War Office Experiment. in the Event of Mobilisation
LONDON, Friday. -- The War Office is experimentally boarding-out horses in Norfolk, with a view to providing a reserve of trained horses for cavalry in the event of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1909
1,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 60
Late Cable News. Received To-day. Stopping a Religious Procession. Serious Riots. Many Killed and Wounded. Fourteen Executed
LONDON, Friday Evening.—A riot occurred at the mining camp at Velaradena, in the State of Coahuila, Mexico owing to the Mayor suppressing a religious procession…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Through the Dardanelles. Russian War Vessel's Attempt. London, April 16
The Russian gun vessel Teretz, 1224 tons, of the Black Sea Fleet, has stilled from Sevastopol. It is announced that her destination is the Piracus, Greece, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter LYIII.—Continued
The French were the first to land; but such was the celerity with which the disembarkation was accomplished that in half-an-hour they had six thousand men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunday with the Soldiers
Easter dawn was ushered in by the reveille immediately followed by the Hallelujah chorus, played by the massed bands. Nothing could be more appropriate and it seemed a good augury for the work which Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes. "A power whose morning- drum beat, for [?] the sun. circles the earth." Daniel Webster
The first French destroyer to be fitted with turbine [?]nes-- the Chasseur-- has been launched at La Havre. [?] is of 485 tons displacement. The men of the 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Secret Agent's Intrigues. Amazing Plots Revealed. Stirring Up Rebellion Among Soldiers
Revelations which rival on a small scale those connected with Azeff, Bakai, and other characters in the Lopukhin drama will shortly form the subject of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sappers and Miners. Soldiers Who Play Many Parts. Mounted Men Without Horses. Sailors Without a Ship
Among the least conspicuous, but certainly one of the most important, units in a successful military organisation, is the Corps of Engineers. It is one that links together various…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →War in the Air The latest information about Airships
AN airship of the gas-bag type costs anything from £10,000 to £20,000. The French military type cost £12,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Disease. Human and Bovine Tuberculosis. Notification Needed
Material help in the campaign against tuberculosis is given by the report recently issued as a parliamentary paper, of the delegates of the British Government to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War in the Air (Continued From Page 13.) a Few Suggestions
Referring to these questions, Mr. H. W. Wilson says:—"As the gyroscope seems likely to supply some means of automatically maintaining the balance,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-armenian Outbreak. Massacre, Incendiarism, and Pillage. Soldiery Unable to Stop the Slaughter
An outbreak against Armenians is reported from Adana, a vilayet in Asia Minor. Sixty of these unfortunate people have been killed, and many bouses burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Religious Procession Stopped. Serious Riots Caused. Many Killed and Wounded
LONDON. Friday Afternoon.--A riot, occurred at the mining camp at Velardena, in the State of Coahulla, Mexico, owing to the Mayor suppressing a religious procession…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Another Armenian Massacre Hundreds Reported Killed, Two American Missionaries. Victims. British Consul Wounded
LONDON, Sunday.-An anti-Armenian outbreak occurred at Adana, Asia Minor. Sixty people were Killed, and many houses were burnt. The troops, being unable to stop the massacre,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riots in Asia Minor. British Vice-consul Wounded
Major Doughty-Wylie, British Vice-Consul at Adana, in the South East of Asia Minor, was wounded during the riots, in which it is rumoured several hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War on the Flying Fox
Taree Is [?] a systematic attack on the flying fox pest. Exactly what it proposes to do is not clear. but the message states that an amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Armenian Massacres. British Vice-consul Wounded. Hundreds Killed. Foreign Warships Under Orders
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Major Doughty Wylie, British Vice-Consul at Adana, where an anti-Armenian outbreak occurred, has been wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Minister's Appeal. Fourth Army Corps Reply
The Minister for War, General Edhem Pasha, applied for troops from Erzerum (Turkish Armenia), and Trebizond (Asia Minor). He received a reply that the 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turkish Revolt. Avoiding Civil War. the Capital Threatened. Sultan May Abdicate. Apparent Triumph of Liberal Policy
LONDON, Monday.--Upwards of 10,000 Salonika and other troops have arrived at Tehatliaja, near Constantinople. The troops informed a deputation that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sooner Be Shot Than Fight. Socialist's Notion of Soldiering
In the course of a debate in the Labor Congress on Monday on a motion submitted by the United Clerks' Union, affirming the necessity of compulsory military training for…
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