Sirdar and Soldiers Critique and Hill Warfare Notes
This excerpt critiques the River War leadership with Winston Churchill noting the Sirdar’s harsh discipline and neglect of wounded, while discussing uphill fighting. It cites how hill positions affect aiming errors and casualty patterns, with examples from Majuba Glencoe Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain Santiago and Chickamauga.
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Glenest
Majuba
Glencoe
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Bantiago
San Juan
After the Fight Horrors of War Brought Home
An old campaigner laments civilians’ blindness to battle horrors. He recalls the shock after combat when the dead and dying are left and the cries of pain, with many seeking relief or death, making war’s terrors real only after the field is cleared.
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Coe
Carsell's Saturday Journal fragment on mercy and death
A literary fragment from Carsell's Saturday Journal laments a speaker who has only a half hour to live and pleads for humanity to speed his death, noting the inability to respond or act and labeling the scene profoundly sad.
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Pieese
Carsell
Saturday Journal
Malcolm News Recalls Wild Day of Buck Jumping and Mayhem
Our Malcolm correspondent reports a chaotic afternoon with a buck jumping horse exhibition by Mrs Lancaster’s mare Tommy. The creature disrupted Dover Castle mine, Brewer's Hotel, and local shops, yet no one was hurt. Talks of separation rise as Federation tensions flare and a well known tradesman disappears suddenly amid mounting local unrest.
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Marconm
Willie-Wiliia
Dover Castle
Andy Currie
Willy
Brewer's Hotel
Brower
Canning
Tomblad
Ory
Sykes
North Melbourne
Peter Hill
Stapleton
Richmond
Malcolm
Mra Ht
Lancasay
Tommy
Black Bog
Pokor
J. Vieren
Victoria
Shadea
Tommy Lawless
Simpson
Lloyd Brothers
Sports Meeting at Malline Highlights Local Wins
A lively Malline sports meet drew over 200 spectators with about £35 won in quizzes. Results included Hines winning the Maiden Plate and Sheffield Handicap, Crosbie taking the One Mile and a Half Bicycle Handicap, and notable finishes by Hewitt, Maley, and Crosbie in multiple events. Tug of War and an Aboriginal Race provided further excitement.
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Malline
M. Hines
Dow
Hewitt
Weisse
S. Freeman
R. Maley
J. Morrish
W. Smith
Wearns
Carlton
Paylor
Hancock
Art
Ts Wilson
Toleddin
Mexzirs Mine Promises World’s End Mining Guides
Ad copy touts Mexzirs Mine as source of reliable mining information and illustrations. Frivolous pricing claims offer content for a quarterly reading. Text mentions health reading and a bold promotional line, with garbled branding and authorial hints.
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Mexzirs
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Sirdar
Savaye
Derviek
Winston Spencer Churchill
Malcolm News
Warnigals
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