English News. [From the "Empire," January 9.] Declaration of War by Turkey
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1854 · page 2
The steamer Australian, fr[?]m London October 15, with the English mails, arrived at Melbourne [?]n the 1st instant. By the Hellespont, last evening, we have the nine days' later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, January 11, 1854. News From England.—declaration of War by Turkey
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1854 · page 2
BY the Australian, steamer, which reached Melbourne on the 1st instant, English news to the 15th October has been received—nine days later than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English News. [From Our Own Files Per "Australian."] Russia and Turkey.—conditional Declaration of War. (From the Leeds Mercury, Oct. 15.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1854 · page 4
The prudence and forbearance exhibited by the Ottoman Government from the origin of its dispute with the Czar, were not abandoned even when the national…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Extracts. the Eastern War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 3
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 25.—On the 19th of October, Omer Pacha was at Behubar, where he had concentrated 200 gunboats, each carrying a piece of heavy orduance, and fit for transport…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Extracts. the Impending War. (From the Morning Chronicle.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1854 · page 4
The comparative forces of the belligerents appear to promise a speedy issue to the struggle. England and France can with ease command the Black Sea and the Baltic; and they can…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Poetry. War Song of The[?]turks
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1854 · page 4
Allah il Allah*—our God he is God— Just Allah look down from thy blissful abode— Revenge for thy childr[?]n who died for thy sake, Revenge on the false-hearted infidels take…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Extracts. the Preparations for War by England and France. (From the Liverpool Mail, Feb. 11)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1854 · page 4
Though peace may yet become a fact instead of a vague rumour, the British and French Governments are actively preparing for war on a scale of magnitude which will enable them to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preparations for War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 May 1854 · page 4
The naval enrolled out-pensioners of Greenwich have been called on to serve, and all under 60 years of age, capable of bearing arms, were surveyed for service on the 14th instant, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 27, 1854. the Russian War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1854 · page 2
THE citizens of Sydney have had a meeting to express their decided approval of the measures which have been adopted by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Extracts. the War in the East. (From the Times.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1854 · page 4
The time is now come when the neir approach of the season fer naval and military operations, and the establishment of a complete understanding between the four great powers of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preparations for War. (From the Spectator, Feb. 25.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1854 · page 4
Ministers have claimed in Parliament the right to reserve the statement of their intentions with regard to the method of prosecuting the war—a reserve quite distinct from that which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Declaration of War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1854 · page 4
The London Gazette of the 28th March, contains the following Declaration of War against Russia:- It is with deep regret that her Majesty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Extracts. War Movements. (From the Spectator, April 1.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 July 1854 · page 4
The fleet under Sir Charles Napier entered the Great B[?]lt on the 25th, and arrived at Kiel on the 2[?]h. Remaining there that night, they sailed next day for Kjoge Bay, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English News. the Eastern War. (By Electric Telegraph.) Thursday evening, April 13
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1854 · page 3
Vienna, April 8.—The Wanderer states, under date of Bucharest, the 31st March, that a battle had taken place at Tultscha, which lasted five days—from the 23rd to the 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury. "Peace, thy olive wand extend, And bid will war its ravage end, Man with brother man to meet, And as a brother kindly greet."
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 4
SIR—Many there are who deprecate war and the evils resulting therefrom, and who believe that the time will come when "men shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Eastern Seat of War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1854 · page 4
The latest direct news from Varna reaches to [?] 14th June, and left the British Light Division encam[?] at Aladyn. The Duke of Cambridge landed at V[?] on the 13th, with the 1st division; and on the same [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Eastern Seat of War. (By H. Credner's Telegraphic Express.) Trieste, July 18th, 1854
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1854 · page 4
ODESSA, 27TH JUNE.—Four days ago five English steamers appeared not far from the mouths of the Dniester, put out their boats, and began to survey the shore, before they could…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War on the Danube. (From the Times, August 4th.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1854 · page 2
The operations of the belligerent armies in the Danubian provinces have assumed within these few days a character consi[?]erably more decisive than before. The Turks. it will be remembered, crosssed the Danube…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in the Pacific. (From the S. M. Herald, Dec. 18.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1854 · page 2
By the arrival of the Alice, Captain Fullerton, by polite favour of Captain Moore, we received a number of the Placer Times of the 4th October, containing the following interesting account of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in the Pacific. the Attack on Petropaulowski. (From the Herald, Dec. 20.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1854 · page 2
The newspapers received by the Archibald Gracie, from San Francisco, yesterday, substantially confirm the report we inserted in our issue of Monday, on the first aggressive…
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