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

The wars & local soldiers, 1870

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List of Passengers and Chew Killed and Wounded

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 February 1870 · page 4

Dead—D. Blacket, captain; J. Crist, lieutenant; J. b. passenger; Tropa, Tiars, Pota, Ava, and Avai, sailors. Wounded—Victor Wablier, steward,…

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ZEBULON B. Vance, Soldier, Politician, and Stump Orator. (From the Glasgow Weekly Herald.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 4

IN the busy little city of Charlotte, in the heart of North Carolina, I met Zebulon B. Vance, one of the most famous stump orators of that State. Vance, who is now a…

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The Two Flags.—an Incident of the War in Cuba

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 2

PRONE from the black-browed Moro—the castle-crested orag—Drooped in the drowsy noontide the red-and-yellow flag. And in the seething city the sun with fiery glare…

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The War

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 August 1870 · page 7

The French Legislature assembled at one o'clock on July 15, when a communication was simultaneously made by the Government to the Senate and the Corps Legislatif explaining the situation of affairs,…

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Arrival of the English Mail. News by Telegraph. Local and General. [By Electric Telegraph.] News to the Sixth of August. War Declared Between France and Prussia. Great Panto on the Stock Exchange. Fall in the Price of Wool. Sydney, Monday 1 p.m. MURRUMBURRAH

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 August 1870 · page 2

THE news flashed throughout the length and breadth of Australia on the arrival of the Rangatira at Glenelg last Sunday is of the most solemn and important nature. Europe THE s.s. Geelong arrived in King George's Sound last Thursday, having left the Point de Galle on the 9th inst. The branch s.s. Raugatira with the South Australian mails on board It is thought likely when the Legislative Assembly meets next Thursday that Mr. Samuel (the Treasurer) will announce his resignation. The other members of the Ministry are said to AUGUST 27.--The road steamer, said to be in successful use in the old country, and of which some notices have recently appeared in your journal, is certainly a thing to be desired for this…

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Latest European News. War Between France and Prussia

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 4

THE following was issued as an extraordinary from this office at mid-day on Monday:— [PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH]…

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The War Rumours

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 4

The following telegram is from the Melbourne correspondent of the S. M. Herald:—There are no later telegrams than the 6th August, which have been already published; but…

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The War. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 3

AT the opening of the German Parliament, on the 20th July, the King declared that Germany was quite unconcerned in the, candidature of Prince Hohenzollern for the…

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Theatre of the War

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 September 1870 · page 4

No doubt a few words about the principal places mentioned in the war telegram, as well as some explanation to reconcile seeming discrepancies in the war news, will not prove…

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Theatre of the War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 September 1870 · page 4

THE item of telegraphic news that predominates in interest over all others is that which apprises us of the commencement of hostilities between France and Germany. Of…

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The Declaration of War

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 September 1870 · page 4

THE greatest national crime that we have had the pain of recording in these columns since the days of the first French Empire has been consummated. War is declared-- an unjust, but…

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The War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 2

IT cannot be supposed that the people of England have remained unmoved spectators of the tremendous struggle that was commencing on the other side of the English…

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The Declaration of War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 7

THE greatest national crime that we have had the pain of recording in these columns since the days of the first French empire has been consummated. War is declared…

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Saarbbruck and the Seat of War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 7

WE are indebted to the same pen which so well and vigorously described the Prusso-Austrian campaign of 1866 specially from a professional point of view, for the…

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The War Echo

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 September 1870 · page 2

Australia's sleep is breaking by the mattering from after, O'er the distant sea is rising the war-Bond's gloomy star;…

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Latest From the Navigator's Island. Frightful War of Extermination

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 September 1870 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT lately arrived in Sydney from the Navigator's Group, where he resided for same time, and had an opportunity of becoming fully acquainted with the…

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European News Via San Francisco. the War Between France and Prussia. the Prussians Everywhere Victorious. Paris in a State of Siege. Great Battle at Woerth. the Prince Imperial Sent to London. the French Crown Jewels Sent to London. Deposition of Napoleon Demanded. the Battle of Saarbrucken

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 September 1870 · page 2

Metz, August 2.--The French troops passed the frontier at eleven o'clock. They instantly encountered the Prussians strongly posted on the heights commanding Saarbruckon, which…

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Remarks on the War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 3

WE do not think that patriotic statesman in the Corps Legislatif who intend to move that a committee should be appointed to represent that body in the war, which we…

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Later From the Seat of War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 3

The Prussians, as they advance, discover the losses of the French in front of the battle are frightful, exceeding even the most extravagant estimates…

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Arrival of the English Mail. (via California.) the War. “Argus” Office, Tuesday, 4 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 2

Paris is in a state of siege: there are many riots. It is reported that Louis Napoleon is ill : and that his deposition is demanded. The Prince Imperial has been…

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