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New England · The wars & local soldiers
64 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4
BUT the dead are less to be pitied than the living. They have been reduced from ease and comfort to wild animals--without home, without shelter, without bedding, almost without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE position of commerce upon the high seas in war time is (says the London Daily Telegraph) one of the problems of the day, We draw attention to it again merely because the question is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Gladstone s unexpected withdrawal of the obnoxious portion of his resolution caused a scene of tumult and confusion. The Marquis of Harrington said he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian despatches state that there losses in the engagement near Batoum were trifling, whilst the losses on the part of the Turkish troops were enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE debate on Gladstones motion has been concluded. Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that. Russia might blockade or invade Egypt, but the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turkish ironclads are bombarding towns ip the Caucasus. The Emperor Alexander proceeds to Polyesti, the head quarters of the Russian army, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE superiority of the Highland soldier was due to nature and the social circumstances under which he lived. The simplicity of his life gave vigour to his body…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Russian and Turkish forces are now opposed to each other in two different regions, and in these, unless other powers intervene, the struggle will, in all probability, be decided. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE take the following interesting article with reference to the war from the Queenslander, by "Kismet":-- In order that our readers may have a clearer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HOBART PASHA, the admiral of the Turkish fleet, has written the following letter to the Times:-- "So at last the farce is played out; diplomacy retires on its laurels, and Russia,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Battle of Batoum.—London, May 14.—The 'Telegraph's' special from Batoum of Friday at midnight says that about 5 o'clock that morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following interesting article with reference to the war, is supplied to the Queenslander by "Kismet," a portion of which appeared in our issue of last week :--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE passage of the Danube by the Russians is now an accomplished fact, and has apparently been effected with so little loss that we can only conclude that the Turks have been again…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE miserable collapse of the Russians in Asia Minor will afford considerable surprise to those who watched the progress of the army of the Caucasus during the opening campaign of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE extract the following items 'from London correspondence to the 'Australasian':—THE WAR ON THE DANUBE…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE aspect of affairs in Turkey is daily becoming more ominous and portentous, and the probabilities of the war being circumscribed within its present area are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE insurrection in the Caucasus does not' make much way, being confined to the coast. It has, however, interfered with the forwarding of reinforcements to Armenia, and thereby aided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT may seem ungracious to become impatient with people whose only fault is an over anxiety for our own safety, and yet the patronage of such fussy busybodies is. very irksome. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE last mail via Suez brought news (says the Herald) of an engagement having taken place off the Peruvian coast, between H.M. ships Shah and Amethyst and the Husear, a turreted ram,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE World of May 16 exclaims:--"And all our generals are old men. Doubtless Lord Strathnairn, Sir William Codrington, Lord Airey, Sir John Michel, would any and all of them…
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