The War. Russian Preparations
A letter from Odossa of the 16th of March appears in the New Munich Gazette. "The cavalry corps concentrated around Odessa, under the orders of General Schabelski, is exclusively…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1855
578 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 29
Speech of Cardinal Wiseman on the War
CARDINAL WISEMAN delivered on Tuesday evening, at St. Martin's Hall, a Lecture " On the Future Historian's View of the Present War," from which we derive the subjoined eloquent passages:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Evidence Given Before the Committee of Enquiry on the Conduct of the War
DEEMING the proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry of considerable interest to our readers, we have drawn up an abstract of all the material evidence given on the state of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Association in Aid of Soldiers' Wives and Families
THE first annual meeting of the above Association took place at Willis's Rooms, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. The assemblage was a large and a fashionable one. Several officers of high…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Tn the Crimea. Malta, 13th April, 1855
Our letters from the camp before Sebastopol extend to the 3rd instant, up to which date a succession of skirmishes had taken place in the direction of Fort Malakoff, but unfortunately without any result. This position is…
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THE following jeu d'esprit, printed in the foolscap form of a Parliamentary Bill, was issued in London previous to the sailing of the Marco Polo. It was copied into the Times, Morning Chronicle, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evidence Given Before the Committee of Enquiry on the Conduct of the War. (Continued.) Tenth Day, March 16
HE represented the firm of Messrs. James Baines and Co., shipowners, of Liverpool. In February or March last year they were engaged in completing two vessels named the Echunga and the Glendower for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From the Seat of War to the 3Rd of April. Fighting Before Sebastopol. Critical Position of the Allied Armies. Empire Office, TUESDAY, 11 a.m
By the stenmer Wonga Wonga, from Melbourne this morning wo have English news to April 9, which was brought from Singapore by the Glendaragh on the evening of the 28th ultimo. The intelligence via Malta is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cost of War. (From the Economist, March 31.)
It is now necessary to remind the public, extraordinary as this may seem, that great distress existed in rural districts and in the streets and alleys and courts of our towns before the War began…
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THE war appears to be in about the same unsatisfactory state, as it was; and the siege of Sebastopol seems, by each despatch that reaches us, to become more and more uncertain -- uncertain when it will…
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A mingled murmur of joy and sorrow comes from the beleaguered camp of the Allies, as the gloomy characteristics of Winter begin at last to disappear, and Nature robes even the terrible…
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Seven o'clock the same evening and still deep in thought sat Mrs. Martha Corbett. The tea equipage had been taken away, but aching head and heavy heart remained…
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SIR—The state of affairs in Europe becomes every day more complieated. The only ground for hope is in the sincerity and durability of the alliance between France and England. For one, I firmly believe that it is both…
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Our letters from the camp before Sebastopol extend to the 3rd instant, up to which date a succession of skirmishes had taken place in the direction of Fort Malakoff, but unfortunately without any result. This position is now considered the key…
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It will be seen from the official accounts, both from the Allied and Russian armies, that a desperate engagement took place before Sebastopol on the night of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late European Intelligence. From the Seat of War to April 3
BY the steamer Wonga Wonga, from Melbourne, on Wednesday morning, we have English news to April 9th, and from the Crimea to the 3rd of April, which was brought from Singapore by the Glendaragh; though scanty, it is of the highest…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Prospects of the War. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—Having had occasion, when collecting materials or my recent lecture on the "Seripture Prophecies descriptive of the rise and progress, the decline and fall of the Mahometan power, and the bearings of these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incidents of the War. (From the Times' Own Correspondent.) Eupatoria, March 10
As I told you in my last letter, in the interview which took[?] place on the 8th, between the Russian and Turkish commanders of outpests, it was agreed that the prisoners should be exchanged on both sides the next…
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THE more we endeavour to unravel the mysteries which have marked the conduct of the Ministry of both France and England, the more complex and inconsistent appear their motives for entering upon…
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