The French War Office. the French War Office. Nearly Collapses
"Luckily," writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Dally Telegraph," on 18th January, "the High, Council of War was not sitting on Monday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1906
1,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 55
The Boer War. Vindication of Opponents. Rev. Dr. Rentoul on the Peace League
At the farewell evening given the Rev. Dr. Rentoul in Melbourne on Saturday, Mr. John Murray, Victorian Minister for Lands, defended the principles of the Peace…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Great Heat in England. Soldiers Die on the March
LONDON, Friday, 2.30 p.m.—The weather was very hot in England yesterday, the thermometer registering 105 deg in the sun. A party of "the Buffs" (the East Kent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →105 in the Sun. an English "Scorcher." Soldiers Die From Excessive Heat. London, Friday, 2.30 p.m
Intense heat prevailed in different parts of England yesterday, the thermometer, registering 105 in the sun. Of a detachment of 170 Buffs that were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kaiser Declares He Is Prepared Should War Come. New York, February 26
A Berlin dispatch to the "Herald" says that the Kaiser yesterday upon the occasion of the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Needle Slave. Woman Sews for Less Than a Penny an Hour. War Office Work
The sensational story of Mrs. Thorogood, the Lambeth woman who told the local guardians that she "finished" Volunteers' trousers, supplied to the War Office by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat in England. Soldiers Die While Marching. London, Friday Morning
The heat was intense yesterday, registering 105 in the sun in London. A detachment of the Buffs Regiment, 170 strong, marching from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heat Wave in England. Soldiers Prostrated. LONDON, Friday. 2.30 p.m
Intense heat prevailed in different parts of England yesterday, the thermometer registering 105 in the sun. Of a detachment of 170 Buffs that were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Soldier's General" Death of Sir William Gatacre. His Unlucky Career
The news of the death of Major-General Sir William Gatacte. K.C.B., D.S.O., at the age of sixty-three, was recently announced by cable. It is a strange coincidence that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labor Party Declares War
The Labor Conference in Melbourne spent all Saturday morning discussing the proposals made by the Chamber of Manufactures for carrying on a joint protectionist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany's Little War. Morengo Again Escapes
LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—The rebel chief Morengo, returning from British territory to German South-West Africa by a rocky defile at the foot of a gorge, was attacked by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Case in Adelaide. Attempt to Coerce a Woman. a Youth Wounded. Adelaide
A sensational shooting affair occurred in Waymouth-street on Saturday, Shortly before midnight a shot rang out suddenly, and a woman's votes called "Police, police,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labor Declares War. Political Retribution. Victorian Labor Independence. Mr. Deakin's Unenviable Position
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The contemptuous rejection by the Victorian Political Labor Council of the pitiful, overtures for an alliance by the Manufacturers' Association brings to a decisive,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grave Evils. Sternest War a Necessity. Public Conscience Seared. President Roosevelt Suggests a New Tax
LONDON, Sunday. -- Opening a public building in Washington yesterday, President Roosevelt dwelt upon the necessity for declaring sternest war against the grave evils…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Heat in England. Two Soldiers Succumb
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The weather was very hot for the time of the year in England yesterday, the thermometer registering 105deg. in the sun…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany's Little War. Encounter with the Rebel Chief
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The rebel chief Morengo returning from British territory to German, South-West Africa by a rockey defile at the foot of a gorge, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Mimic War. Protecting the Water Supply. Attacked on Two Sides. Fine Work by Volunteers. Liverpool Camp
The whole of the infantry forces are to-day carrying out a scheme of tactical exercises, in which the defence of the Sydney water supply aqueduct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pony War
The Associated Clubs and Ascot clashed on Thursday last for the first time, and each side expressed itself agreeably surprised, both meetings being well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Famous War Horse. Equine Hero of the Colenso Battle
Among the battery horses sent to South Africa at the commencement of the war was one which is the only survivor of the terrible disaster that befel Colonel Long's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military Manoeuvres. Citizen Soldiers in Training. Their Work at Liverpool. State Governor in Camp. Wasted Travelling Vote Funds
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.--"Information has been received that an enemy of an estimated strength if 1000 infantry, is entrenched at Graham's--hill, to the south-west of Liverpool Camp…
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