Flogging Soldiers
Sir F. BURDETT, in the House of Commons, on tuesday, the 15. July, after making an allusion to a report which he had heard relative to cases of punishment by martial law at Glascow, where he…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1829
15 stories in Sydney's papers
War-office,---august 18
1st Regt, of Foo[?]; Brevet Lieut.[?]Colonel George A. Wetherall to be Lieut, Col. by purchase, vice M'Keller, who retires; Capt. L. M'Laine, to be Major, by purchase, vice M'Laine; E[?]sign A. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Duke of Wellington, On the situation of England with regard to the question of PFACE, or WAR Kenington, 7th August, 1828
MY LORD DUKE, In spite of the apparently anxions and unanimous endeavour of the nation to avert its eyes from its dresent situation is it a constant subject of alarm, or of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Duke of Wellington. On the situation of England with regard to the question of PFACE, or WAR Kensington, 7th August, 1828
MY LORD DUKE, In spite of the apparently anxious and unanimous endeavour of the nation to avert its eves from its dresent situation is it a constant subject of alarm, or of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Battle of Albuera. (From the Marquess of Londonderry's Work on the Peninsular War.)
Marshal Beresford had on this occasion under his orders a corps of Spaniards, whom he stationed in a double line upon his extreme right, between two hillocks, one somewhat in advance of the other, next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITERATURE. Recollections of a Service of Three Years during a War of Extermination in the Republics of Venezuela and Colombia. By an Officer of the Colombian Navy. [From the Atlas.]
This work, which is not yet published, was transmitted to us too late to afford a sufficient opportunity for fully estimating its merits. But we can venture to pronounce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Squabble. Soldiers and Pleareians. Coroner's Inquest Inconclusive, After Two Days Sitting. Three Persons Poisoned
OUR last left the Coroner's Jury convened to investigate the death of Edward Munrp, in adjournment. As the enquiry had not concluded on Monday evening, and as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Portrait Op Napoleon. (From the late General Foy's "History of the Pe[?] War.")
Born in the island of Corsica, he was a stranger to French ma[?]ers, and almost to the times he lived in. Nature had endowed him with a constitution as strong as iron, powerful intellect, vivid imagination,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Army. (From the London Gazette, of Tuesday, Nov 25. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 2[?], 1828. Promotions and Exchanges. (Continued from our [?]st)
66th Regiment of FootâTo be CaptainsâLieu[?] Thomas Legh Goldie, by [?]chase, vice Bristow, who retires, dated Nov. 2[?], 1828; Captain Randa[?] Rumley, from the half pay, vice Andrew Hya[?]th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News From the Theatre of War. (From the Prussian States Gazette.)
The St. Petersburg Gazette contains the following news from the army in the Field, from the l7th of October to the 10th of November:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English News. The Army. (From the London Gazette of Dec. 23.) Promotions and Exchanges. War Office, Dec. 22, 1828
Royal Waggon Train—Captain Francis Bond Head, from the 98th Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice D'Arley, who retires, dated Dec. 23, 1828…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Translated From the Greek. for the Australia. Lesbia, a gallant soldier's daughter—and, my Iphis, a brother soldier's son
Bright as Venus's golden star, And as silver Cynthia fair; Nymph with every charm replete, Give a hundred favors sweet…
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The trial, of Captain Wright, of the 39th Regiment, having terminated at length, we propose to offer a few remarks upon the subject, from any discussion of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Army. War Office—July 2, 1829
1st. Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Somerset, from the half-pay, to be [?]nantcolonel, [?]ice A. B. Clifton, who exchanges, receiving the difference…
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His path is o'er the roaring deep, And through the burning plain; And he must vigil, lonely, keep, While mem'ry racks the brain…
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