Durham Pitmen and the War
A FEW evenings ago two miners wore strolling leisurely along a street not twenty miles from the City of Durham Market Place when suddenly one of them…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1877
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11
Cable Messages. Exciting War News. the Russians Capture Four Redoubts. Two Generals Killed. 5000 Russians Wounded. Desperate Fighting Before Plevna. Independence of Roumania Proclaimed. London. September 13th
THE Russians made a general assault on Plevna, on the 11th inst. After desperate fighting they captured four redoubts; but lost two generals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour at War. The Railroad Employers' Strike All over the Country. Trains Stopped. People Killed by Scores, Property Burned, and the Whole Nation Convulsed with Fear. The Tramps, the Labourers, and the Military in Arms
OUR latest American files, just to hand, contain lengthy accounts of the great strikes of the railway employees, coal miners, and others all over that country. In consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Probable Indian War
The news from the Indian country is not of an encouraging character, and there is reason to fear ageneral Indian war. It is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News. Victory for the Turks. Plevna Invested by Russians Great Loss of Russians. Bombay. September 18
THE Turks recovered the three Plevna positions which were lost the previous day. The Russians have completely invested…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour at War. Detailed Account of the Fighting on Friday. Baltimore, July 21, 1877
The labour troubles on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad last night, which culminated in this city in a scene of riot and b[?]oodshed, have never been equalled—not even during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News. Great Victory for the Turks. Recapture of Three Re-doubts by the Turks. Plevna on Fire. 1200 Russian Men and 400 Officers Killed. Success of Colonel Baker. London. September 15
THE Herald's special telegraphic correspondent says:—The Russian's general assault on Plevna, on Tuesday, (the Czar's fete day) failed everywhere,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cost of Twenty five Years of War
THE following statement appears in a contemporary, and is perhaps as near the truth as it is possible to come in so large a subject:—The following tables are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News. Fort Nicholas Captured. Another Great Battle Expected. 30,000 Turks Sent to Osman Pasha. Bismarck and Andrassy Hold Peace Conference. Macmahon Issues Manifesto on the Present Crisis. Stanley Has Crossed Africa. London. September 22
A TURKISH official despatch states that Sulleman Pasha has captured Fort Nicholas. The Czarewitch has been strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cablegrams. Latest War News. Meremet Ali's Victory Not Verified. Detectives Committed for Trial. Fire in Washington. Wednesday, Recd, 8.15. p.m. BOMBAY Sept. 25, 1877
THE report of Mehemet Alis' victory at Biela is premature, but fighting still continues. The detectives charged with the great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cablegrams. Latest War News. the Mails. Loss of the Avalanche. the Wool Sales. Bombay. September 25
A TURKISH official despatch states that a convoy numbering 5000 has entered Plevna. A telegram received at Adelaide by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twelve Years After the War
TWELVE years ago, Richmond, with 45,000 inhabitants, lay in rain. Now she has rebuilt the whole of the burnt district, has established two hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cablegrams. Latest War News. Surrounding of Plevna by the Russians. Unsuccessful Attack of the Turks on Schipka Pass. Sacrifice of 20,000 Turks. Germany's Relation with Russia. the Avalanche Inquest. Russian
THE accounts of the fighting near Biela were greatly exaggerated. The Turks admit that the action was indecisive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Progress of the War
THE war—cloud lowers as gloomy and threatening as ever over the slopes of the Balkans and the plains of Bulgaria No silver lining is vet to be discerned,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our London Letter. the Turko-russian War
THE war in Europe in still the all engrossing topic. The Russian campaign in Asia may virtually be said to have collapsed, there being no news…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages Latest War News. London. September 28
THE special correspondents of the various papers report that the greatest discontent and discouragement prevail at the Russian Head Quarters, and that the success of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cable Messages Latest War News. The Russians Again Disabled. Discontent Prevails in the Russian Army. 14 000 Wounded Turks on Plevna. The Bulgarian Campaign is Virtually at an End. LONDON. September 29
THE special correspondent of the Daily News reports that the Russians before Plevna are profoundly discouraged by their want of success, the latter being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cable Messages. Latest War News. Another Turkish Victory. Russians Driven Beyond the Frontier. Continuation of Bombardment of Plevna. The Purchase of the E.E. Telegraph Co's Cable. BOMBAY. October 3rd
Mouktar Pasha has obtained a complete victory at Nedjiran, and has driven the Russians beyond the frontier. The bombardment East of Plevna,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams. Depression in the Wheat Market. Mass Meeting of Working Men in Hyde Park. Polluting the Lauchlan Swamp. Decision in Macartney Divorce Case. Decision in Fisher v. Fisher. Railway Accident in America. The Indian War. News by the Frisco Mail. Armistice after the Battle of Biela. Terrible Conflagration in New York. SYDNEY. Recd, 8 p.m
THE wheat market is very depressed, owing to late news from America reporting a good harvest. Holders are anxious to sell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cable Messages. Latest War News. Hungarian Conspiracy to Invade Roumania. Starting Disclosures. English M.P. Implicated. Turks Fortifying Sophia Road. War Feeling Spreading in Roumania. Russian Position in Bulgaria Critical. Arrival of English Mail at Adelaide LONDON October 2
A CONSPIRACY has been discovered in Hungary to invade Roumania, destroy railways and bridges, and harass the Russian rear…
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