The Zulu War
Wednesday, the 22nd January, 1879, will be remembered in sifter years as one of the saddest days in I ho history of this country, and one of the most disastrous in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1879
12 stories in Illawarra's papers
The Maori War Dance
As it is usual for Parliaments of Europeans and assemblages of various kinds to conclude with a ball (says the New Zealand Herald of the 10th instant), so the Maori…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. Incidents of the Anglo-Indian War
Incidents of the Anglo-Indian War. THE following passage, extracted from the Indian correspondence of the times, serves to illustrate in some detail the peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Incident in the Afghan War
ATTAKAREZ(via Chaman), February 27.— Colonel Malcolmson was yesterday encamped at Khushk-i-Nakhud, with 268 sabres of the 3d Scinde Horse and 120 bayonets of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Zulu War. Gingiholova Kraal, April 3
Yesterday there were two very ugly drifts to cross and langer was formed on the flat near the Ginyiholova Kraal, about twelve miles from Ekowe. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon there commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russo-turkish War
The appropriation account of the vote of credit for expenses incurred in increasing the efficiency of the naval and military services…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Poetry. Women's Eyes and Soldier's Guns
With your powder and shot, And your swords, and what not, Not half the havoc you make, As we women, I ween,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Zulu War
The following account of the last great battle with the Zulus has been telegraphed from Adelaide to the Melbourne Argus:— An interesting narrative of the battle of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Zulu War
The following particulars of the capture of Cetewave were sent by the chief of the staff, at Ulundi to Colonel Hassard, C.B., who is in command of the troops at Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Endurance of British Soldiers
THE correspondent of the Daily News. with the British army on the Zulu frontier writes:—"We have some wonderfully hard men out heroin this force; men who seem…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Remarkable War Ship
The most extraordinary vessel of war ever constructed will, shortly be launched from Chatham Dockyard. Her length is 240 feet, with a breadth of beam of 40 feet,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Extraordinary War Vessel
The most extraordinary vessel of war ever constructed will shortly be launched from Chatham Dockyard. Her length is 240 feet—a size which will enable her to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →