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578 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 29
It is a curious coincidence that the late Sir Neil Douglass led the 79th raiment at Waterloo, and the same regiment was led by his son in storming the heights of Alma, their next fight. When the armies were drawn up at Alma, the French…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To ED. PEOP. AD., Sir, -- Since my last hurried despatch I have been enabled to gather more full particulars of the great passage of arms and legs in which the Allied Forces of Volunteer Cavalry, Artillery,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pay of the soldier is seven roubles a year, or three-quarters of a farthing per diem; out of this, he is obliged to buy his own blacking, and candle to grease his mustachios. When employed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are placedânot exactly in a difficulty, because we feel no hesitation at all about the matter [?] but in a position in which we have to choose between two opposite conclusins, both in their way irresistible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR-The promptitude and generosity with which the colonists of New South Wales responded to the appeal made to them last year, on behalf of the widows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Emperor of Russia is reported to have said that, even supposing Sebastopol taken and the Crimea in the hands of the allies, Russia must eventually win, inasmuch as the defence of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From the moment that it was clearly ascertained that Sebastopol could not be reduced, even from the south side and by land, without the operations of a regular siege, there is no reason to feel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR— The appeal of your correspondent "AngloAustralian," under the above heading, on Tuesday last, has struck a chord which must vibrate throughout the inhabited length and breadth of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Emperor of Russia is now appearing to the world in his true characternot nearly so much the religious fanatic or,the political enthusiast as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following is an extract from a letter written by a physician long resident at Constantinople: "I have been through our hospital with—, and cannot trust my pen to describe the painful and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE publish in other columns the official list of the killed and wounded in the Battle of the Alma. The deep and melancholy interest which thousands must have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two important events have come to our knowledge here since, my last; the first is the final seizure of the heights round Sebastopol on the south, with the capture of the fort of Balaklava;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following letter, enclosing returns of the non-oommistioned officers and privates who were killed or wounded in the late engagement in the Crimea, has this day been received at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN consequence of the mail by the Madras arriving so late in the week, we were obliged to omit a very large portion of the details of the Siege of Sebastopol, but we gave all that tended to explain to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE hews by each succeeding mail thickens with terrific interest. As the grant "King of Terrors" advances in the work of human slaughter and devastation, so do our hopes'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have selected from Mr. O'Byrne's "Naval Biographical History," CASSELL'S FAMILY PAPER, and other sources, biographical sketches of some of the most prominent actors in the eventful struggle on which the eyes of the civilized world are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →There is no probability of the war terminating with the present campaign. The Emperor of Russia will take a great deal more beating than the Allies can give him…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While, with outstretched necks, and open mouths, and strained eyeballs, we are all looking towards a promontory in the Black Sea, for God's sake, let us not forget to look at home;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is not improbable that many of our readers, though perusing with avidity the details of this eventful struggle as they are published by the newspapers, and sympathising warmly with the valour of our troops, may be -- by the lapse…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR— There is nothing that interests all classes of our countrymen mere at the present time than the important war that we are engaged in against the Emperor of Russia. Some understanding the…
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