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The wars & local soldiers, 1879

6 stories in South Coast's papers

The Zulu War. London, Feb. 27

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1879 · page 3

The extraordinary credit of £1,500,000, asked for by the Government for defraying the expenses of the Zulu war, has been unanimously voted by Parliament,…

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Special Vote for the Zulu War

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1879 · page 3

An extraordinary credit of £1,500,000 has been asked for on account of the Zulu war…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Horrors of War. Unavoidable Massacre of the Afghan Prisoners

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1879 · page 4

ON the following day (the 8th) reconnoitring parties scoured the country in every direction, and came back with the news that although straggling parties of natives were…

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The Zulu War. London, August 7

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1879 · page 3

Despatches from Sir Garnet Wolseley have been published, stating that the prospects of an early settlement if peace preliminaries were good, but that quiet and security were impossible…

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The War Between Chilli and Peru

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1879 · page 4

So much interest attaches to the navy of the future and to the part that ironclad ships will play that every little encounter that now takes place is eagerly studied to see if…

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A Remarkable War Ship

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1879 · page 4

THE most extraordinary vessel of war over constructed will shortly be launched from Chatham Dockyard. Her length is 2.10 feet, with a breadth of beam of 40 feet, a size…

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