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The wars & local soldiers, 1871

20 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

The [?] of the War

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1871 · page 1

Resumis[?] narrative of the war, the next operon was [?] chronological order is the action at S. Mr. [?], in the Vosges, on the 6th of October, [?]d, "In a flying column of…

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War News. Inside Paris

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1871 · page 3

We quote the following additional extracts from the interesting, "Diary of a Besieged Resident," published in the Daily News. The following portion, although of earlier date…

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The War News

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 19 January 1871 · page 2

THE arrival of the European mail, via Suez, on Tuesday, puts us in possession of intelligence from the seat of war to the 25th December. As yet, the aspect of the conflict shows…

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War News

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1871 · page 2

By the Queen of the Thames, we (S. M. Herald) have received the following important telegram from Melbourne:— Gotschakoff's circular contains the…

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War News to December 30

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 1

A great sortie was made from Paris early in December, mainly towards the Southeast and South, in the direction of Fontainebleau-road, and Champigny, involving battles the most…

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A Christmas with the Wounded

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 1

A "special correspondent," writing from Cologne on December 27, gives the, following interesting particulars:— "On the right bank of the Rhine, about a…

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The War News

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 28 February 1871 · page 3

ORDER OF THE DAT OF GENERAL CHANZY.—General chanzy, in an order of the day to his troops, communicates the text of a protest sent by him on December 26, under a flag of…

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Capture of Three Prussian Vessels by the French War Steamer Guichen

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1871 · page 2

From Captain Hart, of the schooner Amelie, which arrived in harbour yesterday from Tahiti we learn that the Franco-Prussian war has made itself feld the pacific. When the…

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News by the Mail An Australian at the War

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1871 · page 4

Mr. John Denniston Wood, a native of Tasmania, and sometime Attorney-General of Victoria, has addressed, the following letter, dated January 4, from Sedan, to the editor of…

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News by the Mail Notes of the War

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 23 March 1871 · page 4

The Frankfort Journal publishes a dispatch from Bale announcing that 25,000 men, en route from Lyons to Belfort, had arrived at Besancon…

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Women and War—A Page of Secret History

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1871 · page 4

The Washington Patriot publishes a very curious story, which it calls u Page of Secret History:— The world does not know that the war…

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The English Press and the War

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 20 April 1871 · page 3

How rapidly defence may be transformed into defiance, is fully exemplified and placed beyond controversy by the present conflict. Had Germany been animated by purely…

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Arrival of the European & American Mails, Via San Francisco. Full Telegrams to 7th April The Civil War in France

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 16 May 1871 · page 4

The James Paterson (s.), arrived in Sydney on Sunday, from Auckland, bringing the Australian mails and passengers which arrived there per steamer Nevada, from…

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Private Property in War Time

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 25 May 1871 · page 4

It is stated in Brussels, and apparently upon good authority, that the Dutch Government intend, on the signature of the Treaty of Peace, to demand of Europe the adoption of the…

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Civil War in France

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 6 June 1871 · page 4

When the mail left, on the 21st April, severe fighting and cannonading were incessant around Paris. The Commune was making extensive preparations for defence…

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West Coast of Africa. Dreadful War.—twenty Thousand Natives Killed

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1871 · page 4

Intelligence of a reliable nature has been received at Cape Coast Castle to the effect that the Ashantee army that invaded the eastern parts of the protectorate had been entirely…

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The Phantom Man-of-war's Man. a Tale of Love and the Press Gang

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 1

Claddagh (said Paddy) is the place where the boys step on board the boats that are built on the edge of the bay, time looks across the Atlantic all the way to America, and brave…

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New Designs for Ships of War

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 24 August 1871 · page 3

The Report of the Committee on Designs for Ships of War, so far as relates to the Cyclops and Devastation classes, has been presented to both Houses of Parliament and…

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War in Africa

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 2 November 1871 · page 4

A correspondent of the Liverpool Courier describes the outbreak of war between Bonny and New Calabar. During June, he says, information had been received at New Calabar,…

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Californian Extracts. the Los Angelos Horror. Full Detail of the Riot—fifteen Chinamen Hung.—many Others Wounded and Killed — in All Twenty-one Dead.—the Origin of the Trouble

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 14 December 1871 · page 4

Los Angelos, October 25th.—The most terrible night Los Angelos has ever known has just been passed. Twelve hours ago, fifteen stark, staring corpses hung ghastly in…

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