War or Negociation?
Under this head, a correspondent of the Times signing himself "A Reader of History " writes as follows:— "I am afraid that, whatever the case…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1854
372 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 19
Are Treaties Annulled by War? To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle
SIR,—I am glad to find that we have at last arrived at the end of our discussion on the subject of treaties. As you have finished your comments upon my evidence, and as you propose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Confession of Murder by a Private Soldier. (From the Weekly News, January 7.)
A MAN named Benjamin M'Donald, a private of the 50th regiment, now at Plymouth, has voluntarily confessed to the chief warder of the Devonport Military Prison, that he a short time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Seat of War on the Danube. (From the Times, December 29.)
It may be premised that what is termed the general valley of the Danube is [?]urally divided into four basins by cbains of mountains, which successively be[?]me deta[?]hed, extend away to the…
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Prince Gortschakof[?], the Russian commander-in-chief, had recently received orders from the Emperor to remove his head-quarters from Bucharest to Krajova,…
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Routchuck is a large town in Bulgaria, of some 30,000 inhabitants, situated on a promontory advancing into the Danube. From the roofs of its houses a splendid view may be obtained over the vast winding river, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Crcesus and City of Sydney. News to January 22. Progress of the War. Another Battle
THE Australasian Steam Navigation Company's fine new steamship, City of Sydney, arrived in port at daylight this morning,…
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THE Times, January 20, contains the following:— " Russian advices have reached Paris, from St. Petersburg of January 12, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is England at War? (From a Correspondent.)
WITHOUT at all understanding the probable results of a general European war, the Colonists are too ready to exaggerate the inconveniencies to which they would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire. Wednesday, April 19, 1854. the War and Its Prognostics
WE do not object to wise conjectures based on positive knowledge of facts and leading principles. We are also firm believers in all that can be fairly proved from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preparations for War in Britain.— Warlike Foreshadowings
The London correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser says—The state of public feeling may be descried as having ussumed the form and pressure of the Georgian era. The State of…
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Allah il Allah -- our God he is God -- Just Allah look down from thy blissful abodes -- Revenge for thy children who died for thy sake, Revenge on the false-hearted infidels take…
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On the evening before the Crest of the Wave sailed from Liverpool, (viz., on the 10th Feb.,) news reached that port, by electric telegraph, to the effect, that Admiral Sir Charles Napier was immediately to assume…
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The Cologne Gazette of the 8th instant publishes the following telegraphic despatch:— " VIENNA, February 7.—We have to-day received the intelligence that, on the 5th instant, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Edition. Declaration of War. European News to the 11Th of February
THE Crest of the Wave, a clipper ship, has arrived at Melbourne from Liverpool in seventy-four days, bringing most important intelligence from the Seat of War. Captain Pockley of the…
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On the evening before the Crest of the Wave sailed from Liverpool, (viz., on the 10th Feb.,) news reached that port, by electric telegraph, to the effect, that Admiral Sir Charles Napier was immediately to assume…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Preparations for War by England and France. (From the Liverpool Mail, 11th February)
Though peace may yet become a fact instead of a vague rumour, the British and French Governments are actively preparing for war on a scale of magnitude which will enable them to cope successfully with the…
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"WITHIN fifty years," said the Emperor Napoleon, "the world will be either Republican or Cossack." Little more than thirty years have elapsed since this shrewd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters From the Seat of War. [From the Express, London Paper.] Widdin, January 23
I paid a visit yesterday to the hospitals at Widdin, which contain the greater part of the Turkish wounded. They are three in number—two on a large scale, in buildings erected for the purpose, and the third in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harbour Defences. by an Old Man-of-war's Man. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—Your columns have lately teemed with letters from parties, who are evidently serious, upon the subject of an apprehended visit from some foreign foe or buccaneering expedition; and out of the plenitude…
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