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The wars & local soldiers, 1874

7 stories in Illawarra's papers

German Losses in the late War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 January 1874 · page 4

Captain H. D. Leclere, of the French army, lately laid before the Academy of Sciences a statistical account of the losses sustained by Germany during the late war with France. At…

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The Ashantee War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1874 · page 4

The Ashantee army is made up of two distinct races—Ashantees proper and Denkas, or slaves; those last, without pans and perfectly naked, do all the…

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The Ashantee War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1874 · page 3

SIR Garnet Wolsley for the information and guidance of the soldiers and sailors engaged in the expedition, issued an order which cannot fail to be read with interest…

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The Whisky War in the United States

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1874 · page 2

What in known as the "Women's Whisky War" is a new phase of teetotal temperance agitation which is just now attracting much attention in the West. In a number of towns of Southern Ohio…

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The Whisky War in the United States

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1874 · page 4

WHAT is known as the "Women's Whisky War" is a new phase of teetotal temperance agitation which is just now attracting much attention in the West…

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A Soldier's Prayer-Book aud Almanac

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 July 1874 · page 4

When the 60th Regiment of Foot was once stationed in a large English city, the sergeant commanded his party to the Church, and when the parson had ended his prayer, he took his text…

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Wars and Roomers of War

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1874 · page 2

You see how one had thing leeds to Another, and from that to more, all over the world. I told you at the time that there was no known what that suspondin match at the toll-house would…

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