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The wars & local soldiers, 1854

372 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 19

Life Insurances and War Risks

Empire · Friday 15 September 1854 · page 4

The following correspondance has been handed to us, with a request for its publication; and, as the subject appears to us one of considerable interest to a large part of the public, we give it…

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The War—retreat of the Russians. (From the [?]) [?] the Times, June 19.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 September 1854 · page 8

THE sacrifices and exertions of the Western Powers and the heroic devotion of the Turks seem likely to fee rewarded more speedily and more amply than we had allowed ourselves to anticipate. The best laid…

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Progress of the War

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 16 September 1854 · page 1
Also in Freeman's Journal

RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS ACROSS THE DANUBE.—The complete defeat of the Russians on the 16th is confirmed, a portion of the besieging army having been driven back to…

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Aspects of the War

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 September 1854 · page 9

FROM the recent intelligence from the seat of war our readers will gather that the struggle is not likely to be so speedily terminated as some of the statesmen and warriors of England boasted previous…

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The War in the East

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 September 1854 · page 9

The French MONITEUR has published the following intelligence: -- "A letter from Widdin, dated June 28, says -- The Russians abandoned the seige of Silistria on the 26th. They retired upon the left of the…

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Cobbett's Prophecies on the Russian War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1854 · page 3

A VERY timely reprint from Cobbett's Register in 1829 has just been published, under the title of "Cobbett's Reasons for War against Russia in Defence of Turkey." It is quite refreshing to turn to the old writer's words…

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Soldiers' Wives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 September 1854 · page 2

THE following is a private letter received from a corporal in the Rifle Brigade, now on service in Turkey:— "Alladine, near Varna, Turkey, June 13, 1854…

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Progress of the War. (From the Illustrated London News, July 8.)

Empire · Friday 22 September 1854 · page 3

Hitherto the history of the war has been a record of fruitless but patient negotiations, rather than of deeds of arms. But the day of negotiation—long since passed…

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Austria and the War. (To the Editor of the Daily News.)

Empire · Friday 29 September 1854 · page 8

SIR—Suppose Russia should continue as obstinate and unscrupulous as heretofore—what consalation have England and France in the intervention of Austria? Does that intervention give…

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Articles of War Adopted by the First Regiment of N. S. Wales Rifles

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 30 September 1854 · page 3

1.—Every Volunteer is at liberty to attend parade or not at his option. 2.—No private to bonnet an officer on pain of an order on Mountcastle…

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The War and the Magazines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 October 1854 · page 3

IT is quite impossible to take up any magazine, periodical, or paper, without hitting upon an article about the war. All regard the present aspect of affairs more or less gloomily, and begin…

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Kossuth on the War. (From the Allas, June 10.)

Empire · Thursday 5 October 1854 · page 6

The speeches of Kossuth at Sheffield have never been surpassed in this or any other country for close reasoning and fervid eloquence. Step by step he builds…

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A Reporter in the British Senate. No. Iv.—the Declaration of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1854 · page 8

THIRTY-NINE years of peace with Europe have passed away, and we are now on the point of engaging in a mighty and probably protracted struggle, to preserve the independence of an ally and the integrity of his…

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The Russian Empire and Its Resources. (From the War Supplement to the Home News, July 10.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1854 · page 3

THE following details have been carefully selected from recent and authentic sources, for the purpose of exibiting in detail, under convenient heads of reference, the actual existing power…

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Difficulty of the Conquest of Turkey, Evinced in the War of 1828-29

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 October 1854 · page 4

The campaigns of 1828 and 1829, though they terminated to the disadvantage of Turkey, are yet eminently calculated to modify the ideas generally entertained as to the great power of Russia…

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Cobbett's Prophecies on the Russian War

Empire · Monday 9 October 1854 · page 3

A very timely reprint from Cobbett's Register in 1829 has just been published under the title of " Cobbett's Reasons for war against Russia in Defence of Turkey." It is quite refreshing to…

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Tubkey—the War. (From the Morning Herald's Correspondent) VARNA, June 13

Empire · Friday 13 October 1854 · page 6

As far as regards anything decisive from Silistria there is not much news to communicate this post. The Russians still attack, the Turks still defend it,…

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The Firstlings of War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 October 1854 · page 2

We have had out laugh at the Russian lies, vaunts, and much ado about nothing; but we must take care not ourselves to fall into the same folly, of which there appears…

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Difficulty of the Conquest of Turkey Evinced in the War of 1828 29

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 14 October 1854 · page 11

The campaigns of 1828 and 1829, though they terminated to the disadvantage of Turkey, are yet eminently calculated to modify the ideas generally entertained as to the great…

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