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The wars & local soldiers, 1872

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Rumours of Another War on the Continent

Empire · Thursday 6 June 1872 · page 4

THE Daily Telegraph has published some disquieting letters, which, profess to be inspired from high quarters in Berlin, and are apparently intended to influence public opinion in…

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Coal in Time of War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 6

SIR,[?] Sydney people are proud, and justly so, of their magnificent ha[?]our, both as regards its beauty and its commercial capabilities. The fine fleet of steamers running from it to other ports bears testimony to the enterprise of…

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The Possibility of War This Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1872 · page 6

THE Spectator is of opinion that the real danger of war in Europe, and it believes the danger is very real, arises from the character, the history, and the position of M. Thiers, and not from any policy of the…

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Exterior Commerce of France During the War. (Translated for the Sydney Morning Herald from the French newspaper Le Temps of the 3rd of April, 1872.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1872 · page 5

MORE than one of our readers will be surprised to see the juxta-position of two things so contradictory as War and Commerce, the last-named being, pre-eminently, the art of peace. And we Parisians, especially—who have been…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 June 1872 · page 7

Clio, 21 guns, Commodore Stirling, at Sydney. Cossack, 16 guns, Captain Douglas, on a cruise. Rosario, 3 guns, Commodore Chailis, at Auckland. Blanche, 3 guns, Commander Simpson, on a cruise…

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Our Present War-ships. (From the United States Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 July 1872 · page 8

IT is some small advantage to the non-professional public, at least to that portion of it interested in the Ships of the Royal Navy, that a scientic Commission has just made, if not n very full or exhaustive Report…

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Secret History of the Late War. (From a French Correspondent of Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 July 1872 · page 8

THE diplomatists of the Empire want to escape, at no matter what cost, from the bloody responsibility of the late war. They try by all the means in their power to falsify events and cancel the condemnation…

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First Message News to June 22. Angry Aspect of the Alabama Dispute. England and America on the Point of War. Adelaide, Tuesday, 2.20 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 2 July 1872 · page 2

The Java papers of June 8th to 14th, say that England and America have nearly been declaring war. The oppositoin given by America in the…

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First Message From England Direct by the Java Cable. News to June 22. Angry Aspect of the Alabama Dispute. England' and America on the Point of War. From Our Adelaide Correspondent. Adelaide, Tuesday, 2. 20 p. m

Empire · Wednesday 3 July 1872 · page 2

The Java papers of June 8th to 14th, say that England and America have nearly been declaring war. The opposition given by America in the…

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Women As Soldiers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 13

In the March number of the Fortnightly Review there is an article on 'Custom and Sex," the aim of "which is to increase the belief that women are fitted for all the work…

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TELEGRAMS. First Messages from England Direct by the Java Cable. News to June 22. Angry Aspect of the Alabama Dispute. England and America on the Point of War. From Our Adelaide Correspondent. Adelaide, Tuesday, 2.20 p.m

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 7

The Java papers of June 8th to 14th, say that England and America have nearly been declaring war. The opposition given by America in the settlement of the Alabama question…

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Dreadful Affray. About 30 Men Killed and Wounded

Evening News · Thursday 11 July 1872 · page 3

LITTLE Rock, Ark., April 29.—The Fort Smith New Era of the 17th instant contains the following startling news from the Indian country:— The feeling of jealousy harboured by our Indian…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 8

Clio, 21 guns, Commodore Stirling, at Sydney. Coss[?]ck, 16 guns, Captain Douglas, on a cruise. Rosario, 3 guns, Commodore Challis, at Auckland. Blanche, 3 guns, Commander Simpson, on a cruise…

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The Franco-german War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 July 1872 · page 4

WE have been requested by the French Consul to insert the following letter, acknowledging the receipt of the funds contributed for the relief of the wounded during the late war:—…

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The Civil War in Spain-The Carlists Defeated

Evening News · Friday 19 July 1872 · page 3

"ST Sebastian, Sunday, May 5.-General Moriones has totally routed the forces of Don Carlos. The engagement took place yesterday at Oroquieta, near the frontier. Marshal Serrand and other generals were close…

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The Civil War in Spain—the Carlists Defeated

Empire · Monday 22 July 1872 · page 3

ST. Sebastian. Sunday, May 5.—General Moriones has totally routed the forces of Don Carlos. The engagement took place yesterday at Oroquietn, near the frontier. Marshal Serrand and other generals were close…

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The Civil War in Spain—the Carlists Defeated

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 23

"ST. Sebastian, Sunday, May 5.—General Moriones has totally routed the forces of Don Carlos. The engagement took place yesterday at Oroquieta, near the frontier. Marshal Serrand and other generals were close…

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The Sisters of Charity at Kilkenny—an Anecdote of the Late War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 4

A public meeting of the citizens of Kilkenny was held on Sunday, April 28, for the purpose of taking practical stupa towards the erection of a convent for the Sisters of…

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Telegrams. Latest From Europe. Astonishing Revelations. Astounding Combinations. War

Sydney Punch · Thursday 8 August 1872 · page 3

MR. PUNCH has secured a fresh supply of telegraphic news by the agency of his patent electro-magnetic-odic fluid, and has much pleasure in informing his readers that -- The Pope has been converted by Mr. Spurgeon and has been…

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Telegrams. Latest From Europe Astounding Combinations. War. Peace. Disturbances. Strikes

Sydney Punch · Thursday 15 August 1872 · page 3

MR. PUNCH'S usual supply of European and American intelligence is to hand:-- Mr. Smith was married yesterday. The event has caused great consternation, and the Press demands "where is the line to be…

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