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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1881

5 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

An Excursion Into Spain Duking the Carlist War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1881 · page 3

THE wild camp and war life of 1870-71, so full of interest and excitement for every true soldier, was over, peace again restored, and European politics were once more tediously dull. The permanent, day after…

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An Excursion Into Spain During the Carlist War.—(continued)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 3

JUST at that time the relations between Germany and the Carlist head-quarters were nothing less than friendly. The troops of the Pretender had, without any pretext, captured at…

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The Horrors of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1881 · page 4

THE publication of Kingslake's "History of the Crimean War" has had the effect of reviving Dr. Russell's memory of the sufferings ondurcd by our army at the time. The recollection of the…

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Reminiscences of the Franco-German War. 1870-71. COMMUNICATED

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1881 · page 2

ON Christmas Eve, 1870, the depot squadron of the Xth Prussian Regiment of Dragoons, at that time quartered in one of the Rhenish garrisons, received an order to forward to its…

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Reminiscences of the France-German War 1870-71

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1881 · page 3

METZ was reached about noon, and the Etappen Commandant there informed Z., that his regiment was last heard of in the vicinity of Orleans, but whether and what marching orders it had…

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