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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
178 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9
THOUGH homeward bound, as bright a look out as ever was kept, in the hopes that another prize might be taken, to make amends for the one carried off by the privateer. When off the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JANUARY passed away leaving but a scanty record for the present or future compiler of the events of the war for the Union. At the opening of the new year, the American mind, for some time previously intensely excited at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PENDING the expected receipt of later intelligence shortly, we collate from our latest files of American papers the following extracts further explanatory of the state of affairs up to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Spaniah steam ship-of-war Velasco left Vera Crus on the 10th instant, and arrived here on the night of the 14th, with latest dates from Mexico. All communication with the in erior was cut off, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following telegrams had been received in San Francisco two days before. The connection of news is not complete, owing to the line having been out of order, but those acquainted with the progress of the war will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE continue our extracts from the Californian pacers. BATTLE OF FORT DONALDSON. The San Francuco Herald of March 14th says:—It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE capture of Fort Donnelson is the first considerable triumph of the Federal Arms; but it follows a series of minor success which have naturally raised the spirits of the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FROM the Times, of March 25th, we give further details of recent events in America, more briefly narrated in previous numbers of the Empire:— NEW YORK, March 12, Morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TELEGRAM from General Halleck to General McClellan, dated February 25, runs as follows: —"General Price's army has been driven from his stronghold at Cross Hollow. The enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MY February letter informed you of the opening of the long-delayed plan of active hostilities designed by the General to whom the suppression of the rebellion in the South-west has been entrusted since the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THOUGH the School of Arts at Penrith has unhappily evinced symptoms of a premature decay, through lack of zeal on the part of our native youth, I am glad to think that there are still some of them of the right sort, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NOT only something like a revolution in the laws of war, but possibly a mething coming near a disturbance or transfer of "the balance of power," in involved in the argument (not the motion)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SHORT debate in the House of Commons on Thursday evening opened the whole subject of New Zealand Government and Maori wars. The topic is not a pleasant one. Nobody, except Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. JAMES HAY, late a farmer at Tataraimaka, and now of the Omata Stockade, writes to the New Zealander as follows:— With your permission, Mr. Editor, I will venture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ill fortune still pursues the Confederate cause in the United States. The North continues to make steady progress. General Shield's division of the Potomac army has defeated the Confederates at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE the date of my previous letter the events of the "war for the Union," or of "the slave-owners' rebellion," as it is sometimes called, have continued rapidly ascending in importance, and a month's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →UNLESS the rumour of a check at York Town should prove to be well founded, the fortune of war still inclines to the Federal side. The unresisted capture of a small army at Island No. 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE New York papers give a description of the country in which the recent battle has taken place:â Pittsburg Landing is situate on the west side…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE President, in issuing his noble proclamation setting apart to-morrow as a day of national thanksgiving, has, doubtless, been mindful of the significance of the date, and has fitly chosen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE the date of my previous letter the events of the "war for the Union," or of "the slave-owners' rebellion," as it is sometimes called, have continued rapidly ascending in importance, and a month's…
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