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The wars & local soldiers, 1846

4 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

A Sultan Beaten by a Soldier. (From White's "Three Years in Constantinople.")

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1846 · page 3

The risk of fire arising from several hundred thousand lighted pipes or pieces of charcoal and tinder, burning in every direction throughout a wood-built city, is…

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British Extracts. Loss of the French Man-of-war Steamer Papin, and Half Her Crew. (From the Britannia, Jan. 3.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 4

A correspondent at Tangier, in a letter dated 14th December, 1845, furnishes us (Herald) with the following particulars of the loss of the French steam-vessel of war…

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British Extracts. a Washington War-cry. (From Punch.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1846 · page 3

Raise high the shout of warfare! E'en now proud England cowers, As Washington upon her head Scorn and saliva showers…

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Poems by Charles Harpur. Xix. War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1846 · page 1

He who in battle slays his fellow Man, Without first having duly weighed the cause Of quarrel, and derived the approval thence Of his own heart as to the part therein…

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