The Ashantee War. London, January 1
Despatches from Cape Coast Castle to the 15th December have been received. Sir Garnet Wolseley with 500 sailors and marines had advanced 70 miles towards the Prah, and was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1874
24 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
The Ashantee War. London, Jan. 2
The British outpost is now on the Prah. The Ashantees crossed this river in the greatest disorder. Reinforcements have arrived at Cape Coast, and are cruising about to maintain health…
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Despatches from the Cape Coast, dated 16th December, state that Commander Glover bad abandoned the Volta expedition, and joined Sir Garnet Wolseley. They had determined to land…
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A correspondent of the Daily News at Cape Coast Castle writes:—"There is a rumour that Elmina will, be the seat of Government, the stores and offices being removed from Cape Coast. Had this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ashantee War. London, January 8
Despatches from Cape Coast Castle, December 18th, state that a bridge has been constructed over the Prah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The English News. By Direct Telegrams. (Reuter's telegram to Australian Associated Press, in S. M. Herald.) the Ashantee War. London, January 14
News from Cape Coast to the 27th of last month states that Sir Garnet Wolseley and his staff are gone to the Prah…
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News has been received from the Cape Coast to the 3rd instant. The troops landed had started to cross the river Prah, and Captain Glover's expedition was advancing in concert with them…
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News received from the Cape Coast under date 11th instant states that the troops continue to advance steadily towards Coomassie, and that their health is good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Achinese War. London, January 31
The Dutch forces have captured Kratou…
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General Wolseley and the British forces under his command reached the River Prah on the 1st January. About an hour after his arrival he was met by ambassadors from the King of Ashantee, bearing…
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An official report from Cape Coast Castle states that, on the 19th January, the Ashantee King sent a German missionary to trent with General Wolseley for peace…
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A despatch has been received from Sir Garnet Wolseley, dated 25th January, in which it is stated that the King of Ashantee has accepted terms, and is willing to pay an indemnity of £200,000. The troops…
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A valued correspondent forwards us lengthy extracts from papers received by the late European mail, describing the operations of Sir Garnet Wolseley and his troops in the Ashantee War, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ashantee War. Singapore, February 26
The Admiralty have received an unofficial report of a battle that took place at Acroomboo, and is said to have lasted twelve hours. The report states that the Ashantee lost heavily; that the British loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ashantee War. London, March 6
A despatch received from Sir Garnet Wolseley, dated 2nd February, states that the peaceful professions of the King and his offer of an unconditional surrender were solely intended to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, March 24, 1874. the Close of the Ashantee War
ANOTHER of England's "little wars" has closed without disaster. In the case of Ashantee, as in the case of Abyssinia, there never was any reasonable ground for doubt as to the ultimate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Spanish Civil War. London, May 5
The Carlists having been driven back by the Republican forces from several points, have e[?] to the vicinity of Bilba[?]. [?] Serrano and General De la Concha entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 12, 1874. the Women's Whiskey War
ONE of the la[?] and strangest developments of "women's rights" reported in the papers is the whiskey war, begun a short time back, and probably even now being waged, by a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Women's Whisky War. (From the Home News, March 10.)
The American correspondent of the Times, writing from Philadelphia, makes a curious report of the "Women's Whisky War," a new phase of teetotal temperance agitation which is just now attracting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil War in Arkansas
A St. Louis correspondent of the New Nork Herald, writing on May 8, gives the following account of recent events in Arkansas:— "A rumour being rife in the street last night that…
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