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The wars & local soldiers, 1884

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The Soudan War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 3

LONDON, F. [?] News has been received [?] of an overwhelming defeated which before the army under Baker [?] On Monday morning, his…

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The Soudan War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 3

LONDON, February 11.—Gordon Pasha succeeded in reaching Aboohamed on Friday last. Admiral Hewett, who is in command at…

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Marie: A Story of the American Civil War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 1

In what happy days these were—long, long ago now—when we were young together, and the hours winged their flight so rapidly that, almost before we had realised that they had…

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Cablegrams. the War in China. Min River Defences Destroyed. Chinese Panic at Shanghai. Chinese Defend Shanghai. 80,000 Chinese Marching South Nile River Rising. Seven Steamers Past the First Cataract. Beach Surprises America. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 3 September 1884 · page 3

ADMIRAL COURBET, having destroyed the River Min defences, in China, has left the river with the vessels under his command…

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Latest Cablegram. the War in China. Cholera Still Raging. 100 Deaths a Day in Naples. R[?] in Germany. Cloricals Attacked. 200 Arrests. Mignonette Cannibals Confess They Killed the Boy

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 3

THE Chinese officials at Foochow have notified that war has been declared by the Chinese Government against France. Shanghai is to be treated as a neutral…

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Cablegrams. Fire on S.S. LUSITANA Lambkin Wins the Leger. Cholera at Naples. 800 Cases; 300 Deaths. Death of Duggan, the Fenian. Horrible Scenes at Naples. Superstition of Italians. 600 Fresh Cases of Cholera. Chinese Blocking Woosung. War in Egypt. Mudir Routs El Mahdi. Cholera in Rome and Spain. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 3

A FIRE broke out in the receiving room of the steamer Lusilana while going through the Indian Ocean on her passage homewards. The fire burnt for…

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Cablegrams. Visit of English Cricketers. Cholera at Naples. Three Hundred Deaths Daily. China Not Declared War. Foochow Forts Fire on British. Belgium School Bill Assented To. Bitter Feeling in Brussels. Military Reserves Called Out. Oriental Bank 10s. in the £. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 17 September 1884 · page 3

THE team of English cricketers about to visit Australia comprises Shaw, Shrewsbury, Barnes, Flowers, Scotton, Attewell, Brigge, Maurice, Read…

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Cablegrams. War in Egypt. Gordon Reproaches Great Britain. Haifa Rebels Defeated. General wants £300,000. Wool Market Firm. Smoker Cricketers Beaten. China War. British at Foochow Agitated. French Landed at Kimpai. Chinese in Full Retreat. Cholera in Naples, Kills a Hawaiian Prince. [Through Grrville's Telegram Co.] LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 3

GENERAL GORDON reproaches the British Government for having caused the war in Soudan. He intends to burn Berber, and surrender Soudan to the Suhan…

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Cablegrams. War in Egypt. General Garden Twice Beata Rebels. Siege of Khartoum Raised. Chinese Defeated at Kimpal. Earthquakes in U.S. America Australian Electric Launch. Troubles of Bechuana. Governor Robinson's Threat. Egyptian Finances Diverted. Austria, France, and Germany Protest. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 3

GENERAL GORDON has twice defeated the rebels with heavy loss, and has succeeded in raising the siege of Khartoum. He has occupied Halfis[?]h, a town a few…

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Cablegrams. After a Murderer. British House of Lords. Fall will not Injure Crown. War in Egypt. Dynamiters at Dover. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 1 October 1884 · page 3

IT is reported that a constable has been despatched to New Zealand to arrest a man known to have gone there who is suspected of murdering his mother,…

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Latest Cablegrams. French Search British Vessels Russian Czar at Peterhoff. Fred. Morley, Cricketer, Dead. French Recidivistes. Alliance between FRANCE and Germany. the War in Egypt. Famine at Khaatoum. No Hope of British Relief. General Gordon Remains. General Woolseley at Assouam. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 1 October 1884 · page 3

IT is reported that the French have searched two British trading vessels at Formosa. The Czar of Russia has returned to…

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Cablegrams. the War in China Kelung and Tonquin Attacked. General Wolseley's Recall. Fire in Denmark. Palace and Parliament Houses Burnt. Egyptian Debtors. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1884 · page 3

ADMIRAL COURBET is now attacking Port Keelung, in the north of the island of Formosa. The Chinese garrison offered considerable resistance, but after a sharp…

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Cablegrams. Franco-chinese War. Grushing Defeat of Chinese. 2500 Chinese Killed. Tam Sui Blocked by Torpedoes. Massacre in Egypt. Dynamiters at Quebec. Parliament Houses Blown up. R.C. Bishop of Sandhurst. More Annexation at the Cape. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 15 October 1884 · page 2

IN the recent battle-between the French and Chinese at Lao Chang, in Tonquin, the Chinese sustained a crushing defeat, two thousand five hundred (2500)…

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Cablegrams. Executions in Russia. Six Men and Two Women Hung. the War in Egypt. a British Duke Dead War Vessels, Nelson and Diamond. France-chinese War. Chinese Claim Great Victory. Chinese Leaving Shrughai. New Zealand Mutton. Butchers prefer it to English. Siege of Panama. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 22 October 1884 · page 3

Six Military officers and two women recently condemned to death in Russia for participation in Nihi[?]et outrages have been pub[?]ely executed…

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Cablegrams. SIR V. Fleming Dead. Duchy of Brunswick. the War in China. British Politics. The French Criminals. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 3

SIR VALE[?] FLEMING, formerly Chief Justice of Tasmania, is dead. The Emperor of Germany has definitely rejected the claims of the Duke…

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Cablegrams. Cholera in Paris. English Franchise Bill. Attack on French at Tamsin. Chinese Repulsed. the War in Egypt. British Advance after Christmas. [Trough Greville's Telegram Co.] LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1884 · page 2

CHOLERA is spreading in Paris. During Friday and Saturday, there were one hundred and seven cases in the city. Twenty resulted fatally…

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