War Vessels Collide. Extensive Damage. London, April 11
The torpedo-boat destroyers Falcon and Colne collided in the English Channel. Both were extensively damaged, and took refuge at Dover…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1907
968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 49
Unprepared for War. Lord Roberts and the Million Men Standard
Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, addressing the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, maintained that the nation was as absolutely unprepared…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Soldier's Wife
Thy voleo is lheard thro' rolling drums, That beat to battle where he stands:…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes
"A power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth."--DANIEL WEBSTER. Rear-Admiral George Astley Callaghan, C.B., has been selected to command the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Lessons of War
Mr. R. B. Haldane, Minister for War, in a memorandum, explains the formation of a special contingent designed to meet the wastage in war, not the needs of mob[?]lisation…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Floating Coffins." Germany Dare Not Think of Naval War—obsolete Ships. Berlin. March 3
Germany dare not even think of fighting a naval war before the year 1920. This is the verdict which the great man naval expert, Count Raventlow, passes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Koepenicking Game. Soldier Victims of a Bogus Official's Raid. Paris, March 4
An ingenious thief has done a little quiet "Koepenicking" at the Chateau d'Eau Barracks here. He called at the barracks and explained…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Premier and Soldier
It is not generally known, remarks a Kalgoorlie paper, that the Premier of West Australia (Mr. Moore) is also an officer in the volunteers. In his capacity of major of the 18th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Cable News. Received This Morning. The Central American War. Flight of Bonilla
LONDON, Monday Evening.—President Bonilla, of Honduras, has taken refuge on the United States cruiser Chicago, after having surrendered the town of Amalpa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civil Servants and Soldiering
Our Melbourne correspondent wired last night: "Referring to the conclusions by the military representative of 'The Daily Telegraph' on the refusal of the postal authorities to allow some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Men-o'-war. for Japan and Germany
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Japanese battleship Aki, 19,000 tons, has been launched at Kure. Germany has voted the money for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Wounded Leg
MURRURUNDI, Thursday.--A son of Mr. O'Brien, butcher, while engaged dressing a sheep, inflicted a serious wound in one of his legs, necessitating surgical treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lodz Strike. Desperate Street Fighting. Many Killed and Wounded
LONDON, Thursday Evening.—During the past week 150 workmen, besides many soldiers and police, hare been killed and wounded at Lodz, Poland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mosquito War
M. Dassoncille, president of the Pathological Society of France, has published the result of experiments he made with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Floating Coffins." Germany Dare Not Think of Naval War
GERMANY dare not even think of fighting a naval war before the year 1920. This is the verdict which the German naval expert, Count…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Intruder and Thief. French Under-secretary for War Impersonated
M. Cheron is a name to conjure with in the French army. Since the active Under-Secretary of the Ministry of War distinguished himself by visiting the barracks late at night,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dogs of War. Trained to Carry Messages to Outposts
THE latest phase of Continental enterprise is the introduction of the "Hooligan Hunters"—highly-trained Belgian shepherd dogs—whose special…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldiers' Songs
There is a chance at last for those minstrels of native fire whose harps have hung neglected. They can take them down now and attune them to a martial strain. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes "A power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth." --Daniel Webster
In the Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich (Eng.) may be seen an eight-chambered matchlock revolver, dating from the time of Queen Elizabeth…
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