The War
THE news received by the American Mail shows a manifest improvement in the prospects of France. We all along believed that the French might retrieve the severe…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1870
461 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 24
War Tactics
How the eclaireurs of an army may be used a French correspondent of the Daily News will tell us:—"A single regiment of Uhlans kept, our whole army in check. By scattering it adroitly…
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French frigates stop English merchantmen in the Chamel, and compel an exhibition of their Papers. Advices from Paris state that a decree issued…
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Napoleon's fete day was celebrated at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Copperas Hill, Liverpool. The French Consul, as is his wont, invited the French residents in…
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Dr. Russell, of the "Times," in a letter dated Donchery, September 3, announces the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher P. Pemberton, late of the Scots Fusilier Guards…
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The Archbishop of Rennes, at a visit paid to the Grades Mobiles quartered in his seminaries, and the Bishop of Belley at a Mass, celebrated at Boring, to bless the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. the (Late) Emperor Louis Napoleon
HIS DISEASES—HIS CHARACTER—WHY HE FAILED, TUE bad health of the Emperor Napoleon, which has been for a long time so woll known, has been subject of unusual interest for the last two years,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The War News. Some French Successes. Disease Amongst the Prussians
The C. N. Z. and A. Mail Steamer Wonga Wonga arrived in port on Thursday, with news up to the 12th October. Our latest telegrams by the…
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We have, the Standard says, been boasting all along of our immaculate neutrality. Well, in matters of war we may have demonstrated this principle sufficiently ; but it is no part of our…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Jack and War. (Dedicated to the Members of the Naval Brigade.)
Come fill a glass to wife and lass, Let care to-night be drown'd; At break of day, we anchor weigh, So let the grog go round…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Australian [?] & [?] [?] Sydney, Saturday, November 19, 1870 The War News by the Mail
THE news by the San Francisco mail, which arrived punctually to time on Thursday morning, comes down to October 12th. At that time Paris had not been captured, nor had the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arrival Op the Mails Via San Francisco. Important War News.—the Siege of Paris Makes Little Progress.—surrender of Metz.—more Prussian Victories.—complications Bet Wee N England and Prussia.—england Still Neutral.—alleged Negotia-, Tions for Peace Between Jules Favre and Bismarck. the Very Latest. (Special Dospatch from Neilson's San Francisco News Agoncy.)
In reference to the following, the steamer Moses Taylor, for Honolulu, was detained at the request of Neilson's agency for two hours, while the tolograms wero arriving ovor the wires. Tho news is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] Summary of News BY The California Route. Firing on the Forts Around Paris Supposed to Have Begun. Further News of the Battle of Artenay. Prussians Closing in on Thionville. 800,060 Chassepots Said to Be in Metz. the Balloon Postal Service. Measures for Retaliation. Prussian Prisoners Brought Into Tours. Bismarck Will Permit the Elections to Be Held. General War Gleanings From Various Sources
THE C. N. Z. and A. Mail steamship Wonga Wonga, under the command of Captain John Stewart, arrived in Sydney Harbour at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday. Of the passage Captain Stewart reports as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Arrival of the English Mail Per Wonga Wonga, Via California. Firing on the Forts Around Paris Supposed to Have Begun. Further News of the Battle of Artenay. Prussians Closing on Thionville. 300,000 Chassepots Said to Be in Metz. the Balloon Postal Service. Measures for Retaliation. Prussian Prisoners Brought Into Tours. Bismarck Will Permit Tee Elections to Be Held. General War Gleanings From Various Sources
The C. N. Zs. and A. Mail steamship Wonga Wonga, under the command of Captain John Stewart, arrived in Sydney Harbour at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday…
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THE following is the report of Dr. Muir, who kindly undertook the charge of conveying stores of various kinds to the head-quarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia. After following him for some time he…
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Great Britain still remain neutral. The siege of Paris still continues. The unconditional surrender of Metz has taken place, with 173,000 prisoners, 2000 guns, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incidents of the War. (From the Times, September 15.)
THE Francais gives some particulars of the condition of Lyons, where a self-elected Committee of Safety has raised the red flag over the Hotel de Ville. The authority of the Prefect of the Rhone is described as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Count Bismark's Report on the Capitulatiion of Sedan
WE give below the full text of this interesting document:- "DONCHERY, September 2. "After I had repaired hither last evening by your…
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