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Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1888

5 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

The Stanley Expedition. Stanley Reported to Be Wounded. Fears for His Recovery

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 3

LONDON, June 15.—Intelligence has been received from Zanzibar to the effect that the Arabs report that Mr. H. Stanley has been…

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The War Scare

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 2

The simultaneous breaking down of the two cables which connect us with Europe has caused our Victorian neighbors to “ring the alarm bell,” and call out the defenders of…

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A Soldier's Conundrum

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 August 1888 · page 8

"When the Federals sprung the mine at Petersburg," says General Alexander, "part of the Confederate line was blown into the air. Up the brave fellows went, and down they came in…

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Civil War in Samoa. Auckland

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 September 1888 · page 2

The Apia correspondent of the New Zealand Herald, writing under date September 3rd, states that a civil was has broken out in Samoa, and that one engagement has taken place, in which several…

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SCIENCE. An Unsinkable Man of War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 4

The French Government are about to build a new man-of-war, which, it is believed, will effect a complete revolution in naval architecture. This vessel is so be quite…

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