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The wars & local soldiers, 1873

5 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Vessel of War for the Australian Station. London, May 25

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 June 1873 · page 2

Tho screw corvette Pearl, 47 guns, 400-horse power, has been placed in commission; she is commanded by Captain Goodenough, who succeeds Captain Stirling as Commodore of the…

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Termination of the KillVAN War. St. Petersburg, June 26

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 3

A telegram received here from Tashkend says :“The Khan of Khiva has capitulated to General Kauffman, whose troops now occupy the capital.”…

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The Ashantee War

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 3

THE correspondent of the Times writes on June 22nd:— The mail steamer Calabar, from Cape Coast Castle, which arrived here yesterday, brings…

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The Ashantee War

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 4

IT is on the Gold Coast that the intention of the few who take an interest in West African affairs is at the present moment concentrated. Besides the settlements on the coast…

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The Ashiantee War

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 1

THE Times thinks that the appointment of Sir Carnet Wolseley to the supreme command, both civil and military, of our possessions on the Gold Coast may be taken as evidence [?]…

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