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The wars & local soldiers, 1846

48 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 3

War Between the United States and Mexico

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 October 1846 · page 2

THE following Proclamation, declaring war, was issued— BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

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War Between the United States and Mexico

The Spectator · Saturday 10 October 1846 · page 451

THE following Proclamation, declaring war, was issued--BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. "Whereas, the Congress of the United States, by virtue of the constitutional authority vested in them, have declared by…

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America. War Between Mexico and the United States

The Australian · Saturday 10 October 1846 · page 3

A private correspondent of the London Herald gives the following:— Livorpool, Thursday Evening. The Cambria steamer bus just arrived in her…

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Cape of Good Hope the Kafir War

The Australian · Thursday 15 October 1846 · page 3

AMONG the news from the Cape given in in the Van Diemen's Land journals we find the following:— "The latest intelligence from head…

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Literature. the Soldier's Bride. (Original.)

The Citizen · Saturday 17 October 1846 · page 5

Although within my father's halls Are many knights of high degree, Yet none the fond heart can enthrall Whose plighted love is giv'n to thee…

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The War in Mexico

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 November 1846 · page 3

WE have at length received the Mexican accounts of the late collision with the American forces on the Rio Grande, and it is satisfactory to find that no attempt…

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English Extracts. Horrible Atrocity on an English Soldier

The Citizen · Saturday 26 December 1846 · page 5

The Democratic Pacifique publishes a long extract from a letter, giving a horrible account of the atrocities committed at Madagascar by the Hovas upon an English soldier whom they…

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English and American Vessels of War in the Pacific. (From the Seaman's Friend—Sandwich Islands Paper.) ENGLISH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 December 1846 · page 2

Rate. Name. Guns. Commander. Ship of the line Collingwood 80 Sir G. F. Seymour. Frigate Grampus 50 Martin, C. B. " Fisgard 42 J. A. Duntz…

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