The River Plate War. Lisbon, December 10, 1867
Late news received from the seat of war on the Parana is exciting. The Allies cavalry had made an attack on the Paraguayan forces, which the Brazilian's claim,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1868
17 stories in Illawarra's papers
Blowing Up of a War Steamer at Liverpool
A MOST disastrous explosion took place in the Sloyne at about 20 minutes past 6 o'clock, on Nov. 20. It appears the Greek war-steamer Bubulin (formerly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shameful Treatment of Wounded Garibaldians
Of the two hundred voluteers who were taken wounded and prisoners to Rome, after the Mentana defeat and masscre, there to expiate the crime of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Abyssinian War
The Abyssinian war is over. A decisive battle was fought daring a violent storm of rain and thunder on Easter Monday, at a place called Dunn, in Anagee valley; the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poetry. "Welcome Home."
There came a solemn wall across the sea, From a far land, And the hearse breezes bo[?] it wearily To Britain's strand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nitro-glycerine As an Implement of War
Bad news for people liable to the income tax has arrived from Berlin. The Prussian military chemists have succeeded in precipitation the explosive liquid known…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in New Zealand. Desperate Engagement Between the Local Forces and the Hau-haus. Defeat of the Troops. Upwards of Forty Officers and Men Killed and Wounded. (Through Greville's Telegram Company, Sydney, 22 September, 1868.) Wellington, September 10
The forces under the command of Colonel M'Donald and Major Von Tempsky encountered the rebels again near Waihi, in the province of Wanaganni, on the 8th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in New Zealand. Reported Horrible Treatment of the Wounded. the Maories Fire Into the Camp at Waihi. Mutiny of Von Tempsky's Men
The correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle writes:— Petea, September 11. I am still unable to famish further particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Zealand War
FROM the Wellington Independent, we (S M. Herald) collate, in chronological order, the most important items of news in reference to the (what may now be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Earthquake in Peru and Ecuador. Thousands of Lives Lost. Cities, Villages, and Towns in the Interior and on the Coast in Ruins. Three Men Of-war and Numerous Mercantile Ships Lost. Peru. Callao, August 22nd
WHEN the mail left us on the 14th instant, we little thought what a sad story we should have to write by to-day's steamer—the story of a calamity so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Zealand War
THE NEW ZEALAND WAR.—A telegram in the Otago Daily Times, dated Wellington, 6 instant, contains the following items of news with reference to the hostile tribe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in South America
THE intelligence from the River Plate describes the position of the belligerents as being at the end of July very much as it was at the close of February. At this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Zealand War. Abandonment of Kakaramea. Abandonment of the Wereroa Redoubt. More Destruction of Property. Women and Children Return From Patea
EARLY yesterday morning the Kakaramea redoubt was abandoned by our men and almost immediately taken possession of by the enemy. As our men retired, parties of Hau-baus set…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand War
FROM the Wellington, Independent of the 21st instant, we take the following items with regard to the war. Their Napier correspondent writes:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riot in Georgia—seventy Five Killed and Wounded
A FEARFUL riot occurred at Cambille, the county seat of Mlitchell county, Ga., on Saturday, August 12. The following particulars have been telegraphed from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another New Zealand War
ANOTHER New Zealand war is one of the unpleasant pieces of news which has been borne to us by the last Australian mail. The escape of the insurgent Macries from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Zealand War
The mission of Captain Stack to this colony, says the Melbourne Age, is to raise a force of two hundred men, to be designated a…
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