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The wars & local soldiers, 1865

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The New Zealand War. To the Editor of the Times

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1865 · page 5

SIR,—Allow me to offer a few remarks on the information which you have already given on the present imbroglio of affairs in New Zealand. We once controlled our colonies for our own supposed…

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The Negro Soldier Question in the Confederate Congress

Empire · Wednesday 15 February 1865 · page 2

Three resolutions concerning the employment of negro soldiers in the rebel army have been debated in the Confederate House of Representatives—one, by Mr. Chambers,…

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New Zealand War Canoe

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 16 February 1865 · page 5

THE New Zealand war canoe, of which we give an engraving, will in a few years become a thing of the past, in consequence of the progress of civilisation, and the readiness evinced by the natives to imitate and adopt the inventions and improvements of…

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Return of Killed and Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1865 · page 7

Nominal return of men of the field force under BrigadierGeneral Waddy, killed and wounded, in action, at Nukumaru, on the 24th January, 1865. 40TH REGIMENT…

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The New Zealand War. the Battle of Nukumaru. Seventy Rebels Killed. Seventeen Soldiers Killed, and Thirty-three Wounded. Auckland, 7th February, 1865

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 February 1865 · page 7

Tut expected fighting has begun at last at "Wanganui. Up to date we have only intelligence of two fights, the first of which, although it cost several lives, was by no means very…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1865 · page 9

Harrier, 17 guns, Acting-commander Swan, at New Zealand. [?]anda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at New Zealand. [?]lipse, 4 guns, Commander Freemantle, at New Zealand. [?]oa, 23 guns, Commodore Sir William Wiseman, at New…

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The New Zealand War. (To the Editor of the Times.)

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 February 1865 · page 5

SIR,—Allow me to offer a few remarks on the information which you have already given on the present imbroglio of affairs in New Zealand. We once controlled our colonies for our own supposed…

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The New Zealand War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, 7th January, 1865

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1865 · page 6

THE Wanganui Campaign, which is commonly known in the North by the sobriquet of "the Road-making War," has not yet been commenced, nor does it seem very clear exactly…

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Literature. "A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857 1858." By John William Kaye. London: W. H. Allen and Co

Empire · Monday 27 February 1865 · page 6

The policy of England in India has been so frequently condemned, placing as it did a whole continent at the mercy of a body of merchant adventurers, whose only object was…

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The New Zeaiand War. Latest From Wanganui

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1865 · page 3

WE have advices and papers to the 10th instant, from Wanganui, the present scene of military operations in New Zealand, under General Cameron. "The Wanganui Chronicle of 8th instant remarks:-…

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The War in New Zealand. Later News

Empire · Thursday 2 March 1865 · page 2

We have Auckland papers to February 14th, con-taining despatehes from ``the front,'' Waitotara River, Wanganui, to February 10th. We subjoin the latest news:—…

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New Zealand. Notes on Passing Events at the Seat of War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, February 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1865 · page 5

WE have news from Wanganui up to the 10th of this month. Since the fighting at Nukumaru, which I described in my last letter, no important…

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The New Zealand War

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 March 1865 · page 7

WE have advices and papers to the 10th instant, from Wanganui, the present scene of military operations in New Zealand, under General Cameron. The Wanganui Chronicle of 8th instant remarks:—…

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The New Zealand War. Auckland, February 14

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 March 1865 · page 11

WE have news from Wanganui up to the 10th of this month. Since the fighting at Nukumaru, which I described in my last letter, no important…

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The New Zealand War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1865 · page 8

BY the Otago Mail Steamer we have Auckland papers to the first instant. In its monthly summary for home, the Daily Southern Cr[?]s thus sums up the war news:—…

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Sir E. Lugard to Sir F. Rogers. War Office, 1st November 1864

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1865 · page 5

SIR,—With reference to my letter of the 5th August last, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to transmit to you a copy of a circular memorandum, issued from the Horse Guards, directing that the regulation therein…

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New Zealand. Notes From the Seat of War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Auckland, 1st March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1865 · page 5

AT Wanganui, as formerly at Waikato, the war lags slowly along. We should look in vain for any decisive action to be taken in our New Zealand wars as we find taken elsewhere. People here…

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New Zealand. the War at Wanganui

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1865 · page 8

BY the steamship Prince Alfred, we have papers to the 28th ultimo, from Otago and Lyttelton; from Wanganui to the 22nd; to the first instant, from Canterbury; the 2nd, from Wellington; and the 3rd, from…

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The New Zealand War. Further Particulars of the Engagement at Ohoutahi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1865 · page 2

OUR Wellington coutemporary, the New Zealand Spectator, of the 1st instant, says:- The following communication from Major Durie, resident magistrate ot Wanganui, together with the…

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New Zealand. the War at Wanganui

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 March 1865 · page 11

BY the steamship Prince Alfred, we have papers to the 28th ultimo, from Otago and Lyttelton; from Wanganui to the 22nd; to the first instant, from Canterbury; the 2nd, from Wellington; and the 3rd, from…

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