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The wars & local soldiers, 1866

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The War-cloud in Germany

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1866 · page 2

The relations of Austria and Prussia are extremely critical. The two rival powers are mutually threatening each other, and both are making active military preparations. The insolence…

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Continental. Apprehended War in Europe

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 18 June 1866 · page 3

The attitude of Austria and Prussia towards each other is very hostile. Both have been mating war-like preparations, each side asking for explanations of the other's proceedings, still, both declare no…

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Foreign War and Colonial Defences

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1866 · page 2

THE intelligence which the last Overland Mail has conveyed to these shores is ominous indeed, and may well demand the most serious consideration of all Australian colonists. The…

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Arrival of the English Mail. a Fearful Continental War Imminent. American Affairs Unsettled. Immense Failures and Consequent Panic. Defeat of the Spanish Fleet. Cholera in America and England. Garibaldi Again in the Field. Seizure of a British Vessel by the Fenians. War Inevitable—Russia and Prussia Arming. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 12 July 1866 · page 2

THE mail steamer hove in sight this afternoon. She brings news to the 5th (?) June. The March Australian Mails were delivered in London on the 11th and 18th May…

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The News by the Mail London, May 26. the Impending War

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 4

FOR the moment there is a lull—the breathless hush which so often precedes the bursting of a tempest. Diplomatists are busy with their last despairing efforts at conciliation…

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The Continental War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 27 August 1866 · page 3

LONDON, JUNE 25TH.—Since my last communication, startling events have occurred. Garibaldi has been culled from retirement to head an army, and, forgetful of the past, has consented to act in concert…

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War Telegrams

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1866 · page 2

The following telegrams are said to. have been despatched by General Benedek to his Emperor before and during the battle of Skalitz:— "8 a.m.—Going to attack. Pray God."…

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The European War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 13 September 1866 · page 2

BY the Day Dawn from California we have late San Francisco papers, from which we extract the following:— PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLES…

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The War. the Battle of Sadowa, or Koniggratz

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1866 · page 4

"THE first shot was fired about half-past 7 o'clock. The Pressiao horse artillery, close down to the river, replied to the Austrian guns, but neither side fired heavily, and for…

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Select Poetry. a War-song for Germany

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 15 November 1866 · page 4

Oh! Sausage, sweet child of mine own native land My blood shall flow freely for thee! At Germany's war-cry with weapon in hand. Each child of the Vaterland see!…

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