The Caffre War
THE papers relative to the Caffre War and the death of, Hintza, ordered by the House of Commons to be printer, have just been distributed; and they will make the country generally acquainted with another…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1837
21 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
Administration of Justice in the Quarter Sessions. Case of the Soldiers of His Majesty's 4th Regiment
No acts of oppression, are so grievous, no deeds of cruelty so horrible, as those which are committed under the forms of law, under the plea of justice, or the sanction of religion…
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A Letter in yesterday's AUSTRALIAN, signed "Anglo Britannus," describes in moving terms, the severity of the sentence upon the two soldiers lately convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sydney Herald. Thursday, February 16, 1837. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Governor Bourke, &c. "Let slip the dogs of war."—Shakespeare
We predicted long ago that the time was fast approaching, when Sir Richard Bourke would learn—despite of all his "admirers and defenders"—that the really…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Soldiers' Wives, VERSUS Spanish Peasant Girls
ON the 7th of December our officers reached Vitoria. Here we shall pause, and give a sketch or two from the ranks:— "The tribes of Shoeless Moll Flaggons from the…
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MURDER—In this day's Herald, will be found the report of a trial for murder, which is only worthy of particular remark, in so far as it illustrates the tendency of the transportation System…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the Gazette of Last Night. War Office, January 10, 1837
His Majesty lias boon pleased to appoint tho following officers to take rank by brevet, as under mentioned. The commission to be dated Jan. 10:â TO BE GENERALS IN THE ARMY…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Gazette of Last Night. War Office, January 10, 1837
His Majesty has been pleased to appoint the following officers to take rank by brevet, as undermentioned. The commission to be ddated January 10:â…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Army. Promotions, Appointmens, &c. War Office, Dec. 30, 1836
5th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. R. M[?] to be captain by purchase vice Loraine who retires; Cornet J. Whitaker, to be lieut. by purchase, vice Meade. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. H. B. Higgins, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the Gazette of Last Night. War Office, January 10, 1837
His Majesty haft been pleased to appoint tho following officers to take, rank by brevet, as under-mentioned. The commissions to be dated Jan. 10:— (Continued from our last.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(From the Naval and Military Gazette, March 10.) War Office, March 17
17th Foot—Lewis Charles Conran, Gent., to be Ensign hy purchase, vice Tuthill, appointed to 2d Dragoon Guards; March 17. Gent. Cadet, John L. Croker, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Spanish War. (From the Atlas, March 12.)
The auimated dobate in the House of Commons on the existing civil war in Spain,[?] forces our attention to the subjecr. It the dsbete contens [?] novelty—if [?] the speeohes showed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cape of Good Hope. Summary of the Kaffir War in 1834 5. London, 15the July, 1836
In the early part of Inst year, Intelligence was received that the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope bad sustained an unsuspected and devastating attack from the…
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The Colonists (such as could escape) with their families, crowded into Graham's Town for the protection of their lives, abandoning their property to the wild…
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In the course of this war, the tact, strength, and resources of the combined Kaffic Tribes were found to be far greater than had been exhibited in former periods…
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4th Regt. Foot.—Lieutenant Thomas Mitchell Chambers, to be captain by purchase, vice Faunae who retires. Ensign George King to bo lieutenant by purchase, vice Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. War and Peace. to the Editor of the Colonist
SIR,—The Australian having opened its columns for a writer under the signature of Hirundo, and at the distance of 16,000 miles, fiend-like, would accuse the British cabinet, and the nation which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nights at Sea; Or, Sketches of Naval Life During the WAR.—By the Old Sailor. the Chase—the Forecastle Yarn
"Not a cloud is before her To dim her pure light; Not a shadow comes o'er her, Her beauty to blight;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nights at Sea; Or, Sketches of Naval Life During the WAR.—By the Old Sailor. the Chase—the Forecastle Yarn
"Not a cloud is before her To dim her pure light; Not a shadow comes o'er her, Her beauty to blight;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nights at Sea ; Or, Sketches of Navel Life During the WAR.—By the Old Sailor. the Chase—the Forecastle Yarn
'Well, shipmates,' continued Bob whilst I was taking a pretty long eye drift over her hull and rigging, and casting my thoughts about the skipper, somebody taps…
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