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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1854

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Domestic Intelligence. Soldiers' Widows and Orphans

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1854 · page 2

AT this time when the sympathies of the public are solicited for the relief of the wives and children of Soldiers and Sailors engaged in the war with Russia, we think we cannot better show…

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Notes of the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 4

THE ARMY-PRODUCING POWER OF ENGLAND.—Notwithstanding the repeated triumphs of the British arms, we have never had more than 60,000 British soldiers at one time on the…

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Tremendous Artillery From France for the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1854 · page 4

FOR THE WAR.— Eighty pieces of artillery, of large calibre and of tremendous power, have been embarked at Toulon and Marseilles. They are said to be intended for Sebastopol…

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Turkey—the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1854 · page 4

As far as regards anything decisive from Silistria there is not much news to communicate this post. The Russians still attack, the Turks still defend it, and we, the allies of Turkey, are…

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The War. Six Days later Intelligence!

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1854 · page 4

BY the arrival in Sydney of the steamship City of Sydney we have intelligence from England to the 10th of August, which was brought to that port last…

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European Intelligence. Notes of the War. Bombardment of Bomarsund

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1854 · page 3

A correspondent sends us the following account received from Stockholm, of the bombardment of Bomarsund:— "On the 21st of June, the Hecla, Captain…

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The Game at Soldiers That Wasn't Played

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1854 · page 4

SOME short time since, it was announced that the Government considered it advisable that a "Volunteer Yeomanry Troop," not exceeding fifty in number,…

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News From the War. Glorious Victory! Fall of Sebastopol. 18,000 Russians Killed and Wounded. 22,000 Prisoners. Fort Constantine Destroyed. 200 Guns Taken

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1854 · page 4

THIS morning, about 9 o'clock, the good citizens of Sydney were astonished by hearing the firing of guns, apparently from a vessel coming up the harbour;…

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Latest European News. the War. the British Expedition Landing on the Shores of the Crimea. the Crimea, September. 14

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1854 · page 4

I had barely time to announce the arrival of the allied armies on the soil of the Crimea in my letter dated Thursday, the 13th for the mail was despatched at a very short notice…

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Latest European News. the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1854 · page 4

RE-INVIGORATED by the sea breeze, by a change of scene, and by a determination to add fresh laurels to their brows, and gain new emblazonry for their colours, our beets and…

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