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The wars & local soldiers, 1849

23 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

A New Weapon of War

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 December 1849 · page 9

A recent letter from the seat of war in Hungary describes in detail, the formidable auxiliaries the Magyar armies have found in the wild population scattered over the vast steppes and forests of the interior, particularly…

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News From the Seat of War. (From Punch.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 December 1849 · page 3

LETTERS have arrived from Vienna of the 18th. A sanguinary engagement has been fought at Szuglok, between the 23rd Russian Corps commanded by General Nobglog, and the…

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The War in Hungary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 December 1849 · page 3

THE following is nn extract from a letter of an Austrian officer, dated Head-quarters, Temesvar, August 14:— Much time will be required to convey to you…

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