The War. England's Neutrality. (From the Times)
IT is the fate of Neutrals to be abused by both contending parties. M. About has no words too strong for our halfhearted policy in the Soir; nor is the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1870
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The War. in Prison As a Spy
THE following is from the special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, and appears in that paper of the 9th September. The writer is believed to be…
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THE Saturday Review says:—If Paris should unfortunately be forced to surrender, the commanding General will probably incur the obloquy which fell upon Marmont; and the…
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MY brain's in a maze, and my mind's in a muddle, With this War, and these rumours of War:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moral Effects of the War. (From the Saturday Review.)
THE two most polished and advanced and educated and representative nations of the world have not got beyond the natives of Dahomey. Or rather, having…
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THE two most polished and advanced and educated and representative nations of the world have not got beyond the natives of Dahomey. Or rather, having acquired the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prospects of the War. (From the Weser Zetung.)
PROUD as we are of the great deeds of our troops, of the masterly certainty of oar leaders, and the admirable bravery of our soldiers, we are free from that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coming Home From the War. (From the Daily News.)
If the fervour of the German warsongs is tempered by melancholy thoughts of the home that the soldier is leaving behind him, there is no such…
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A WRITER in the Gaulois says that Edmond About has returned brimful of aneedotes and adventures — some painful, others highly comic. The first…
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Tours, October 11. — Gambetta's balloon took a northerly course from Paris, descended considerably near Breil, and for a long time was so close…
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WE make the following extracts from the news received by the Californian mail:— Surrender of Metz — Prussians…
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THE correspondent of the Irish American writing from Caen in Normandy on the 8th September, says:— France is defiled by the presence of…
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THE following is an extract from a letter received by Colonel Lloyd-Lindsay from Captain Brakenbury:— "At Balon I found Dr. Frank and…
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THE Morning Post has received a letter from Paris by balloon. One of its announcements ought to cause the Germans some anxiety:—"The defence…
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THE Duke of Saxe Coburg, writing from Versailles, on the 30th, to the Duchess, and speaking of the environs of Paris, says:— "The whole district has for some years been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freemasonry and the War
The present war has been prolific in illustrations of the value of Freemasonry in dangerous emergencies. Among the cartloads of wounded of both nations which arrived from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Correspondence. (From the Spectator.)
TEE English arrangements for collecting and distributing intelligence about this War, though in some respects very commendable, are still by no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Escape of the Empress Eugenie From France
THE 'Argus' publishes the following particulars of the escape of the Empress to England, as narrated by a letter received by Dr. Woolbridge, of South Yarra :—…
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The France gives an account of a new murderous missile recently tried at Paris, the results of which were so fearful that it is said the authorities hesitate to adopt it. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Correspondents. (From the Spectator.)
THERE never lived a soldier yet who did not in his heart of hearts loathe the journalist to whose pen he is indebted for reputation, justice, and all…
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