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The wars & local soldiers, 1872

19 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of [?]Stopol. Chapter Viii. the [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1872 · page 5

D'ARCEY sat in his tent on the following day, thinking over his prospects. To him, they seemed gloomy beyond measure. The mysterious letter of the old…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the [?] of [?]Stopol. Chapter Ix. Poison

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 5

BEACON HALL was hidden from view by an impenetrable canopy of mist and fog. The ro[?] sat lazily upon the branches of the old oaks and [?] around the…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Stege of [?] CHAPTER X. the Gipsy Bridal

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 4

"An officer, just returned from the Crimea, presents his compliments to Mr. Heginald D Arcey, and requests the Pi[?] of his company at the King's…

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The Stroy Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the [?] of Reuastopol. Chapter Xi. Odessa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 4

IT IS ODESSA, the southern Russian metropolis. Here a brilliant sun shed down its rays upon the sparkling waters of the Black Sen, and in the smooth harbor,…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Sirge of Sebastopol. Chapter Xii. Sebastopol

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1872 · page 4

THE roar of cannon and the thunder of artillery continuing through the night, had not interrupted the slumbers of many of the hardy Russian soldiers. They…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter Xiii. the Court Martial

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1872 · page 3

On the morning after the conclave at Sebastopol, Philipo skulked back unseen to the British camp. In one place at the left of the English position, the rocks and…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of [?]Hastopol Chapter Xiv. the Zouave

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1872 · page 3

D'ARCEY's tent was no longer his prison. He was taken to a sort of redoubt which lay far to the front of the British lines and close by the French. It was on a line…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Se[?] Chapter Xv. the Alarm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1872 · page 3

THE Zouave left D'Arcey and entered the redoubt. There he called two companions out from the place. "I have another plan to-night," said…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. A. Tale of the Siege of [?] Chapter Xvi the Prisoner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 4

D'Arcey waked the next morning, amid the roar of cannon, and the noise of the contending armies. He was in a comfortable room, the window of which…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the [?]Iege of Sebasiopol. Chapter Xvii the Greek Maiden

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1872 · page 3

LIONEL was placed in a small chamber on the fourth story of a large edifice, reared upon the edge of he quny, and overlooking the water. Beneath, the…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of [?]Astopol. Chapter Xviii. the Escape

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1872 · page 3

IT was dusk when Loinel began his labor. The darkness come on at an earlier hour than usual, owing to the clouds and mist which overhung and covered all things…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter Xix. the Traitor's Path

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1872 · page 3

THE day broke over Sebastopol. The British army, suffering [?] such as no tongue can tell, and no pen adequately describe, worked away in the [?]renches, or…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter Xx. the Plotters

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1872 · page 3

REGINALD D'ARCEY rode furiously up the long avenue of trees which led to Beacon Hall. His face was radiant with exultation and joy, and as he spurred his horse…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter Xxxl the Return

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1872 · page 3

IT was midday on the 18th of January, when the steamer from Havere arrived at Southampton. Among the most eager to gain the shore was a young man, whose…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter Xxii. the Gathering

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 3

"WE cannot leave London until to-mor-row," said Lionel to Irene. "Have you nothing with which I may employ the time? something which may relate to…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastopol. Chapter Xxiii. the Twentieth of January

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 3

THE sun rose in a cloudless sky on that appointed day towards which all the inmates of Beacon Hall now looked with such varied feelings and expectations…

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The Story Teller. the Soldier and the Spy. a Tale of the Siege of Sebastotol. Chapter Xxiv. the Denouement

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1872 · page 3

On the day after the incidents described in the last chapter, the steamer for Calais left the port of Dover, with a large company of passengers. The day was dreary…

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An Adventure on the [?]Hine. a Tale of the Franco Prussian War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1872 · page 3

It was during the Franco-Prussian war, and in the earlier days of the war, before the great Nappy had been caught napping, that I was traveling through continental…

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Poet's Corner. the Soldier of the Cross

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 5

[?] up the Cross and fellow [?] The [?] the [?]ld of death: A thousand fall at thy right hand, the thousand an the left…

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