The Zulu War
THE speech which we print below was delivered by one of the heroes of the zulu war, Brigadier-General Pearson, in reply to an address accompanying the gift of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1880
9 stories in Illawarra's papers
The War in South America. During the engagement at Arica, on March 27
The Chilian corvette Magellanes was severely damaged by the fires from the Peruvian forts. The Huascar received five shots on her hall, but only suffered trifling damage thereby. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Formidable War Ship
It has for some time past been asserted without contradiction that a firm of shipbuilders on the Clyde has received an order from the Russian Government for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. The Afghan War
THE, repulse of General Burrowa by the overwhelming forces of Ayoub Khan near Candahar, with the loss of 1220 European and Hindo troopa killed and missing, must…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape From Destruction by a British War Steamer. St. John's, N.F., June 12, 1880
The presence of enormous masses of Arctic ice on the coast of Newfoundland is becoming extremely dangerous, especially to steam vessels, which are able to…
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THE following incident illustrates the savage and fanatical character of the enemy with which our troops have to do in Afghanistan…
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The forces under General Roberts number 12,000 men. Those under Ayonb Khan numbered 25,000 three days since ; but 6000 of his regulars deserted, owing to the recognition of Abdul…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous. Our Soldiers in Afghanistan
EXTRACTS from a letter addressed by W. Ayerst M. A., Senior Chaplain, Khyber Field Force. "TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The M'elhone on the War Path
In the course of an address to his constituents, recently delivered at Muswellbrook by Mr. M'Elbone, that gentleman (as reported by the Maitland Mercury) said:—…
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