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The wars & local soldiers, 1859

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Arrival of the "Salsette" at Adelaide. [By Electric Telegraph.] War Declared Between France, Sardinia, and Austria. (From the S. M. Herald's Adelaide Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1859 · page 1

The Corio, branch steamer, arrived at Holdfast Bay at half-past ten o'clock in the morning, having received the mails from the Salsette a little after midnight…

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Great Britain.—war Precautions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 6

Her Majesty the Queen has issued a Proclamation, declaring the neutrality of England in the war between France and Sardinia and the Emperor of Austria, and calling upon all her…

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The French War Loan

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 6

The Paris Moniteur of May [?]th contains a report from the Minister of Finance respecting the subscriptions made towards the new French loan. The subscribed capital is to 237,000,000 franc[?]s. Of this amount eight…

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The War in Italy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 6

The following account of the progress of events in Italy is from the Home News. The following order of the day was issued to the army of Italy, by the Emperor Napoleson, on the 13th of May, after his arrival at…

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(From the Empire of Wednesday.) War in Italy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 6

The Austrian troops having invaded Piedmont at several points, and Austria having formally declared war against Sa[?], France at once declared war against Austria, and an army…

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ADDITIONAL. (From the Empire of Thursday.) the War in Italy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 6

We continue the telegraphic despatches of our Adelaide correspondent, which had to be interrupted when our paper went to press yesterday morning. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]…

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Arrival of the [?] at Adelaide War Declared Se[?]ween France, Sardenia, and Austria

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 6

We continue extracting, r[?] the telegraphic intelligence in the Herald and Empire, the very important information brought by the [?] steamer Salsette—omitting the repetition of…

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The War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1859 · page 2

The following is the leading article in the Times 16th May:- The first letter of our correspondent who accompanies the Austrian army gives a concise narrative of the events which have taken place since its first invasion of the Piedmontese…

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Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 12, 1859. the Effects of the War on These Colonies

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1859 · page 2

IT is scarcely possible for the most prudent colonist to anticipate, with any certainty, how the European war now commenced may affect this colony and himself. The immediate effect…

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Arrival of the Royal Charter at Melbourne. Additional News From the Seat of War. by Telegraph From Melbourne. (From the S. M. Herald's Extraordinary of Friday.) Melbourne, 10.15 a m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1859 · page 2

The Moniteur publishes the following telegram:- "Alessandria, 17th May. "The Emperor inspected to-day the positions of the first and third corps d' arm[?] at Tortona and Ponte, and…

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The War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1859 · page 2

There are 250,000 Austrians in Italy, of whom 120,000 are re[?]koned effective. 25,000 men under Stadion stormed Casteggio, and oocupied Montebello; here they encountered the French, and after a fight of five hours'…

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Reflections on the War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1859 · page 2

General Count Schluiok, who succeeds Count Gyula[?] in command of the Austrian army, is an officer whose name was familiar to Europe ten years ago, when the Hungarian war was raging; he played a part of no…

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Progress of the War in Italy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1859 · page 2

Several pitched battles have been fought between the allied armies of France and Sardinia on one hand, and the troops of the Emperor of Austria on the other. The losses on both sides are reported as very heavy, but the…

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Arrival of the Mail Steamer at Kangaroo Island. English News to the 18Th June. Change in the British Ministry. the Italian War. the Austrians Defeated. French Operations in the Adriatic. Declaration of Russia

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1859 · page 2

We continue from the Empire of Monday, received by train on Tuesday morning, the important intelligence brought by the mail steamer Bombay…

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The War. (From the Home News.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 2

In our last we desoribed the movements of the France-Sardinian and the Austrian armies, up to the time when they confronted each other on Predmontese ground, and had begun to make a few "demonstrations." At that…

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China. Renewal of the War—disastrous Defeat of the British. (From the Calcutta Englishman, of August 9th.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1859 · page 2

The mail brings most disastrous intelligence of a renewal of the war in China, for no purpose that we can imagine except to gratify a whim of the Admiral, who chose rather to attempt to force a passage by the usual channel of the P[?]ho, than to…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, October 15, 1859. Peace or War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 2

ALTHOUGH few historical characters have caused more national "surprises" than Louis Napoleon appears destined to occasion, and it is therefore speculating on a great uncertainty to endeavour…

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Poetry. WAR

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1859 · page 6

Phoebus climbs the eastern skies, Fast before him darkness liles, Showing on th extended plain, Where two armies buce have lain,…

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