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The wars & local soldiers, 1866

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New Zealand. Fight with the Rebels at Mawke's Bay. Successful Resistance of the Settlers. Thirty-six Maouies Killed and As Many Wounded. Two Europeans Killed and Nine Wounded

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 9

WE are in receipt of Auckland papers to the 20th October. The Southern Cross of the 19th contains the following; account of an attack on the natives who lately assembled at Pelane, on Friday, the 12th October, and were routed with a…

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Our Story-Teller. Ellen Carroll. the Faithful, Heroic Irish Sister of Michigan, a True Story of the War. in Two Parts.—part Ii

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 692

"Ours had been a damp house on the lak-shore, Ellen said and we keep a fire always. Winter or summer I always had seen a warm fire in the grate; but the morning 1 left…

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Prussian Soldiers and British Volunteers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1866 · page 3

THE Prussian soldier, after a lapse of a hundred years, has again made himself famous. Not that it required the Bohemian marches and buttles to prove that Prussians could march and…

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Operations of War

Empire · Thursday 8 November 1866 · page 2

At a time when the defence of Vienna has been committed to the Archduke Albert, it will be interesting to trace, with the help of Colonel Hamley, some of the campaigns in which his…

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Italy After the War of 1866

Empire · Thursday 8 November 1866 · page 2

The telegraph informed our readers yesterday morning, that a treaty had been signed between Austria and Prussia, with a provision that Venetia is to be ceded to…

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Jewish-soldiers in European Armies

Empire · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 3

For a long, long series of years Jews were excluded from military service. It was not a privilege; it was a disability, and intended as such. A r[?]giment in whose file and rank a Jew should have served would…

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Executie of a Soldier

Empire · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 3

John Grant, a soldier, was hanged at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, in front of the county goal at Exeter, in the presence of 6000 persons. The convict did not shrink from the terrible ordeal, but before…

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After the War. (From the Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.) DRESD[?]N, August 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 November 1866 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE excitement has been created here by the language which Herr von Bismarck is reported to have used in reference to Saxony, when explaining hw policy to the Prussian Chambers. The Dresden…

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The War in the Brazils. Rio De Janeiro, August 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 November 1866 · page 2

THE following details have been received relative to the late fighting between the Allies and the Paraguayans:- The Paraguayans had been gradually opening trenches and surrounding the allied camp with fortifications, which…

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The War in the Brazils. Rio De Janeiro. August 24

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 November 1866 · page 2

THE following details have been received relative to the late fighting between the Allies and the Paraguayans : — The Paraguayans had been gradually opening trenches and surroundings the allied camp with fortifications, which…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 November 1866 · page 8

Esk, 21 guns, Captain Luce, on a cruise to S. S. Islands. Brisk, 16 guns, Captain Hope, at Sydney. Falcon, 17 guns, Commander Blake, at New Zealand. [?]alamander, 4 guns, Commander Nares, on a cruise…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 December 1866 · page 4

Esk, 21 guns, Captain Luce, on a cruise to S. S. Islands. Brisk, 16 guns, Captain Hope, at Sydney. Falcon, 17 guns, Commander Blake, at New Zealand. Sal[?]mander, 4 guns, Commander Nares, on a cruise…

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What If War?

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 December 1866 · page 795

The great events that have just passed before us in Germany have attracted on the part of this country an attention not greater, but also not less than they deserve. Every possible speculation as to the future…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 9

ESK, 21 guns, Captain Luce, at Sydney. Brisk, 16 guns, Captain Hope, at Sydney. Falcon, 17 guns, Commander Blake, at New Zealand. Salamander, 4 guns, Commander Nares, at Sydney…

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The War in New Zealand (From Our Own Correspondent.] Nelson, November 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 8

The very threatening cloud which I spoke of in my last as overhanging our prospects in native affairs has not as yet come to anything. It is not, however, clear whether it is still…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 December 1866 · page 2

Esk. 21 guns, Captain Luce, on a cruise, Brisk, 16 guns, Captain Hope, at Sydney. Falcon, 17 guns, Commander Blake, at New Zealand. Salamander, 4 guns, Commander Nares, on a cruise…

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