Ships-of-war on the Station
H.M.S. Iris, 28 guns, absent on a cruise. H.M. Brig Elk, 12 guns. H.M.S. Herald, 6 guns. H.M.S. Cordelia (s.), 11 guns…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1859
162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 9
The War in India
THE Overland Military Chronicle of 8th December,—a Colutta journal of some note in matters relating to the army—supplies the following items of news from the disturbed districts:…
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H.M.S. Iris, 28 guns, absent on a cruise. H.M. Brig Elk, 12 guns, on a cruise. H.M.S. Herald, 6 guns, in port. H.M.S. Cordelia (s.), 11 guns, in port…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Tale of Civil War; Or, the Parish Revolution! "My soul's in arms, and eager for the fray."—SHAKSPBRE
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships-of-war on the Station
H.M.S. Iris, 28 guns, absent on a cruise. H.M. Brig Elk, 12 guns, on a cruise. H.M.S. Herald, 6 guns, in port. H.M.S. Cordelia (s.), 11 guns, in port…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Opinions of the French Press As to Probability of a Great Continental War. [Translated for the Sydney Morning Herald.] (From the Journal des Debats of the 14th January last.)
THE Constitutionnel contains an article intended to give the lie to the alarming reports which have been in circulation since the commencement of the month, not merely in France, but throughout all Europe,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Books for Catholic Soldiers. (To the Editor of the Weekly Register.)
Dear Sir—As the clergy of several of our military stations arc often at a loss how to obtain Prayer-books and Testaments from the War Office for the Catholic soldiers, I have been requested to…
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LORD CLYDE'S PURSUIT AND DEFEAT OF MADROO SING. MR. RUSSELL (the Times' Correspondent), who is once more in the field as the brilliant illustrator of the military operations, writes from the head-quarters of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost of the Indian War. (From the Friend of India for January.)
THE year of mutiny 1857-58 cost the empire in round numbers nine and a half millions sterling. That at least is the official statement, but so extraordinary are some of the items of the account that we are tempted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Position of Austria in Case of War
It is by no means clear that Austria, if attacked by France in Italy.would not make a good and even a successful stand. It is true the Austrian empire consists of an incongruous collection of provinces; but in euch of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foreign Intelligence. (From the Overland New, March 10th.) France. the Moniteur on the War Preparations and the State of Alarm in Europe
THE Moniteur, of March 5th, published the following highly important article:— "Public opinion in foreign countries does not clearly understand tho present regime of the Press in France…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships-of-war on the Station
H.M.S. Iris, 28 guns, in port. H.M. brig Elk. 12 guns, on a cruise. H.M.S. Herald, 6 guns, on a oruise. H.M.S. Cordelia (s.), 11 guns, in port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rev. Dr. Cahill on the Continental Preparations for War
The various nations of Europe arc so knit together by alliances ami treaties, and so closely connected by territorial passable boundaries, that a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Is It to Be Peace or War?
THE following extracts afford materials for an opinion on this much disputed question:— With reference to the Imperial policy, the Moniteur of 12th March remarks, in its non-official columns:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Ship in Time of War. (From the Illustrated London News.)
AT a moment when the peace of Europe hangs on the breath of one man—when a single angry phrase has been sufficient to set armies in motion, and to agitate half the nations of the Continent, and when a single shot fired on the Ticino may lead to a general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French Emperor and the War
"THE aspect of affairs at present," writes the Paris correspondent of the Times, is so of so sombre a kind as almost to justify tho renunciation of all hope of peace. Austria, perhaps is not free from reproach in this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Intelligence. Aspect of the War Question
THE latent news from the Continent as to the ureat European complication is by no means satisfactory. Every one here is waiting the explanations to be given in Parliament this evening with much anxiety. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney, June 11, 1859. Peace or War?
Is it to be Pence, or War? Mail after mail arrives from Europe, continuing us in the same uncomfortable incertitude which we have so long endured. As in all former wars, the far-distant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men-of-war on the Station
Iris,26 guns, in port. Cordelia (s.), 11 guns, in port. Elk, brig, 10 guns, absent on a cruise. Herald, survey ship, absent on a cruise…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frange, Austiria, and Piedmont. Rumoured Declaration of War
The London Press of the. 12th instant published a rumour that Austria had declared war against Piedmont. The French resident correspondent of The Standard writes as follows-…
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