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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
36 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
It was a night of wind and tempest, with great shrouds of rain sweeping by in fitful gusts, and a heavy canopy of inky cloud and darkness above. Far in the country side groups of siant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are favoured with the following extract from a letter, dated Valparaiso, December 1st:— "The Chilian corvette Esmeralda, 20 guns and 133 men, whose whereabouts it has, for such a length of time,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday evening, a telegram was received by the Inspector-General of Police, intimating that a terrible encounter had taken place between the police and some prisoners they were escorting from Berrim[?] to Sydney;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The attitude of Austria and Prussia towards each other is very hostile. Both have been making warlike preparations, each side asking for explanations of the other's proceedings; still both declare no hostile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Paris Conttitulionnel, in an article on the German question, cites the views expressed by the principal journals of Austria and Prussia upon the dispute-between the two Powers, and says it is impossible not to conclude…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By the arrival of the Fanny Smail at Auckland, from Tom[?], we(S M. Herald) have the Mercurio of the 5th March. A naval engagement took place on the 6th of February,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN glancing over the mail telegrams, with their doubtful and conflicting intelligence from Continental Europe, we felt that the question of war or peace between the two great German…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Lorenzo H. Jephson, J.P., of Currickon-Suir, was murdered on Saturday, March 31, on the highway near that town, by a man named Buckley, an old Crimean soldier. Mr. Jephson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, soon after noon, we received from our Sydney correspondent the following telegram, showing that the European war, so universally looked for, had actually commenced:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City of Melbourne arrived at Glenelg this morning. The Bombay arrived at King George's Sound on Friday night, and would sail on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The preparations for war continue on all sides, and the armed forces are gradually approaching one another. The subjoined is a somewhat detailed account of the opposing forces that may be arrayed against each other in Germany:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A letter dated Rio, May 4, says:—"The two Peruvian ironclads Independencia and Huaseax have left this port." Report says their destination is to bombard Havannah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning, Wednesday, the first of the Panama mail steamers, the Rakaia, arrived at Sydney, from Panama, bringing English news to the 2nd June. The first part of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Conference is given up, owing to the obstinacy of the conflicting Powers. Count Bismark opened the campaign on the anniversary of Waterloo day, and immediately seized on Saxony,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The long expected war has now fully broken out. Prussia, the Northern States of Germany, and Italy, are in open hostilities with Austria; the remainder of the German powers, owing to the refusal of Austria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wonga Wonga (s.), Captain Trouton, arrived at Glenelg Pier at 3 p.m. with the South Australian portion of the English mail. She made the passage from the Sound in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Events have travelled during the last month at an accelerated pace, and momentous issues have been crowded into a narrow compass of time. The first important incident was the abandonment of the Congress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The army of Prince Frederick Charles crossed the frontier into Bohemia from this town to-day without meeting the enemy. Prague, June 22…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At two this afternoon, the Austrian Pulz Brigade reached the outlying forts of Verona without loss, having been pushed back by a greatly superior force of Italian cavalry, which however did not charge. The Italians,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following official despatch, dated Vienna, June 29, 8.15 a.m., relates to the battles of June 28:— Pardubits, June 29…
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