unpopular ever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the past six months the personnel of The Servian Cabinet has been changed several times. In October, M. Velimirovitch, leader of the Neutrals, formed a Cabinet, but a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Many infected war blankets have been found in a factory in London covering tobacco…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THIS IS A SKETCH OF THE APPLE-SHAPED FLOATING BATTERY DESIGNED BY ANSON PHELPS STOKES, A NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE, WHICH WAS FULLY DESCRIBED IN A RECENT ISSUE OF "THE WORLD'S NEWS."…
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