Debtor and Creditor Account of the War
NOW, when the summer campaign is over, and a winter campaign is about to begin, it may be useful to make up a debtor and creditor account, showing…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1878
26 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Arrival of the Mail via San Francisco. (From the Herald's Telegram.) War Summary Auckland, December 20
AN official telegram from Mukhtar [?] admits that the Russians compelled him to retreat from Dove Boyan. He says that some of the officer, who…
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The Russian troops have arrived before Adrianople ; the garrison has evacuated the city, and is rotreating towards Constantinople…
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AN old recruiting sergeant tells the following:— It was on the 11th of May, 1829, I listed a recruit in Dublin, and put the question to him, as is…
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The Servians were defeated in two engage ments—one by Haf[?]es Pasha, and the other by Eyoub Pasha—with severe loss. The last named pureutd them to the frontier, burning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Javaki War in India. Bomaby, December 31
General Ross occupied [?]-toni, with but slight opposition, and then advanced on Wallai. Bombay, January 1. The Bori force has joined General Keyes, and…
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Russia has demanded fresh conditions of pence. They include the prohibition from the passage of the Dardanelles of all war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Cablegrams. Italian Ministry Resigned Count Andrassy's Repudiations. Reported Joint Action of England and France Re Egypt. Grecian Representation at Congress. War Inevitable If All Peace Conditions Not Submitted. Hungarian Subsidy of 60,000,000 Florins. Russians Advancing Towards Constantinople. Disastrous Fire—loss of Life. Sir Stafford Northcote and Russian Movements. Russians 12 Miles From Gallipoli. London. Wednesday, March 13
The Italian Ministry has resigned. Count Andrassy has repudiated the reported occupation scheme with reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Horrible Story of the War. (Home News, February 15.)
in compliance with instructions from the Foreign Office, Mr. Layard directed an inquiry by a person into the treatment of the Jews of Kesanlik, by the Bulgarians and Russians on…
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THE latest news from the Cape, which is to the 22nd January can scarcely he considered as encouraging. The Gaikas under Sandilli have everywhere…
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On February 8 at the week night service the Rev. De Witt Tahnage, after reviewing the leading events of the day, is repotted by the New York Herald to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russian Terms of Peace Before the War
On June 12, Lord Derby telegraphed to Mr. Layard the term of pence communicated in confidence by Count Schouvaloff as those which Russia would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Suez Mail. (European Mail, March 15.) War Items. the Last Days of the War
General Skobeleff came to a [?] at Tohataldja on February 9 after a march that for rapidity and dating has rarely been equalled General Skobeleff, after the fight of Shenova,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →English War Preparations. (From the Daily News March 14)
SHOULD it be found necessary to desable an army corps from England all arrangements are being made for the immediate embodiment of about 24…
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By the Cuzoo we (Melbourne Argus) have papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 14th May. From the Cape Argus of that date we take the following:—"The fifth session of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Colonel Baker's Bravery. an Episode of the Russo-turkish War
AT the famous Savage Club dinner, after Baker's health had been drunk, Capl[?] Fred Burnaby author of the "Ride to Kaiv[?] made the following speech in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War at Rotumah, Fuller Details
The following account reaches the Fiji Times by the cutter Undi[?]v, which arrived at Levuka on the 3rd July. The report is dated Rotumah, June 25th, and is signed W. B…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Remarkable Soldier
General William M'Baen, V.C. died on July 23, at the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. His career has been often quoted as an extraordinary example of promotion in the…
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General William M'Bean, V.C., died on June 23, at the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. His career has been often quoted as an extraordinary example of promotion in the army. From…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Caledonia. (From the E. News.) the War of Extermination Continues
I RECEIVED by the Wotonga, from Noumea, a large packet of letters which I perused attentively last night. Many of the letters come from gentlemen actually fighting and…
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