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The wars & local soldiers, 1858

10 stories in Illawarra's papers

French Opinion of the War in India

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 4 January 1858 · page 1

The Revue des Deux Mondes, in its last number, has an article on "The Events in India," interesting as a whole, and containing some passages worthy of a particular notice. The following appreciation of the conduct of…

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The Recent Loss of a Russian Man-of-war

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 4 January 1858 · page 1

The following extract is from a private letter dated St. Petersburgh, 28th September:—"We hear of a most melancholy occurrence at sea in the neighborhood of Hogland. Five Russian men-of-war were returning from…

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Russell's Pictures of the Scene of War

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 21 June 1858 · page 1

Mr Russell, the Times' correspondent, gives the following pictures from the seat of war. He writes from the camp at Buthurah, nine miles from Lucknow, 2nd March. We will first give his…

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The Tendency of the French Empire Towards War with England

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1858 · page 1

The Government of France has required a foreign war as imperatively as a revenue. The army has always been either conspiring or warring against some foreign nation. To deprive the French…

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Probability of War with France

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 12 July 1858 · page 2

Now, if we said aright that we were drifting into war with our great neighbor and ally, we should give needless alarm to those who thought our opinion worth a straw. But what is it to drift?…

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In Case of War

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1858 · page 2

It cannot be predicted by the most sapient with any certainty, how long the existing peace among the powers of Europe will last. It is quite certain, that it will not be perpetual. It…

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Apprehended War with America

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1858 · page 2

The cabinet at Washington has not only addressed to the British government a demand for reparation, and for the discontinuance of interference with American ships, but it has taken a step which, if not explained, may…

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What America Would Gain by a War with England

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 30 August 1858 · page 1

Such an event as a naval war with England, or even with England and France,—and no other than a naval war is within the bounds of probability,—would not only alter the entire condition…

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Dreadful Explosion at the Atlas Locomotive Works, Manchester. Six or Seven Persons Killed, and Several Wounded

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1858 · page 1

Manchester, Friday.—This mornings, about half-past 11 o'clock, one of the most dreadful boiler explosions occurred at the well-known great railway locomotive works of Messrs. Sharp, Stewart…

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The Mormon War

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1858 · page 1

By the arrival of the Eloisa at Melbourne, news has been received up to the 2nd July from Washington, relative to the Mormon rebellion. The news thus received does not confirm the…

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