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The wars & local soldiers, 1873

6 stories in South Coast's papers

War Indemnity

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 5

France and Germany have signed an agreement stipulating that the remaining portion of the war indemnity shall be paid by instalments, terminating in September next. According to…

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The Khivan War

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 3

The Russian vanguard reached Amordivia on tho 5th, and defeated 3500 Khivans without Joss. The Khivans also attacked them neat Chabadt, and, after a severe fight, in which the…

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The Man-of-war of To-day

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 4

BRITANNIA’S latest-born “water-baby” the brestwork turret vessel Devastation took her first public airing on April 15, off the Isle of Wight No fond maternal…

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Termination of the Khivan War. St. Petersburg, June 26

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1873 · page 4

A telegram received here from Tashkend says: —“The Khan of Khiva has capitulated to General Kauffman, whose troops now occupy the capital.”…

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Latest Intelligence. Telegrams to Australian Associated Press. Termination of the Khivan War. St. Petersburg, June 26

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 2

A telegram received here from Tashkend says:—"The Khan or Khiva has capitulated to General Kauffman, whose troops now occupy the capital."…

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The Cruelties of British Soldiers

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1873 · page 4

A curious anecdote is told by FieldMarshal. Sir. George Pollock, and one eminently suggestive of the grim and unpitying manner in which the British…

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