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

The wars & local soldiers, 1855

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British and Colonial Interests. the War Cry of Gaul & Albion

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 2

THE splendid ship Shalmar, from Liverpool, the 20th of July, is the bearer of the latest intelligence from Europe. Although the difficulties of the war…

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A Returned Australian Soldier Robbed of £99

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 2

At the Liverpool Police-court, on Saturday, two miserable-looking-women, who gave their names as Mary Smith and Catherine Butler, were charged with stealing £99…

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Murder by a Soldier of the Sligo Rifles

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 2

Considerable excitement has prevailed in Sligo in consequence of the discovery that a private of the Sligo Kifles, named W.Ferns, had inflicted frightful injuries on the head and…

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Incidents of the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1855 · page 1

Private letters from Bucharest of the 31st of May do not speak very encouragingly of the state of affairs there. They describe the pressure exercised by…

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The War Policy

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1855 · page 2

THE question of the policy of the present war into which Great Britain has been plunged, side by side with France, is a very serious and difficult one, a…

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Compliments of War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1855 · page 4

During the funeral of Lord Raglan not a Russian gun was fired. In return, so soon as the church bells began tolling, announcing the interment of…

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Progress of the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1855 · page 2

In our last week's issue we set before our readers, as fully as possible, the precise position of the belligerent armies and navies in the Crimea and the Baltic…

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British Extracts. Prospects of the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1855 · page 1

Two victories, one by land and one by sea, gladden the hearts and glorify the arms of the allies within the current week. England is awaiting, at the…

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British Extracts. the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1855 · page 1

THE battle of the Tchernaya, like several other events of the war, turns out more considerable than appeared on the first brief announcement. The attack was…

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Abandoment of Sebastopol. War Department, Sept. 10

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 December 1855 · page 1

Lord Panmure has received the following telegraphic despatch, from General Simpson, under date Crimea, Sept. 9:—…

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Fifteen Thousand Killed and Wounded

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1855 · page 2

THE total loss of the allies is said to be no less than 15,000 killed and wounded. It is scarcely possible to hear so terrible an announcement without asking, as if one had never asked…

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Glorious Issue of the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1855 · page 2

WE had prepared a leading article upon the war news, brought by the French ship Gertrude from Calcutta; but we have cast it aside, for, since penning…

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British Extracts. Increasing Complications of the War: New Heirs to the "Sick Man."

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 1

THOUGH the foregoing week has added little to the history of the past, it has been prolific in materials for future history, and for immediate and startling contemplation. The idea which…

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Prospects of the War

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1855 · page 1

LET the fall of Sebastopol be celebrated with all honours befitting so great an event, with boasting, bell-ringing, and bonfires, and more suitably, with worship and thanksgiving, and…

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