A Soldier's Gallantry Rewarded
IT was in the winter of 1865, shortly before the collapse of the rebellion, that General Shaler, commanding at De Vall's Bluff, Arkansas, sent a detachment of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1876
9 stories in New England's papers
The Perak War
FROM telegrams in Indian papers:—Penang, December 18.—According to the latest advices the Chinese authorities show some inclination to prevent…
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THE first meeting in connection with the agitation to bring about a woman's whisky war in England was held on Jan. 25, at the Lecture Hall of the Temperance League, in the Strand. Mr…
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THE other day a simple-minded German called on a grocer to pay a bill, giving him a 10-dol. note. The grocer examined it closely, and said : "Hullo, where did you get this note ?" "Vot is…
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THE ironclad turret ship Inflexible was successfully launched at Portsmouth dockyard on 27th April. The Inflexible was commenced a little more than two years ago, and when…
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A VERSAILLES letter in the Pall Mall Gazette says :-- If the French Government do not succeed in obtaining a good army, it will not be for want of drilling and otherwise training their soldiers…
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DURING the last twenty four hours it has been currently rumoured in Sydney that intelligence had been received of the immediate prospects of war between England and Russia. On inquiry…
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CONCERNING the movements of the contending armies the following letter from the Times correspondent at Vienna, under date of July 4 gives somes reliable particulars :--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Californian Mail. the War in Turkey
LONDON, October 2.—The 'Times' correspondent at Turkish headquarters says: —Thursday's battle, both as regards losses and numbers engaged, was decidedly the…
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