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The wars & local soldiers, 1861

11 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

The War in New Zealand

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 10 April 1861 · page 2

CAPTAIN M'KELLAR, of the brig Highland Lassie, from Taranaki, New Zealand, has obligly furnished us with copies of the Taranaki Herald down to the 23rd March, from which we…

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Troops and War Stores Fob New Zealand

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 17 April 1861 · page 2

The African, of Shaw Saville's e cort lines, sake from Gravesend, on the 31st January, for Auckless direct. She took a large quantity of powder [?] military stores, as also five officers, and a [?]…

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The War in New Zealand

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 24 April 1861 · page 2

By the barque William Buchanan, which arrived at Newcastle, on the 22nd instant, from Taranaki, the seat of the war, we have been kindly put in possession of the latest New Zealand…

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New Zealand. War Prospects

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 12 June 1861 · page 3

We have intelligence from Taranaki to the 14th May. The latest issue of the Taranaki Herald reports that the Waikatos had resolved to support the King movement, and that the Ngatiruanuis, who…

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Major-general Pratt on the War in New Zealand. Nelson Examiner

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 22 June 1861 · page 3

A banquet was given to Major-General Pratt in the Exhibition building. Melbourne, on the 10th May, at which Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson of the Volunteers occupied…

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The Civil War in America. Evacuation of Harpur's Ferry by the Southern Forces.—repulse of the Federal Troops Near Fort Munro

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 14 August 1861 · page 4

American news to the 15th June has been received. The latest intelligence is of a more important character than any that has yet been…

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The War in America

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 18 September 1861 · page 3

Congress assembled at Washington on the 6th of July, and the President delivered the message. The House voted 500 millions of dols. The troops of the Northern States have achieved some…

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The Civil War in America

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 21 September 1861 · page 3

According to intelligence which comes down to the 20th July, the Federal armies wore operating in three great columns; the largest, which consists of some 60,000 under General M'Dowall, has advanced to about thirty miles…

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The War in America

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 19 October 1861 · page 3

The English papers contain very full accounts of the battle at Manassas Junction. The account given by Mr. Russell, the able correspondent of the Times, is the most…

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The War in America

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 23 October 1861 · page 4

Writing at a subsequent date to his letter that appeared in the last issued of the Chronicle, Mr. Russell says :—" The army of the United States is…

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War with France. Destruction of Sydney

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 28 December 1861 · page 3

The following prophetic advertisement appears in the Empire of Monday last. Such a prospect must be enough to terrify out of their with end any nervous old ladies…

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