Incidents of the War
REFERENCE has beeen already made to the outline of a novel found among the secret papers at the Tuileries in the handwriting of the ex-Emperor. The following is a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1871
25 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Incidents of the War
THE Slaats A nzeiger gives the following account, of the death of Count Waldersee, in the engagement at Le Bourget:- "In the village itself, where the French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carlisle on the War
THOMAS CARLISLE has published a long and characteristic letter in the London.'Times' on the Franco-Prussian war, in which, as might he supposed from his proclivities, he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No News From the War. I.—at the Camp
IS she sitting in tho meadow Where the brook leaps to the mill, Leaning low against the poplar, Dreamily and still?…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the English Mail. Via Suez. the War. [A portion of the following was issued as an Extraordinary on Thursday afternoon.—Ed.] Sydney, Thursday 2 p.m
The branch Mail steamer has arrived at Adelaide after being detained by heavy gales. A great sortie was made from Pans early in December against the Prussian batteries…
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The following telegraphic intelligence, from 29th December to 13th January, will be found to contain news which has not hitherto reached Sydney, and further details…
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THE Times' military correspondent relates the following incident of an hotel near Versailles:—Most amusing of all, though painful also, was a sight suggestive of strange…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Romance of the War
"FOR many a day to come," writes the Daily News, "the great siege which is now a terror and pain to civilisation will furnish materials for French fiction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Effect of the War
THE London Observer writes:—"At a time when war appears daily more and more likely to become for a considerable period the normal condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newspapers and the War
THE Press and the public seem to have got embarrassed in a vicious circle, from which extrication seems well high hopeless. The one reacts on the other, pandering to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peace and War. Two Autumn Landscapes
THIN yellow leaves are waving in the ran, Thin red leaves tremble on the garden wall, A cold dew beads upon the last pale rose. That ere another hour will shake and fall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany After the War. (Pall Mall Gazette.)
THE emotions caused by reading that General Mant[?]ffel has demanded the enormous contribution of 15,000,000 franes from Rouen are not confined to pity for the unfortunate…
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The bombardment of Paris commenced in earnest on the 5th January, and from that date the German Artillery fired vigorously, but was replied to only feebly on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the English Mail. Via Suez. [A portion of the following was issued as an Extraordinary on Tuesday.—ED.] Peace Restored. Paris has Capitulated. Parisian Army Prisoners of War. New French Ministry formed. Thiers meets Bismark to settle conditions of Peace. Riots in Paris. Gambetta protests against Pence. Small Pox spreading rapidly in England. Persons Frozen to Death in London
THE mail arrived At Adelaide on Tuesday morning, bringing news to the 15th February—only 28 days old. Paris has capitulated after several days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Game of Brag in War Time
IT was the babbling that drove the Grand Army mad. It was the infinite babble that brought about Chaos. Of golden silence there was none; of…
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In a gutter close to the road, a man was lying motionless, a white pocket-handkerchief at the top of a stick planted by his side, was probably indicating to the passers-by that a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Are the United States Prepared for War?
A CAREFUL perusal of our files of American papers shows that the question of a war with England was being seriously discussed in the New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wagga Wagga War. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.) "When this cruel war is over." Yankee Ditty
SIR,—Why doesn't some enterprising individual get up a panorama of the Wagga Wagga war? History and the Police Clerk have recorded some episodes in that direful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To M. Leon Gambetta. Late Minister of War of the Government of National Defence
FALLEN thou art not, though the hopeless crowd Who worship crowns and empires cry thee down;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →England's Attitude During the War
IN an article on the above subject the Paris Temps of Friday says:—"We are unjust towards England. We forget that she sympathised strongly with us from the…
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