The Ludicrous and the Horrible of the War
THE correspondent of the Times, in a letter describing one of the recent sorties from Paris, says:—"I saw regiments advancing firmly, and even coolly, under the full fire…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1871
60 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
The Continenal War.--public Meeting in Aid of the Sufferers
A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Court-house yesterday for the purpose of expressing sympathy "for the sufferings of those engaged in the present prolonged continental war, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the English Mail. Paris Surrendered. Franco-prussian War Over. Peace Restored. Prussian Victory Most Complete Thiers Elected President French Republic. Commission to Settle Alabama Claims. Wool Advanced. the Parisian Forts and French Regular Army Surrendered. German Troops Marched Through Paris. Paris Starved Into Capitulation. Famine Averted by England and Germany
The branch steamer with the English News has reached Adelaide. The latest intelligence is to noon of the 21st February…
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The bombardment of Paris commenced in earnest on the 5th January, and from that date the German artillery fired vigorously, but was replied to only feebly on the part of…
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THE critical moment hits arrived. Paris is on the point of capitulation : and already negotiations have commenced. The month has added only another long list to the catalogue of French…
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The year opened gloomily for the French. Every effort which had been made by the armies of the south-west, the south-east, and the north to operate for the relief of Paris…
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The war trumpet sounds -- in martial array The warrior steps into the ranks, all ready for the fray; The enemy's before him, but no thought of fear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Snake Story From Victoria. the War. Parts Under Fire
FROM the Weekly Times we extract the following story of a snake, a la Baron Munchausen, written by a correspondent styling himself "Hyluse : " -- A LETTER received from Paris says : -- "Since the Prussians have added to the bombardment of the east forts that of the south they have sent us daily about 20,000 shells, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Notes
GENERAL TROCHU was a man of plans, and never could alter the details of these plans to suit a change of circumstances. A correspondent says:--"What his grand plan was, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Relief Fund. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--I trust you will insert a few remarks from me, touching the sum realised at the late concert in aid of the sufferers by the late war. When the proposition was started to have a concert,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Letters. No. I.—a Visit to Versailles. Versailles, Feb. 6
I AM not intoxicated; but I feel so heavy from having imbibed during the last twenty-four hours more milk than I did during the first six months which I passed in this…
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THE Kiel Gazette thus reviews the seven mouths campaign:-- ''In the present war 23 battles have been fought, their order being-- Weissenburg, Woerth, Spichern. Pange, Mars-la-Tour,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Yass War Relief Fund. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
Again and always the Southern Argus! SIR,--There are some people who have no chance at all, and I am' one of those; for since I was called to the ministerial bench of the above…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yass War Relief Fund
ON last Tuesday evening a meeting of, the general committee appointed in connection with the above fund was held at Mr. McNamara's Globe Hotel, Yass. It was some time before a quorum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the English Mail. Via Suez. Napoleon in England. Civil War in France--a Reign of Terror. Paris Again Bombarded with Great Destruction. Bismarck Threatens to Reoccupy Paris. Mac Mahon at the Head of the Parliamentary Forces. American Fisheries Question Settled. Extensive Strikes in England and Scotland. Agrarian Murders Continue in Ireland. Secret Treaty Alleged Between Russia and Prussia
THE branch steamer Alexandra arrived off Glenelg yesterday morning. The Geelong was at the Sound on the 5th instant--one day late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Are the United States Prepared for War?
A CAREFUL perusal of our files of American papers shows that the question of a war with England was being seriously discussed in the New York journals; and that consequent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diary of the War
THE literature of the month has no more interesting contributions made to it than the diary of the war now happily over. Such a diary we have furnished our readers from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Franco-prussian War
THE statistics of the war published by the Staatsanzeiger will give an idea of the magnitude of the campaign and the extensive scale on which it has been conducted:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →England's War
We look to the colonies as the immediate refuge for millions of our countrymen, as offering at once a complete and the only solution for our social…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Franco Prussian War
The statistics of the war published by the Staat[?]anzeiger will give an idea of the magnitude of the campaign and the extensive scale on which it has been conducted :—…
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