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The wars & local soldiers, 1859

5 stories in New England's papers

The Seat of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1859 · page 4

THE plains of Lombardy are what Louis Napoleon calls classic ground. That is, the Austrians and French have been having their quarrels out there for the last 300…

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Original Poetry. "Cry Havoc, and Let Slip the Dogs of War."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 4

WHAT are thine emblems. Warrior? What are they? The beautiful. The terrible, the grand? An eagle strong-winged, swooping on his prey; A linn. springing on an Arab band;…

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Late European Intelligence. the War in Italy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1859 · page 4

The despatch of the French Emperor addressed to the French people, the report of Count Gyulai to his master, Francis Joseph, and the letters from the camp of the allies,…

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Latest Intelligence. 'Home News' Office, Saturday Afternoon, June 18, 1859. the War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1859 · page 4

THE latest intelligence from the seat of war confirms the Opinion that the Aurtrians do not intend to fight till they have reached the fortress[?] of the Minico and the Adige…

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Two Days' Later From the Seat of War Telegraphic Desfatch[?]. [The very latest news of the war, translated for the 'Sydneuy Morning Herald,' from the 'Semaphore de Marseille' of Che 20th of June last.] (From Paris, Saturday, 18th June, at 22 min. to 11 a.m.; received at Marseilles at 25 min. past 12.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1859 · page 2

TRAVIGLIATO, 17TH JUNE.—The Emperor is in perfect health, and the physical and moral state of his army is excellent.— 'Moniteur.'…

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