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The wars & local soldiers, 1864

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New Zealand. Notes From the Seat of War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, June 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1864 · page 5

THE news of the last week has been very trifling indeed, the weather having been such that no great amount of work could be attempted in the field. The posts along the Waikato are…

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The Dogs of War

Empire · Saturday 18 June 1864 · page 5

"THE dogs of War, let loore, are howling," we were wont to sing in the old days of the Kansas contest. This, when we consider the brutish obaracter of the Missouri invaders, was hardly a metaphor, or at least was a very palpable and…

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The New Zealand War. Auckland, June 4

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 June 1864 · page 9

THE news of the last week has been very trifling indeed, the weather having been such that no great amount of work could be attempted in the field. The posts along the Waikato are…

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The War in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 June 1864 · page 3

BY the arrival at Auckland, on the 5th instant, of the B. K. Forres, from San Francisco, we have Californian news to the 5th of April. We make the following extracts from the telegrams…

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New Zealand. Notes From the Seat of War. the Old Butter-and-sugar Policy at Work Again. Indications of a Ministerial Crisis. Storming the Office of the "New Zealander" by Men of H. M. s. s. Esk. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, June 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 June 1864 · page 5

DULLNESS seems to have taken possession of our province in matters military during the last fortnight. Not a sign of life do the troops show beyond eating the large quantity of…

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Men-of-war on the Station

Empire · Tuesday 21 June 1864 · page 3
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Harrier, 17 guns, Captain Sullivan, at New Zealand, Ordered home. Mirands, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at New Zealand. Eelipse, 4 gun, Captain Mayne, at Sydney…

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The Maori War—the Native Allies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1864 · page 10

THE decided intervention of the friendly Maories in favour of the British authority in New Zealand is a very important phase of the war. The loss inflicted upon the natives who were…

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The New Zealand War. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Auckland, May 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1864 · page 10

THE defeat, or at all events, the check, at the Gate Pa at Tauranga has produced great results both in the feelings of natives and Europeans, so far as my inquiries ca[?] discover. It…

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The New Zealand War. Auckland, June 8

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 June 1864 · page 12

DULLNESS seems to have taken possession of our province in matters military during the last fortnight. Not a sign of life do the troops show beyond eating the large quantity of…

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New Zealand. Notes From the Seat of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1864 · page 5

THE Adelaide Bell, Captain Barnes, brings two days later from Auckland, her dates being to the 11th instant. The Daily Southern Cross of the 11th, says:—General…

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The War in New Zealand. the War-cloud Again About to Burst at Tauranga. Our Troops Challenged by the Rebels to Deadly Combat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1864 · page 5

THE Corio steamer brings two days later from Auckland, her dates being to the 13th instant. We quote from the Daily Southern Cross of that date as follows:—…

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New Zealand. Notes From the Seat of War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, June 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1864 · page 5

IN my letter written a few days ago via Cook's Straits I mentioned my fear that matters must come to a crisis of open rupture between his Excellency and the Executive of the colony. I…

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The War Fields of New Zealand. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1864 · page 3

SIR,—Will you permit me to draw attention to a topographical error into which your Auckland correspondent has fallen in his letter of the 10th instant. It is important, as tending to mislead your readers from the actual site of…

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The New Zealand War. Auckland, June 10

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 July 1864 · page 11

IN my letter written a few days ago via Cook's Straits I mentioned my fear that matters must come to a crisis of open rupture between his Excellency and the Executive of the colony. I…

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The War in New Zealand. Tauranga. Great Engagement Beyond the Gate Pa. Splendid Victory by Our Troops. the Pa Captured, and the Enemy Completely Routed. Two Hundred and Four of the Rebels Killed and Wounded, and Thirty Prisoners Taken. Ten Soldiers Killed—four Officers Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1864 · page 5

By the Kanga[?] steamer we have Auckland papers to the 26th of June. The Weekly News of that date says:-There has been a signal succ[?]s gained by the Imporial…

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The Dano—german War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1864 · page 4

THE following despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonic[?], containing instructions to be observed during the hostilities between Denmark and the German Powers, [?] published in yesterday's Gazette:-…

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The War in America

Empire · Wednesday 6 July 1864 · page 5

THE news received, via California, from the Eastern States, does not add much to intelligence previously to hand by the mail, although the details are somewhat more full. The…

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America. Progress of the Civil War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1864 · page 3

We are indebted to Captain Jewel, of the barque Amateur, for San Francisco papers to the 25th of April. The telegraphic news from Washington and…

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Sonnets About New Zealand Matters. (Written during the Held War in 1844.)

Empire · Wednesday 6 July 1864 · page 5

Armiuius sought and found a patrict's grave: Cassivelannus, in our parent land, And brave Caractacus, for ever, stand As heroes on the eternal roll of Fame:…

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