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The wars & local soldiers, 1871

302 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 16

The War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 January 1871 · page 7
Also in Freeman's Journal, Sydney Mail

There was fighting to the north of the Loire and around Paris, from the 28th November to tho 7th December. General Dacrot made a sortie with 150,000…

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War News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1871 · page 23

If Count Bismarck should not be able to be present during the session of the Reichstrath, which is to commence at Berlin on the 24th of November, he will be represented by Herr Von Delbruck, chief…

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Incidents of the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1871 · page 8

THE correspondent of the Daily News at Blois writes of the battle of Bacon:—" At Bacon there was a very determined light, in which the losses were very great on each side. The Prussians were completely beaten…

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A Letter From the War

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 January 1871 · page 11

A COUNTRY home: the tranquil air is laden With perfumes wafted from the linden trees; Her tresses golden in the sun, yon maiden, Companion meet of gentle dove-eyed Peace,…

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News by the Californian Mail. Details of War News From 30Th Nov. to 14Th December. Defeat of the Army of the Loire.—War Balloon Probably Lost in the Atlantic

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1871 · page 4

Versailles, November 30th.—On Monday and Tuesday the cannonade was maintained by the Paris forts, followed by sorties in force, supported by gunboats in the direction of l'Hay, on the…

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The War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1871 · page 3

ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE.— Prince Frederick Charles announces that the 10th Army Corps was attacked on November 28, by a largely superior force of the enemy. The former concentrated their force…

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Austria Preparing for War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1871 · page 3

Count Potocki has resigned office, but he returns to power, reforming his Cabinet, and retaining Count T[?]af[?] and Baron Petrino. The Minister of War, Herr Kuhn, will demand from the Austro-Hungarian Delegation in…

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The War—position of Affairs

Empire · Monday 23 January 1871 · page 3

When we last wrote, it was to advert to the fall of Metz, and the carrying away a vast French army into captivity. We said that Orleans and other places had been taken, and that there was an…

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Mr. Grant Duff on the War

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1871 · page 3
Also in Empire

AGREEABLE to custom Mr. Grant Duff addressed his constituents at Elgin on Tuesday, 15th November. There was a very large audience. Mr. GRANT DUFF spoke at considerable length,…

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The War and European Politics. [From Our Correspondent, "Stella."] London, November 11, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1871 · page 2

There seems to be absolutely no hope of averting the fearful tragedy whose approach is weighing like a nightmare on the heart and mind of Europe—a tragedy which even those who will be the active…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1871 · page 8

Rosario, 3 guns, Commander Challis, at Sydney. Virago, 6 guns, Commander Murray, on a cruise. Balanche, 8 guns, Commander Montgomery, at New Zealand. Clio, 21 guns, Commod[?] Stirling, on a cruise…

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War Items

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 3

RETREAT OF GENERAL DER TANN.—The military correspondent of the Silesian Gazette has furnished some information with respect to the retreat of General Von der Tann. He says that the first corps…

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The War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 8

THE latest telegraphic news announces that the bombardment of Paris had commenced. The crisis had come at last, and the once proud and beautiful city may now…

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Incidents of the War

Sydney Mail · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 15

THE correspondent of the Daily Hews at Blois writes of the battle of Bacon :--" At Bacon there was a very determined fight, in which the losses were very great on each side. The Prussians were completely beaten…

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Austria Preparing for War

Sydney Mail · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 9

Count Potocki has resigned office, but he returns to power, reforming his Cabinet, and retaining Count Taafe and Baron Petrino. The Minister of War, Herr Kuhn, will demand from the Austro-Hungarian Delegation in…

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Fears of War in Turkey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 6

THE Standard's correspondent writes from St. Petersburg as follows:- " I am informed, on good authority, that the Turkish ironclads could not possibly leave the Inner Horn for…

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