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The wars & local soldiers, 1833

10 stories in Sydney's papers

The War in Portugal

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 7 February 1833 · page 2

Accounts have been received from Oporto and Lisbon. A good deal of skirmishing had occurred in the neighbourhood of Oporto, but no result of consequence had transpired, From private letters,…

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War by Great Britain & France Against Holland

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 7 February 1833 · page 2

The blow has been at length struck. The war, of which no man can foretel the end, but which even the simplest must see, can bring nothing but misery to Europe, and weakness and disgrace to…

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No War

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 13 February 1833 · page 2

BY an Irish paper of the 7th October, received by the Roslyn Castle, it should appear, that war is not likely to take place, notwithstanding the junction of…

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Original Correspondence War by the Blacks. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 21 March 1833 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Last night was brought down in a cart from my station on the Murrumbidgee below Wondibadgerce, a man named Peter Carroll, who had been wounded with a spear by the natives at…

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War with Holland

The Currency Lad · Saturday 20 April 1833 · page 3

ANTWERP, DEC. 10, 1832.--During the afternoon of yesterday, the night and the whole of this morning, a thick fog has prevented the curious from observing what takes place outside the walls…

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The War. (Times December 12th.) Siege of Antwerp

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1833 · page 1

BERCHEM, DEC. 9.—Yesterday, about 5 o'clock, King Leopold visited all the batteries. He was accompanied by General Desprez and several officers of his staff…

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English Extracts. the War in Portugal. to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 15 May 1833 · page 3

Arrivals—On Wednesday—The ship Henry Porc[?]er, Captain Baxter, from London 23rd September, Plymouth 21st October, Rio 8th Jan. and the Cape 1st March, Passengers—Misses…

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The Old Soldier. (From the Legends of the Lib. at Lilies.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1833 · page 4

I have often had an occasion to pass through a village on the St. Alban's road, at one end of which there is so tidy and convenient a public-house, that I always give my…

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Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 4th June, 1833. Discharged Soldiers

The Sydney Herald · Monday 10 June 1833 · page 4

IT having occurred in many cases, that discharged non commissioned officers and soldiers have received authority to purchase crown land with the remission of purchase money allowed by His…

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Parliamentary Proceedings. House of Lords, June 3. the War in Portugal

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1833 · page 4

The Duke of Wellington brought forward his promised motion for an address to the King, that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to preserve neutrality between the…

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