The art of field firing, which of late years has become one of the principal elements in the training of soldiers, and to which the very greatest attention is given by the German, French, Russian, and Austrian ...
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Article : 1,119 wordsThe members of the Thistle Club and friends held their monthly musical reunion in the Protestant Hall on Friday night, Chief James Munro in the chair. Mr. Crawford sung "Queen of the Earth," and "True ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 17 Mar 1890, Page 5
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