The War in Germany
"Both parties claim the victory." It is curious to observe with what vehemence the North and the South German organs alike persist in asserting, and rejoieing at, the glorious…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1866
36 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, September 4,1866. the War News
WE gain but little additional information from Europe ty the arrival of the Kaikoura. The new details about the beginning of the war are of some value; but the telegrams already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South America. War News—the Bloody Fight at Estero Bellaco. Buenos Ayres, May 14
We have news of the severest battle in all the progress of the war. The work and manocuvring of a whole year brought on by accident a bloody fight on May 2, at Estero Bellaco in…
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Nine battles between the Prussians and Austrians fought; the former always victorious. The Prussian army poured down through Bohemia, one division led by the Crown Prince…
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Momentous events have occurred in Germany since our last. Penetrating Bohemia in three columns, the Prussians have won a succession of victories, and continued their advance to the gates of Vie[?]na, where their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, September 18, 1866. the War in Europe
OPINIONS differ as to the secret of the Prussian victories. By some they are attributed almost solely to the use of the now celebrated, but once ridiculed, needle gun. By others the secret is…
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The London correspondent of the Western Post has compiled the following chronicle of war dates:— June 14th.—Federal execution decreed by Germanic Diet. June 16.—Entry of the Prussians into Leipsic,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost of War
Between the years 1815 and 1864, 2,782,000 men were killed in battle. Of these, 2,148,000 were Europeans, 164,000 inhabitants of the other continents. Thus, during 49 years, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ARRIVAL o[?] the Branch Steamer "Rangatira," at Adelaide, with the English Mail Per "Bombat." News to September 11. (From the Herald's King George's Sound Special Telegraphic Correpondent.) Continental War Ended. Long Peace Expected. Annexation of Rhine Provinces to France Not Conceded. Bank Rate Reduced to 5 Per Cent. Adelaide, Tuesday, 10 a m
The [?]angatira arrived at Glenelg Pier at six o'clock this morning. The downward passage was mad in 110 hours, and the upward passage in 112 hours The Ellora arrived at the Sound at 6 p.m. on tbe 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suez Mail to August 27. (From our own files.) Foreign. the End of the War
Ratifications of the preliminaries of Peace between Prussia and Austria were exchanged at Nikolsburg, the Prussian headquarters, on Saturday, July 28. An armistice was also signed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of a Boy by a Soldier
The trial of John Grant for the wilful murder of Phillp Boobier, at Plymstock, on the 9th of June, took place at Exeter on Friday week, before Mr. Justice Blackburn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. Fight with the Rebels at Hawke's Bay. Successful Resistance of the Settlers. Thirty-six Maories Killed and As Many Wounded. Two Europeans Killed and Nine Wounded
We (S.M. Herald) are in receipt of Auckland papers to the 20th October. The Southern Cross of the 19th contains the following account of an attack on the natives who lately assembled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Money Cost of War
The standing armies of Europe amount to about six millions of men. What is it that this simple statement really means? Setting aside the agonies of maiming and of death, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scenes in the German War
Some dreadful stories are told. An Austrian peasant of Prossnitz, in fear of the Prussians, placed his wife and children in a cellar, and built up the doorway. When the Prussians…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, November 20, 1866. Some of the Consequences Ok the Late War
"We are just now," says an English journal, "the subject of much d[?]risiun and much pity on the continent—a fact which, on the whole, disturbs us little, and perhaps ought to disturb…
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An Austrian lady, wife of General Posacher, heard that her husband was lying wounded at Prague She hurried thither, and searched through the hospitals without success.She…
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