Submarines and War Tactics
The idea entertained at one time was that submarine boats would act only as a moral deterrent, because the existence of a submarine fleet "in being" would so interfere with…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1912
2,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 144
The Stress of War
Italy is already showing signs of the stress of the war, writhes a home paper, it is reported that commercial travellers find that nothing sells now except, of course,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From the Jaws of Death. Italian Soldier's Close Call Thrilling Incident of the War
Though the cable gives Australian readers a general idea of the progress of important events such as the war between Turkey and Italy, there are, of course, exciting details of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War-chest. Essential Point Overlooked
LONDON, Wednesday.--Difficulties threaten to rise in connection with the payment of strike-money to the weavers idled by the Lancashire cotton lock-out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Noiseless Aeroplane. War Office Machine. High Speeds
LONDON: Wednesday.--Trials have been made at Aldershot of a new noiseless biplane for military purposes. The speed attained was 60 miles per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War in Two Years. Unveiled Hostility Towards England
"One of the things which impresesd me most strongly during my travels in Europe was the unveiled hostility of several European countries towards England."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Back From "Thipoli Italiana" the Sad Realiths of War As Seen at Napless
Motor ears lent by wealthy [?] ladies are seen [?] the wounded soldiers to the [?]. The wounded men are carried on [?] from the transports…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →French in Morocco. 50,000 SOLDIERS
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.—The French troops in Morocco will shortly number 50,000. These forces will include 15,000 natives of Algeria, who have been selected by a limited…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mutinous Soldiers. Outbreak at Lanchow. Pekin
Seven hundred soldiers guarding the arsenal at Lanchow, in Kansu province, have mutinied. Their commanding officer, who has fled,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riotous Soldiers. Attack Their Officers. Ructions at British Military Camp. London
It has just leaked out that the curtailment of their New Year holidays was responsible for a riotous outbreak among the troops quartered at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Soldier's Holiday. Riot at Military Camp. One Private Shot. London
In connection with the riotous outbreak which occurred at a military camp at Along-moor, in Hampshire, last week, it has transpired that the soldiers held an investigation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Soldiers' Heroine. Memorial to Florence Nightingale. Ax Appropriate Location
LONDON, Wednesday.--The fund for the erection of a memorial to Miss Florence Nightingale, the nurse-heroine of the Crimean war, who died in August, 1910, has reached £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cemetery of 100,000 Soldiers
The curious might search through history in vain for a parallel to the great siege of port Arthur during the now almost forgotten Russo-Japanese war. This siege is brought forcefully…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War against Pests
The poppy is becoming a great weed pest in large areas of wheat country in Wimmera, Victoria. This season a number of crops were entirely ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A War on Cats
Kansas State having issued an edict to the effect that cats must be shaved or die. the "New York Press" prints the following:— Kansas has swatted the fly, muzzled the dog,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War in Tripoli. Italian Cruisers Active
CONSTANTINOPLE. Thursday Evening.—The Italian cruisers Picmonto and Paglia shelled the garrison and camp 10 miles north of Hodelduh, Yemen, Arabia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War in Tripoli. Another Italian Army Corps Preventing Gun-running
ROME, Thursday Evening.—The newspapers state that a new Italian Army Carpe is being got ready for Caronaies. CAIRO, Thursday.—Stringent procantions are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riot at Longmoor. Soldiers Come to Blows. Extraordinary Doings. London, Jan. [?]
The Press Association states [?]at Scottish infantry regiment at Longmoor camp, Petersfield, became enraged because a holiday was refused on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Welcome Home
Miss Alma Savage, late of the public school staff here, on her return home from her new appointment at Bulladellan school for the Christmas vacation,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In War Time. Mountain Homes for Soldiers. Where They May Recuperate. Sydney Citizen Patriotism
In Thursday's "Evening News" appeared an account of a conversation with the town clerk of Waterloo, referring to what were described as mysterious post cards received at irregular…
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