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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
39 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
On Tuesday the steamer Guthrie arrived at Cooktown from Hong Kong, bringing news from the latter place up to February 7th. The latest advices report that the attack upon Kelung and Tamsai by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RECENT cablegrams lead to the belief that Russia is bent on the long predicted attack on India. She has been annexing province after province, until finally established at Merv she is brought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LECTURE was delivered in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. S. E. Ash, B.A., on the "War in Egypt," and the "Eastern Question." The chair was occupied by Mr. A.L. M'Dougall, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further particulars have been received from Tonquin in reference to the raising of the siege of Thuyenguan in northern Tonquin, by the French forces under the command of General Briere de…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →India has 50,000 troops ready to march to the Afghan frontier to prevent Russian aggression. CALCUTTA, MARCH 23. The Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior, who has an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning Captain Bridge, of the man-ofwar Espeigle, received a telegram to prepare for sea immediately. The destination is a secret. During the day everything was got ready, and the Espeigle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French encountered a great body of Chinese at Langsou, and were defeated and have evacuated that position. General Negrier was wounded. In consequence of the defeat, M. Jules Ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received by the Government that the French [?]eet, under Admiral Courbet, attacked Ph[?]ng-ho[?], the largest island of the Pes[?]dores Group, in the channel of Fo[?]on, between the island…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ECHO says our own preparatins for battle are being pushed actively on. From every Australian capital comes the reports of councils of war, and most vigorous efforts to be ready…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a lecture delivered by the Bishop of Melbourne, he referred to the possibilites of war in the following terms:—"The dear old mother was now suffering from attacks on all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government have decided to supersede General Briere do Lisle; and General Boulanger, commander of the French forces at Tunis, has been appointed to the supreme command in Tonquin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received that the Russians under General Komaroff attached the Afghans on the 30th altime, about 100 miles from Herat. The Afghans were defeated with the loss of 500 killed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE war cloud hanging over Britain and Russia, which has threatened to burst any day during the last fortnight, it is no flight of the imagination to say, has been anxiously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The EVENING NEWS commenting upon the war telegrams received, says that "local authorities have within the last 24 hours, been put in possession of information which leads to the conviction THAT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DURING the visit of the Mayor and Aldermen of Sydney to the Austrian man-of-war Saida, on Wednesday, conversation with her Commander not unnaturally turned upon the somewhat "parlous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A deputation of the German residents of Melbourne waited upon the Mayor to-day, and offered to raise a corps of 500 men for defence purposes. It was intimated that over 200 had had a military…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OUR special correspondent in China writes under date March 29:—The announcement of thr blockade of Pakhoi created a great deal of consternation among the inhabitants of that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Excellency the Governor about ten days ago cabled to Lord Derby asking that one of the cruisers to be outployed in Australia should be sent to South Australia. At the same time his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Mahdi's military resources includes 15,500 Egyptian Regulars, who were originally taken prisoners or deserted to the Mahdi's camp. It is not known, even at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SPECIAL Reuter's message, concerning the inevitableness of war with Russia, was received in Sydney, on Tuesday morning. As important customers of Reuter's agency, messages of this kind are…
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