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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1851

6 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

War Against Sermon Reporters

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 July 1851 · page 2

SOME of the Puseyite clergy and their subordinates, says the Plymouth Journal appear disposed to carry matters with a high hand. On Christmas Day a reporter from that…

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Explosion of a Ferry-boat—awful Loss of Life—thirty Killed and Wounded—attack by Indians, and Loss of Life. St. Louis, Wednesday, Feb. 26

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 July 1851 · page 3

On Sunday a ferry-boat here burst her larboard boiler, wrecking the fore part of her cabin. Mangled bodies,of dead horses were strewn around. Fifteen persons were BISHOP HUGHES.—A letter from Rome in the "New York Evangelist" says there is considerable talk of making Bishop Hughes (who is now in that city) a…

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The War in Kaffraria. Report of Military Operation From the General Orders of Sir Harry Smith

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 August 1851 · page 6

No warfare requires so much activity, long marches, individual as well as collective gallantry, a knowledge of country; and cheerfulness under fatigue,' as, that of…

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Cape of Good Hope.—the Kafir War

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1851 · page 7

The letters and papers received by the Victory's mail furnish us with accounts of the progress of the war to the commencement of September. A full summary we are compelled to postpone publishing…

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? Kafir War

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 December 1851 · page 2

Our previous summaries of events connected with the disastrous war extended to the commencement of September. From the journals jut received by us containing…

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Latest From India. Rum Urs of War

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 December 1851 · page 4

We have Calcutta papers to the beginning ,of October. They contain long extracts from Sydney journals respecting our gold, Battle most important matters is the probability of War, and the following a ticle from the Bengal Hurkara of September 20th furnish the reasons upon which…

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