A British Soldier's Heroism, i
Perhaps the bravest deed ever performed by a British soldier since the dark days of Delhi occurred in January, 1901. at Belfast, Transvaal, when the Boors…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1908
1,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 64
Papuan Outbreak. Cannibal Tribe Attack Settlers. Friendly War Canoes Give Protection. a Punitive Expedition. (From Our Special Representative in Papua.) Cooktown
A disturbance attended by circumstances of a dramatic character has taken place in that portion of the Gulf country which is not yet opened up. Two settlers, named respectively…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Informative and Controversial War Horses Scarce
GREAT uneasiness prevails in England, says an exchange, with regard to the supply of horses for our future wars. It is established beyond all doubt that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Generalship on the Playground. Sport and War Compared
In ancient times people thought that the chase was a similitude of war and the best training for it. Xenophon, who was not only a good general but also a good…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Latest Cable News Indian Frontier War. Tribesmen's Sangars Captured. British Casualties Sixty. Holy War Being Preached. London, Friday Afternoon
Reuter's correspondent at Simla reports that tho Afghan tribesmen threatening to cut tho communications, Brigadier-General Sir James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Col. Kenyon=slaney Dead a Good Soldier and Sportsman LONDON, Saturday, 6.35 a.m
The death is announced of the Right Hon. William Kenyon-Slaney, P.O. [The Right Hon. William Kenyon- Slaney was born in India on August 24, 1847, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holy War Preached Supplies From Afghanistan. London, April 24
A holy war is being preached over the whole area between the Kunar and Panjkora rivers to Jandol. April 25…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Frontier War, Two Days' Heavy Fighting. Enemies' Sangars Captured. Assistance From Afghans. London, April 24
Renter's correspondent at Simla reports that as the enemy were threatening to cut the British communications Major-General Willcocks attacked them with two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The First Clash. M0hmands and British. Native Positions Captured. the Afghans and the Mullahs. Preaching a Holy War
LONDON, Friday; Afternoon.--Reuter's correspondent at Simla reports that as the Mohmands were threatening to cut the communications of the British forces,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General Linievitch Dead. a Celebrated Russian Soldier
LONDON, Friday.--The death is announced of General Linievitch, a celebrated Russian soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Indian Frontier War. Wore Troops Going
LONDON, Monday Evening.—The Indian Government is sending additional cavalry and more European troops to the Mohmand country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Frontier War. Trapped in a Gorge. Mohmands' Heavy Losses. London, April 26
In the fighting on Friday in the Matta Abazai section of the Mohmand operations the 37th Native Infantry carried a sangar at the point of the bayonet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Winston Churchill War Correspondent and Politician. a Very Old Head on Young Shoulders. Some English Opinions of Him
What manner of man is Mr. Winston Churchill, the recently-appointed President of the Board of Trade in the Asquith Government, whose defeat for the North-West Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ashanti War of 1873
When the Ashanti expedition was decided upon in 1873, there had been no active service for the British Army for a good many years, and none of the younger generation of soldiers had…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →The Maitland Murder. Indian Frontier War
The inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of the girl Lilian Bridge, who was found murdered at Allandale on the evening of April 14, was held at West Maitland There is another frontier war proceeding in India, the Mohmands having broken out in rebellion. Brigadier-General Willcocks is in command of the British forces, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 51 →In the Event of War. China Advised to Get Ready
The refusal of the delegates to the Hague Conference to unanimously agree to a limit for international armament has given rise to some apprehension on the part of China. The Pekin…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Frontier War. Mohmands Disheartened. Afghans Returning Home. London, April 27
The Indian Government is sending additional cavalry and more European troops to the Mohmand country, on the northern frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Territorial Army. Enlistment a Failure. London, April 28
The "Daily Express" reports that enlistment in the territorial army is a failure. Instead of 75 per cent, of the volunteers and 90 per cent, of the Imperial yeoman[?]y…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimea. CHAPTER XXXVIII.—(Continued.)
Charles and Henri were as much at a loss to understand the affair as ever. Their friend explained by informing them that the principal source of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home to Rev. D. Leahy
A public reception was tendered at Koorawatha on the 9th inst. to the Rev. D. Leahy, P.P., of Koorawatha, on his return from a twelve-months' trip to Europe. The affair…
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