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The wars & local soldiers, 1850

13 stories in Sydney's papers

Miscellaneous Extracts. the Results of War. (From the Times, September 4.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1850 · page 2

PARIS has become the focus of an European peace movement! The Napoleon at the top of the column, in the Place Vendôme, looks down with a metallic sneer at conscientious…

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"Lay" by a Soldier Officer. "I must and will an actress wed."

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 26 January 1850 · page 3

I must and will an actress wed, Still smile away all shadows, The voice of Love is eloquent In green-rooms—not green meadows…

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War and the Oligarchy -- Peace and the Democracy

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 23 February 1850 · page 11

We do believe that there never was a time when it was more necessary to place upon their guard the peace-loving and liberty-loving people of England than the present moment; for, to our mind, there never yet was…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. the War Between Manono and Aana. (From the Samoan Reporter, November.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1850 · page 3

IN giving some account of the present state of affairs existing between the hostile parties of Aana and Manono, it may be observed, that, although no agreement has been made between…

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War with Greece

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1850 · page 2

THE Straits Times Extra, of March 8th, contains news from Malta to the 31st of January, and from this source we have the startling announcement of hostile…

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English Extracts. Our War with Greece. (Times, March 6.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1850 · page 3

THE latest Greek newspapers which have reached this country are of the 18th of Fe bruary, when Admiral Parker's restrictive measures were still in full force, and the Greek…

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[Enclosure referred to in the foregoing Despatch.] War Office, 20th December, 1849

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 June 1850 · page 2

Sir,—As the Bangalore is about to sail in the end of this week, with a body of 30 pensioners in charge of convicts, I am directed to suggest the expediency of some communication being…

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A Yankee's Notion about War

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 31 August 1850 · page 4

Thrash away! you'll have to rattle On them kettle-drums o' yours,— Taint a knowing kind o'cattle. That is catched with mouldy corn…

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Late English News. General Summary. (From the Home News, May 24.) May Heaven avert the signs of threaten'd war Twixt neighbour nations.—The Prophet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1850 · page 3

A RUPTURE with France! Such an announcement must come like a clap of thunder upon the good old gentlemen who have pinned their faith to the sleeves of the soi-disant Liberal…

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War with Russia

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 14 September 1850 · page 11

We are enabled to state, on unquestionable authority, that the Greek question remains unsettled, through the intrigues of the Russian and Bavarian ministers at Athens, and that it is the…

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Civil War in England

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 28 September 1850 · page 10

MR. EDITOR, -- We have long looked on our own loved country as the land of peace. When France was revolutionized. Italy in arms, and Austria rent and almost eaten up by civil war, we consoled…

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The War in Schleswig. (From the Times Hamburg Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1850 · page 3

HAMBURG, JULY 27 — The battle of Idstedt [?] some maps called Ichstadt) has decided [?] question of the occupation of Schleswig by [?] Danish army, and the total uselessness of [?]…

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War In Australia. [Written at Bora Creek.]

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 7 December 1850 · page 3

OF war I sing in wild Australia's land Between the sable chief's of Bora's band. And Bomra's powerful, yet unwarlike throng, Who're weak in fight, although in numbers…

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