A Successful Soldier
SIR Garnet Wolsely was once in hospitable Ireland, where it is needless to say he had a good time of it. In returning thanks for the toast of his health he remarked that he was proud to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1880
3 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Playing Soldiers in Geeat Britain
By general observant consent of the British public, the review at Portsmouth the other day was a very brilliant display of officers, and a shockingly poor one of men. One regiment turned out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Incident of the Afghan War
THE following incident took place in one of the late engagements near Cabul, known as "Colonel Rowcroft's action of Syndnhad," Syndabad being about half-way between Cabul and Ghuznee, where a strong…
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