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The wars & local soldiers, 1859

162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 9

Foreign. War. (From the Home News, May 18th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1859 · page 6

WE stated in our last that a Congress of the European powers had been proposed by Russia for tho settlomont of the Italian question. After diplomacy hod started a number of propositions and counter…

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Arrival of the Mail Latest News of the War

Empire · Monday 11 July 1859 · page 2

THE arrival of the Mail enables us to lay before our readers fuller intelligence of the exciting events which were briefly announced n our telegrams from Adelaide…

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The War in Italy. Austria. (From the Times, May 18.) (By Electric and International Telegraph.)

Empire · Monday 11 July 1859 · page 2

We have received the following despatch from our own correspondent, dated Vienna, Tuesday noon:- "Yesterday evening two French liners and a…

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War Preparations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1859 · page 5

THE Times gives a long account of the immenselyincreased activity going on in the production of weapons and warlike preparations of all kinds at Woolwich, which is said to be as great as at the…

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The War. (From the Saturday Review, May 14th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1859 · page 3

A PORTNIGHT, though it forms an imperceptible point in the backward perspective of history, occupies a large space in the eager eyes which are scrutinizing its meaning while it is close at hand. Diplomacy and…

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Men of War on the Station

Empire · Wednesday 13 July 1859 · page 4

Iris, 25 guns, Loring, in port Cordelis, steamer, 11 guns, Vernon, in port. Herald, survey ship, Denham, absent on a cruise…

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Miscelaneous War News

Empire · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 3

THE funeral of General Bouat took place at Turin on the 1st, in presence of the civil and military authorities. The loss of this general officer has caused universal regret amongst both Piedmontese and French…

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The War in Italy

Empire · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 2

WE continue to extract from out files by the Salsette, further particulars of the progress of events connected with the war now raging in Piedmont:—…

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Incidents of the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 3

IT is said that the sufferings of the French troops in crossing the Alps were terribly severe. A correspodent of the Times writes from Geneva, on May 1:—"On the evening of the 26th, I crossed…

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Opinions of English Statesmen on the War Question. Lord Derby

Empire · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 3

THE Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, according to time-honoured custom, gave a dinner in the Egyptian hall of the Mansionhouse, on Easter Monday evening. The…

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The War in Italy and Its Prospects. (From the Times, May 11.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 8

"YESTERDAY the Emperor of the French left his Capital to take the command of his army." When those words were road by our fathers some half century ago every one knew there was thunder in the…

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The Austrian Soldier

Empire · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 2

Austria relies not on the shopkeepers and peasantry throughout her empire, but on her army—numerous, brave, well-officered, and well-disciplined. Admitting the army to be…

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The War. (From the Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1859 · page 5

There is a sound of thunder afar, Storm in the South that darkens the day, Storm of battle and thunder of war, Well, if it do not roll our way…

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Why France Has Gone to War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1859 · page 3

THE following circular note of Count Walewski to the diplomatic agents of France, at the various Foreign Courts, dated April 27th, appears in the Moniteur:—…

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Lord Palmerston on the War. (From the Globe, April 30.)

Empire · Friday 15 July 1859 · page 2

LORD PALMERSTON, with his colleague Mr. Denman, was re-elected yesterday for Tiverton. He addressed,the electors on public affairs. He reviewed the position of the Derby…

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Dr. Cahill on the War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 4

The writer of this article, has contended, during the last sir months, that France mould not declare war against Austria. The argument on which this opinion was founded was derived from various…

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The War—prejudicial to the Interests of the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 2

At the moment we are penning this article, the military revolution of Napoleon III. is withering the fertile plains of Lombardy. War—unjust and rapacious on the part of…

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Our War Defences. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1859 · page 5

SIR,—I see by your paper that our timid Melbourne neighbours are in commction about their defences, and that proclamations even, by authority, have been issued, calling on the people to arm. We here are…

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The Seat of War

Empire · Wednesday 20 July 1859 · page 6

THE following details respecting the theatre of hostilities in Italy are interesting at this moment: —If Alessandria, which was dismantled by the Austrians in 1835, when they gave it up to…

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The War and Our Dkfence-less Ness. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 20 July 1859 · page 8

SIR—Will my of your correspondent, or those of your daily contumporary, throw a little light (not a Hash in the [?]) on the utility of forming Riffe Corps or establishing n Militia force, for the protection of Sydney…

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