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Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
57 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 3
(Nelson's flagship) was a three-decker, 180 feet in length, 52 feet in breadth, with a displacement of 3500 tons, and she carried an armament of 102 guns, consisting of 30 42 and 32 pounders,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Young man.' he said. it is a fortunate circumstance for you that you have only joined the service a few hours, else I should scarcely reconcile it with my duty to look over your…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—It is much to be regretted that Mr W. G. Spence, secretary of the General Labourers Union, should persist in his endeavours to foment strife between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eschew thou evil! In the glass of time There is a grain of sand, which—soon or late— Fails to mark the hour of retribution. Evils deeds are debts, writ in the register…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As nothing further remained to be discussed, the party took their leave; and after watching them for nearly an hour from one of the windows of the farm, our hero proceeded to release his companion;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Honour and truth were given to cherish; Cherish them, then, though all else should take flight; Landmarks are these which never should perish,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On entering the vault, which extended under the whole of the choir, as well as the sanctuary of the church, they saw at a glance that their errand had been forestalled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Towards the close of the day. Marshal St. Arnand, who, despite the mortal disease that was consuming him, (he remained on horseback during the whole of the battle), galloped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our readers must not imagine that the canteen of Charles' regiment was anything like the comfortable taproom which many of them have doubtless seen appropriated to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Who can compare love's mean and gross desires, To the chaste zeal of friendship's sacred fire? Love is a sudden blaze which soon decays; Friendship is the sun's eternal rays:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From that moment Jack's recounciliation with the French was complete. He even forgave in his heart the soldier who had somewhat ungenerously used his bayonet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the every elegantly furnished drawing room of a spacious mansion in St. James's square were seated four persons, two ladies and the same number of gentlemen, all old acquaintances of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As English officer, who has been a spectator of the late French mancuvres on the Italian frontier, after mentioning the difficulties he experienced from the character of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For many days the dark Angel ot Death [?] shadowed with his wings the couch of Henri de la Tour. The utter prostration which succeeded to the excitement caused by the meeting with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Seymour, who remained by the body of his chief, to defend it from insult, was savagely bayoneted by the Russians. The battle was nearly over, when our hero,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE conversation narreted in the preceding chapter had aroused the worst passions in the heart of Cuthbert Vavasseur, who saw himself on the eve of being disappointed not only in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In starting with Julian and Corporal Stoak, who was half mad with d[?]sp[?] and [?]onsy, in search of Lelin, Charles Va[?]r listened only to the [?]trs of his l[?]t; [?] never once…
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