Notes of the War
[?]PONDENT in Nantes writes to the Pall Mall [?]as follows:—"No more hopes of an armistice, [?] God!" Such is the phrase in every one's [?]th and the sentiment in every one's heart here…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1871
302 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 16
The Lessons of the Present War
THE lessons which the present war is teaching, us are numerous and, important, and we (Broad Arrow) rejoice to see there are many signs or their not being given in vain. Witness Mr. G. O…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Riderless War-horses. (From the Spectator.)
IN almost the last letter written by Lieutenant-Colonel Pemberton from the seat of war before his untimely death, there was a passage which strikes us as describing one of the most pathetic of all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vandalism of the War.—Where lies the Responsibility?
THE beautiful capital of the civilzed world is about to be ruined, and the selfish and unpitying Governments of Europe will not raise a finger to prevent this vandalism. Paris and its innumerable art…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gun-cotton for War Purposes. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.)
THE true value of gun-cotton has at length been re[?]nised; and it has been formally adopted to serve [?]s an important military agent, and to play a prominent part in warfare by land and sea. It may…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Vandalism of the War Where Lies the Responsibility? (New York Herald, October 18.)
THE beautiful capital of the civilzed world is about to be ruined and the selfish and unpitying Governments of Europe will not raise a finger to prevent this vandalism. Paris and its innumerable art…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Remarkable Episode of the War. Bale, October 10
IN my letter from Mulhouse yesterday 1 spoke of the return from captivity of M. Bernardini, the editor of the Mulhonse Industriel Alsacien and promised to get you to day the full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Remarkable Episode of the War. From the Special Correspondent of the Standard. Bale, October 10
IN my letter from Mulhouse yesterday I spoke of the return from captivity of M. Bernardini, the editor of the Mulhouse Industriel Alsacien, and promised to get you to day the full…
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Recommended by the Sydney Defence Board to the young ladies of Sydney…
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A CORRESPONDENT in Nantes writes to the Pall Mall Gazette as follows:--"No more hopes of an armistice, thank God!" Such is the phrase in every one's mouth and the sentiment in every one's heart here…
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"This is a very serious mattor for us, Captain Block strop," said Sam, as they were walking back to the boats. "An exceedingly serious matter." "I have only one advice to give you, Mr. Buckley,"…
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HERR WICKEDE, writing from Nancy to the Cologne Gazette, refers to the daily arrival of numerous soldiers of the supplementary battalion, who are to be drafted off into various regiments, and says:…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The War. the Deed of the Capitulation of Metz
The following is the text of the protocol of the capitulation of Metz:—"Between the undersigned, the Chief of the General Staff of the french Army…
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WHETHER it is really in the interest of peace that neutrals should do all in their power to mitigate to belligerents the direst consequences of war--sickness, wounds, starvation--may, I think, reasonably…
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"This is a very serious matter for us, Captain Blockstrop," said Sam, as they were walking back to the boats. "An exceedingly serious matter." "I have only one advice to give you, Mr. Buckley."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Losses in the War
A CONTEMPORARY reckons up the French losses in the war. Instead of having, as she pretended, when her diasters began, no more than 250,000 men ready to do battle with Germany, France must have had at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Balloons. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.)
IT is still the day of small things with balloons, yet ballooning is fast becoming a feature in the war. There is a postal balloon service, albeit "fitful as the winds," and the newspapers publish dispatches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Spirit of War
Lo, the voice of the War-fiend! I heard his wild scream, And it thrill'd through my heart like a feverish dream; All nature around me seemed chilly and drear, As the voice of the spirit fell sad on my ear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victor Hugo on the War
MONDAY'S Paris journals contain a very characteristic article, "Aux Parisiens," by M. Victor Hugo. "So," he begins, "the Prussians have decreed that France shall be Germany and Germany Prussia…
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