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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
461 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 24
The declaration of war, which was only sent off on the 17lh instant, was delivered to the King at the Railway Station, in Berlin, on his return from Ems, by Count Bismarck, who was waiting for him with the Crown Prince,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Emperor has issued a proclamation to the German people, telling them he respects and loves the great German nation, and is only righting against the greedy despotism that has enslaved them to an upstart power,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →IT will not astonish any one to hear that great excitement exists in England in reference to the war. I have small doubt that you in Australia will suffer some little excitement about it; but you have one advantage—you…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →ALL the politicians of Europe, both great and small, are speculating on the probable consequences of the French and German war, and on the course of other nations…
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →AS the proprietors of most of the other journals have presented their readers with maps of the seat of war, Mr. PUNCH, determining not to be outdone in generosity, herewith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE War Spirit rules supreme in Europe. The voice of Peace has become completely drowned amid the clash of swords and the roar of cannon. Never since the days of Waterloo has Europe been so excited as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The withdrawal of Prince Leopold's candidature to the throne of Spain, which M. Ollivier himself declared, in the lobby of the chamber, to have dissipated all fear of a rapture with Prussia, had scarcely been announced here when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We think our readers will thank us for affording them an opportunity of comparing the various opinions of the chief States of Europe, as manifested by the Press, upon the war. In…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your columns. Seeing that the French Consul has appointed several places to receive donations, allow me to ask is the Consul of France reluctant to meet the French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the meeting of the Corps Legislatif on Tuesday, August 9th, M. Schneider being in the chair, M. E. Olivier addressed the Assembly. The Emperor, he said, promised that the Empress would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST EVENING, in Surrey Chapel, the Rev. Newman Hall addressed a very largo congregation on the war. He said the free utterance of opinion was demanded in the interests of peace, justice, and national…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIERS AT MANNHEIM.—As the long train of closed horse-boxes slowly passed along the station, and drew up, partly in and partly beyond it, there was a perfect and complete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EAST EVENING, in Surrey Chapel, the Rev. Newman Hall addressed a very large congregation on the war. He said the free utterance of opinion was demanded in the interests of peace, justice, and national…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I MUST write as I find time. The Crown Prince halts here to-day. A halt is needed to get up supplies, send off wounded and prisoners, and wait for the corps now fast arriving. But every day brings news…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Journal Official, in its evening edition of August 2, publishes the following article in place of its weekly political bulletin:- "It is not with Germany we are at war—it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN the midst of all the great preparations for war in Prussia, there was a ceremony at the palace at Potsdam on Sunday week which had an interest all its own. The youngest-born daughter of the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M. CAMILLE PELLETAN thus describes the closing scene of the " Battle of Forbach," as he calls it:- " Then a horrible scene was presented. Before these fresh enemies slices of regiments and scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As the long train of closed horse-boxes slowly passed along the station, and drew up, partly in and partly beyond it, there was a perfect and complete hush in the multitude. These closed waggons, with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Within the week events have marched—and marched to that which is the natural end of all marching—way. The English Cabinet, which sat on Saturday last at noon, and sat for four…
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