Count's War Upon Cats
An unusual spectacle was recently witnessed in a Darmstadt court (states the Berlin correspondent of a London journal) when the dressed and prepared skins of about 50 cats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1912
2,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 144
War Abroad. Derna's Water Supply
ROME, Saturday.--General Delbruno, with four and a half battalions and six guns, spread along the Derna River, enabled his engineers to repair an aqueduct supplying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japan's War Debt. Tokio
The war debt is proving a heavy burden for the people. It has increased five-fold within the last ten years, and now amounts to £5 odd per head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aviation. War Office Considering Inventions
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The War office in considering Mr Arthur Wigrsm's aerial terpedo, and also the invention of an Indian engineer for preserving the equilibrium of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anglo-german War Risks. Inquiries at Lloyd's. London
Many Inquiries are being made at Lloyd's for rates to cover the risk of war between Britain and Germany. A few of the leading underwriters are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War in Tripoli. Turkish Cabinet Resigns. More Fighting
ROME, Sunday.—General Del Bruno, with [?] battalions and six gung along the Derna River, enable the engineers to repair an acqueduct, and drove off a large force of Turks and Arabs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fighters for the Flag. Old Soldier's Story. Imperial Veteran's Reunion
"Blew sixteen o' them from the gun-muzzles one morning!" The veteran leaned back with a triumphant chuckle at his interlocutor's face, and a flash of the old fire gleamed for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Against Pests
Rabbits are greatly on the increase in the Bowral district. N.S.W. A drive at Glenquarry on Tuesday resulted in about 600 being destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Office Tests. Australian and Indian Inventions
LONDON, Sunday Evening.--The aerial torpedo invented by Mr. Arthur Wigan, of Australia, is being tested by the War Office, which is considering the question of its adoption for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peace or War? Possibilities of 1912. Remarks by Bishop Long. Bathurst
Midnight services were held in several of the churches on Sunday evening. Bishop Long, at St. Barnabas' Church, South Bathurst, referred to the avoidance of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Nearness of War. Germany and the Railway Strike. Striking England From Within
A letter received by a Sydney citizen from Mr. Rowland Hunt, M.P., shows how perilously near war England and Germany were in the middle of August…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italo-turkish War
After a rest the Arabs returned to the charge with their Turkish leaders, and attacked the Italian entrenchments at Benghazi, and were repulsed, leaving 500 dead behind…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Russo-persian War
The Russian authorities have denied charges of inhumanity levelled at their soldiery, and complained of Persian treachery. History repeats itself in war. Probably there has never…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Italo-turkish War. to the Editor
Sir,--In to-day's issue of your paper I see two references made to Italy and Tripoli. In your leader, the opinion of Professor Gregory, who held the Chair of Geology at the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Hero. a South African War Story
It was on the northern bank of the Macleay River. The timber-splitters were sprawling round a log fire outside the tent, and Morgan, the returned swaddy. was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's Nerves. Thinks England Is Preparing for War
BERLIN, Monday Evening.--New year articles in the various newspapers for the most part assume that England is hostile to Germany. Many of them go as far as to declare that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beginning of Obstinate War. Eminent German's Opinion. Berlin, Jan. 2
Writing to the "Neue Freie Presse," Field-marshal Von der Goltz expresses the opinion that the Turks are gaining an inestimable advantage since the war has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Death From the Sky. How the Aeroplane is Used in Tripoli, and What Bomb-Dropping Means. the Most Awful of War Terrors. The Next Great War
While enthusiasts are her[?]iding the advent of universal peace, the silent, non-sentimental sentinals of warfare are eagerly acquiring every device and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War in Tripoli. Turks Attack Italians. Wireless and Aviation. German Methods Emulated
TRIPOLI, Tuesday.—Unfavorable weather prevents recon[?]a[?]nces by aeroplane and the prevailing rough seas are unfavorable to the further landing of Italian troops. Forty…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fall of a French Hero. Young Soldier with a Splendid Record Betrays his Country to Germany. Led Astray by Socialistic Teachings. Degraded before Comrades
"In the name of the French people, Deschamps, Maurice Gaston, for treason and theft for conduct unworthy of a Frenchman and a soldier, you are sentenced to twenty years' hard…
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