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The wars & local soldiers, 1871

302 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 16

Soldiers' Equipment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1871 · page 3

WE quote the following admirable remarks on the equipment of troops from the Manchester Guardian, the writer of them being the special correspondent of that journal with the Trench army. He was inside…

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Massillon on War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 4

A French gentleman, deeply moved at the Prussian atrocities, has ventured to address respectfully to the King of Prussia a passage from Massillon, which the writer, M. de…

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Additional War News. the Attitude of France

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 23

THE Times' correspondent, Mr. Russell, at the Prussian head-quarters at Versailles, writes:—The uprising of France at the moment when her last shaft was spent, when sword and lance were broken, her…

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Soldiers' Equipment

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 10

WE quote the following admirable remarks on the equipment of troops from the Manchester Guardian, the writer of them being the special correspondent of that journal with the French army. He was inside…

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The English Press on the Prospects of the War

Empire · Tuesday 14 February 1871 · page 4

"A GIGANTIC mistake," is the terse description, remarks the Manchester Examiner (November 16), which Dr. Russell, writing from Versailles, does not think it premature to apply to the siege of…

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War and Rural Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1871 · page 5

THE saddening picture presented by the war in France is scarcely relieved by any prospect of the restoration of peace and the return of armed men to the ordinary industries of life. For a long…

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War News to December 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1871 · page 5
Also in Evening News

A great sortie was made from Paris early in December, mainly towards the South-east and South, in the direction of Fontainebleau road and Champigny, involving battles the most…

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The English Press on the Prospects of the War

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1871 · page 3

"A GIGANTIC mistake," is the terse description, remarks the Manchester Examiner (November 16), which Dr. Russell, writing from Versailles, does not think it premature to apply to the siege of…

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The War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 8
Also in Sydney Mail

THE upshot of the struggle between Germany and France is perhaps as uncertain now as it has been at any time since the war commenced. The French have…

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War News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 6

A great sortie was made from Paris early in December, mainly towards the south-east and south, in the direction of Fontainbleau road and Champigny, involving battles the most sanguiuary, the…

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War News to December 30

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 7
Also in The Protestant Standard

A great sortie was made from Paris early in December, mainly towards the South east and South, in the direction of Fontainebleau road and Champigny, involving battles the most…

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A Poor Victim of the War

Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT of the Echo, writing from Rethal, says:—In the fields, just outside the city, there was also something very suggestive of the misery caused by war. A miserable-looking horse was standing…

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The English Press on the Prospects of the War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 22

"A GIGANTIC mistake," is the terse description, remarks the Manchester Examiner (November 16), which Dr. Russell, writing from Versailles, does not think it premature to apply to the siege of…

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France and the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1871 · page 2

The following telegraphic intelligence, from 29th December to 13th January, will be found to contain news which has not hitherto reached Sydney, and further details of that which has:—…

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A Poor Victim of the War

Empire · Monday 20 February 1871 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT of the Echo, writing from Rethal, says:—In the fields, just outside the city, there was also something very suggestive of the misery caused by war. A miserable-looking herse was standing…

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The War in the French Provinces

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1871 · page 2

London, January 4.—Ceneral Chanzy is advancing by two columns. The main body is at La Loupe and another at Vendome. The Duke of Mecklenburg occupies a line between Bleis, Vendome, La Loupe, and…

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