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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1871

12 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Incidents of the War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 4

A LETTER from Southern France, dated November 30, published in the Independance Belge, says that there is great activity at the foundries if La Seyne,…

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English and Foreign. the War. the Battle the [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 4

IT now seems certain that the battles in which the French were decidedly victorians, and which resulted in the evacuation of Orlecus by General Von…

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King William on the War. Versailles, January 2

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1871 · page 2

At the New Year's reception held yesterday at the Palace of Versailles, at 11.30 a.m., the King of Prussia made the following speech:— "Great events…

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Original. a Retrospect of the War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1871 · page 2

THE fearful "duel of the nations" has at length (for a time) terminated. The awful and impious carnage which has been raging for months, in a remote…

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Poet's Corner. Thoughts After the War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 4

Now the awful strife is over, and the battle-flags are world, Let as ponder o'er the lesson it should teach unto the world…

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German Losses in the War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 1

THE losses suffered by the German army in the late war show how bloody the contest has been, and how dearly the victory has been purchased. The regiments of the…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Talk of the Siege of Se[?]astopol. Chapter L. the Cattle of Inkermann

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 1

IT was early morning of November fifth in the Crimea. Sebastopol, the strong-hold of Russian power, lay crouching by her harbor in sullen majesty. The long…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tele of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter 11. the Gipsy Camp

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 6

TURNING from the scene of deadly strife, where nations meet in arms, let us now pay a visit to that land which has sent forth so many of the best and bravest to…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sesastopol. Chapter Iii. the Lover Foiled

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 1

WELL had Zerlina said that she could find ber way through the forest blindfold. Aided only by the gleams from the camp fire, that each moment grew more dim,…

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The Storn Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chatter Iv

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 5

IN one of the most fertile counties of the south of England, stood Benc[?] Hall. the ancestral home of the D'Areey family. Its noble walls and turrets, grey with age,…

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The Storn Tellen. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sedastopol. Chapter V. the Midnight Search

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 4

SCARCELY had the sound of Reginald's retreating footsteps died away, when two females, hurrying swiftly along the narrow passage-way, burst into an…

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The Storn Tellen. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sesastopol. Chapter Vi. the Camp

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 5

THE battle of Inkerman bad been nobly fought, and won by the heroic soldiers of the invading arny. New glories bad been heaped upon the armies of England,…

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