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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
233 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 12
ONE effect of the war in which the country a now engaged has been to shake public confidence in the military capacity of our generals. The attacks made on the late Lord Raglan must be fresh in the memories…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ONCE again the Baltic Campaign has closed, and like its predecessor with about the same amount of glory. If Sir Charles Napier was so much to be blamed for not doing more than blockade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To answer this question would require a deeper insight into the working of events, and into the mysterious ways of Providence, than what is given to mortal man to know…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS is indeed one of the grand old wars. Its theatre is the very region where despotism and liberty, the But end the West, barbarism and civilisation, fought their first struggles, and, if the world lasts long…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Seven English ships of the line—the Cressy, Edinburgh, Royal George, Ajax, Nile, Blenheim, and Hogue—are now in Keil Harbour on their return from the Baltic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday evening October 30, Mr. Collier, M.P. for Plymouth, addressed his constituents at the Plymouth Mechanics Institute. The attendance was very numerous, and the honorable gentleman's reception most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LORD PANMURE has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B.:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONTRARY to the hopes of many, the November mail has not brought us news of any important movement having been made by the Allied Forces in the Crimea, against the enemy. Part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It has been asserted of more than one war that the mass of the people took an interest in it, and did not, even know what it was about. The joke has come down to us from the battle of Waterl[?], and has been carefully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amongst the diplomatic circles of Berlin and Vienna rumours of peace negotiations are rife. One writer states that Russia is willing to negotiate again upon the basis of the Four Points, and that the allies are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amongst the diplomatic circles of Berlin and Vienna rumours of peace negotiations are rife. One writer states that Russia is willing to negotiate again, upon the basis of the Four Points, and that the Allies are not at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Moniteur of Friday publics the following despatch, received by the Minister of Marine from Admiral Br[?]at, and dated from on board the Montebello, October 27:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE leading members of the Peace party, after doing all in their power to prevent the vigorous prosecution of the war, have all at once become deeply concerned on account of the weakness of the English army, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One good result at least has been obtained from the lion's share that fell to France in the capture of Sobastopol. The almost exclusive glory of that exploit has flattered and aroused the nation. Thousands who were,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SCARCELY a week passes over now, but we have, later European News, two, or three, but seldom extending to more than ten days later intelligence; these driblets keep us upon the tenter-hooks of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A despatch from St. Petersburg announces that the Emperor left Nicholaieff on the 7th November for the Crimea, to take command in person of the army of Prince Gortschakoff. The despatch adds: -- "The Emperor found the brave troops in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →OF all the temporal chastisements with which a just Providence visits the sins of men, "War" is undoubtedly the greatest. But we know that a good God chastises Men as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Daily Pensylvanian, a Philadelphia, journal of great influence, concludes an article on England's baseness and weakness with the following call to arms :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE telegraph announces in brief but explicit terms, a victory gained over the Russians by the Turks in Asia Minor, led by Omar Pacha. The battle, it is alleged, lasted five hours, and the enemy suffered…
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