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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
69 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4
The prerogative of making war is a very sublime one, its exercise is so utterly inscrutable. A British war is like an earthquake; it occurs, and when we have recovered our presence of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE visit of the large American steam frigate Merrimac to Southampton having occasioned considerable interest, we think it may now be a proper time to lay before our readers such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →You must pick your soldier well, of a constitution suitable for the military life: he must not be too young, you must feed him properly, and you must give hyu a gymnastic training. Dr. Lyons says so, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WHEN the excitement consequent upon the discovery of gold was at its height, and people were flocking to the gold fields from all parts of the colony, and to the colony from all quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN the excitement consequent upon the discovery of gold was at its height, and people were flocking to the gold fields from all parts of the colony, and to the colony from all quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Moniteur of the 23rd October publishes a report of Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, on the French army employed in the East during the last war. The tenour of the report is fully explained in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We really are ashamed of some of our Melbourne contemporaries, They refer to the little disagreement which appeirs likely to arise from the differences beween the tarills of Victoria and South Australia in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE people of New South Wales have reason to feel proud of their noble and generous contributions towards the Patriotic Fund; and her Majesty the Queen has…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE old Spanish war-cry of " War to the knife " is now sounding with a witness throughout the streets of London. Our own national habits are bad enough in many respects. We have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When ethe great importance which is now attached to an arrival of gold is considered, and when it is observed that the announcement of two ships entereing our ports on the same day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It's always as well to be "posted up" with events, and even prepared for them with some knowledge of places and persons. When anything very startling comes to pass no one likes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Near to the church he stood, and took an angry look. At the people there subposued to swerar upon the book;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We find the following important intelligence in the Colombo Observer of the 31st of December:- The Indian mail is in, and, as we anticipated, announces the fall of Bushire to the British. We have as yet no details—only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Colombo Observer, of the 31st December, 1856, we extract the following:—Colonel Stopford killed—Capture of Bushire—and surrender of Herat by the Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are indebted to our Melbourne contemporaries for the following:- We learn from Calentta that the electirc telegraph is nearly complete across the Egyptian desort to Suez, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →VIA Melbourne, we have news from Calcutta to the 6th of January. The Benga Hurkaru Extraordinary of that date publishes the following official despatches from the Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary, detailing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BY the Gitana we have received papers up to the 18th December, containing full particulars of serious disturbances which have lately arisen in the Zulu country, and from which we make…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN eve witness supplies the following particulars to the Natal Star, of the serious outbreak which has recently taken place in the Zulu country, near the Natal border, South Africa. He says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE plot of the Persian war thickens every mail. The latest news is, that nothing had been heard of the expedition to the Persian Gulf, while the force under Brigadier Chamberlayne had nearly reached Cabul…
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