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The wars & local soldiers, 1871

13 stories in New England's papers

War News. Per Mail Steamer Avoca. the Germans and the Prancs-tireurs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 2

THE German papers continue to report, attacks on soldiers by civilians or Francs-Tireurs, and the punishments whioh have consequently been inflicted. Near Corbeil six privates and a Uhlan officer were…

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"Stella" on the War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1871 · page 4

The 'S. M. Herald's' former correspondent at Paris, writing now from London, has generally in his communications some information either new, when compared with other sources, or more comprehensive…

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War News. a Letter From Paris, by Balloon. To the Editors of the 'Armidale Express.'

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1871 · page 4

GENTLEMEN— I have the pleasure of enclosing you the copy of a letter direct from Paris, by balloon, from a cousin. He is a Solicitor, having had a good practice both in London and there too, but chose to…

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War Items. French Mismanagement

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT of the 'Daily Telegraph,' writing from Tours on the 22nd Nov., says— "You will hardly believe that some 10,000 men—a great portion of whom came up yesterday from…

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War News. House-fighting at Le Bourget

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 4

FROM the following extract from a letter to a contemporary some idea may be formed of the fearful character of the encounter at Le Bourget, which cost the French 600 men and 13,000 prisoners:—…

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War Notes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 2

The well-known wine merchant, M. Lorg, who, since leaving Paris, has resided in Brussels, is about to start to Versailles to treat with the Prussian prefe t of that town on behalf of an Antwerp company,…

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The Civil War at Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1871 · page 6

THE last news has not solved the mystery which hangs over the fate of France. Her children, who should have but one common interest concentrated in healing the…

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Summary of European News, Per Rangoon. Notes of the War, &c

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1871 · page 3

THE firm and resolute attitude of the National Guard has compelled the withdrawal of the Revolutionary Commune from Lyons…

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The Avoca's Mail. the Civil War in France

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1871 · page 3

THE government troops and the rebels have created sad havoc since our last. There has been dreadful work in Neuilly, better known to tourists, perhaps, as…

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At the Late French Theatre of War. Act I.—battle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 3

TO-DAY is an eventful day, big, if not with the fate of Rome, probably with that of Paris, for General Chanzy, having collected some two hundred thousand men…

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At the Late French Theatre of War. (Continued from our last.) Act Ii.—rout

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 4

AFTER returning at dusk from a wellcontested field, with the certainty derived from ocular demonstration that the enemy's advance had been completely checked…

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At the Late French Theatre of War. Act Iii.—tbiumph

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 6

I SINCERELY trust that it may never be my fate to witness in any English town the spectacle presented by the Ville du Mans at nine o'clock in the morning of…

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The War of the Isms. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 2

GENTLEMEN—The isms are up in arms all over the world, and who will venture to say that our own beautiful district is not infected with the contagion? If so,…

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