Threatened Civil War in Switzerland
—The last accounts which have reached us prepare us for the explosion of civil war in this unhappy Land. The seven cantons are indefatigable in organising…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1848
39 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
Miscellaneous Extracts. Destruction of Pirates by a Dutch War Steamer. (From the Singapore Free Press.)
THE following account of a brilliant and successful attack by H.N.M. war steamer Vesuvius upon some pirates in the seas near Sumbawa, has been obligingly communicated to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Highland Sports and Highland Quarters. By Herbert Byng Hall, Esq., author of "Spain, and the Seat of War in Spain," &c. 2 vols. London: H. Hurst. 1847
RAILROADS are rapidly dispersing the weird enchantments of Highland scenery, and bringing the heather to the very doors of the Southern population. Wizard glens are gradually losing…
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In war the accused assumes the light of deciding his own cause, whereas arbitration judges between the accuser and the accused. Standing armies, by causing jealousy between…
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The British Government are about to adopt a new system of Colonial defence professedly for the two fold purpose of relieving the Exchequer, and leaving at the Minister's disposal a larger military force for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To a Recruiting Serjeant Raising Recruits Fob the Mexican, War, [From the Boston Courier.]
Thrash away, you'll have to rattle On them kittle drums o' youru,— 'Taint a knowing' kind o' cattle That is ketched with mouldy corn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Are the Duties of a Soldier! To the Editor of the Australian Journal
SIR,—A new Commander of the Forces having lately arrived in the colony, the present may not perhaps, be an inconvenient time to call his attention to the demoralizing and degrading…
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FIFTY—EIGHT FOOR.—Lieutenant J. R. Cooper, to be Adjutant, vice M'Lerie, who resigns the Adjutancy only. WAR OFFICE, JAN. 14…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Soldier of the Brandy Wine. an Episode in American History
It was the tenth of September, in the year 1777. The sun had passed the meridian, and was slowly sinking in the west, when two lads might have been seen billowing his course with flashing eyes and fast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Poetry. the Song of the Soldier
"A soldier has a soul, and please your honour.'--CORPORAL TRIM. There was a Chelsea pensioner, a relic of the wars, A man of gaunt and iron frame, of hoary locks and…
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THE French Cobden—M. Michel Chevalier— in the Revue des Deux Mondes, shows that English defensive preparations were forced on by French aggressive preparations. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous Extracts. Peace and War Parties in America. (From the Examiner.)
ON the score of direct taxation tho Americans have very decided opinions. They refuse altogether to authorise any tax-man to make such a levy. Let the Custom House supply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Literature. Original Poetry. War
"War is game in which princes seldom win, the people never." COLTON'S "LACON." Oh, war! though sometimes bright and fair, As gleams from polish'd shield or spear;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Most Important News. General War. Europe in a Blaze! Sydney Morning Herald Office, Friday, 1 o'clock p.m
THE Port Phillip Mail of this morning brought the startling intelligence that war had been declared by ENGLAND and FRANCE…
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THE arrival of the "Mahommed Schah," from Plymouth, 28th March, (with emigrants) is the bearer of the startling intelligence of an European War of some…
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THE warlike intelligence from Europe, anuouncedin our Extraordinary of yesterday, though sufficiently startling, was not altogether unexpected. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Highly Important Intelligence. General War in Europe
By yesterday's overland mail from Port Phillip, we have received news of the most startling kind. Our anticipations of war have been realised, but happily, England and France, instead of being opposed to each other, have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney, July 15, 1848. Important From England! Declaration of War.—accouchement of the Queen.—
The arrival of the Emigrant barque 'Mahomet Shah,' at Port Phillip from Plymouth the 28th March, brings the startling intelligence of an European War of…
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THE following extracts are from the Port Phillip papers received by last Friday's overland mail:— RUMOURED…
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Although the intelligence received from Europe, by the Mohammed Shah, cannot be looked upon as unquestionably authentic, still the too great probability of a rupture between the…
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