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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 8
THE frequent references which have been made of late to the Chinese as a possible power in Central Asia render the consideration of the fighting qualities of that people a subject of much interest. Chinamen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A gentle man from Re[?] informs the Fiji Times that Galoban followed up the enemy from N[?]kawalu (which fell into his hands after being abandoned by the enemy), into the Wa[?]kalon [?]tory. There the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three vessels flying the English flag, ladon with merchandise, and bound from Acheen to Penang, have been fired into by a Dutch man-of-war. The agent of the Sultan has petitioned the Governor of Penang for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Modoc war is at an end. The remaining Modoc Indians were overtaken, and surrendered, with the exception of Captain Jack and three others, who escaped during the night. On May 30, by the aid of the captured savages,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE are, it is clear, "in" for another Ashantee war, third or fourth in the fifty years which have elapsed since the first was illustrated by the defeat of a considerable British army and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are, it is clear, "in" for another Ashantee war, third or fourth in the fifty years which have clapsed since the first was illustrated by the defeat of a considerable British army and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three vessels flying the English flag, laden with, merchandise, and bound from Acheen to Penang, have been tired into by a Dutch man-of-war. The agent of the Sultan has petitioned the Governor of Penang for…
Continued on Trove, page 150 →A gentleman from Rewa informs the Fiji Times that Cakobau followed up the enemy from Nosorovakawalu (which fell into his hands after being abandoned by the enemy), into the Waikalou territory. There the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Modoc war is at an end. The remaining Modes Indians were overtaken, and surrendered, with tho exoeption of Captain Jack and three others, who escaped during the night. On May 30, by the aid of the captured savages,…
Continued on Trove, page 139 →Would it astonish the thousands of hungry young [?] who advertise daily and in distracting terms for employrneni—University passmen,who are ready to give lessons for is 6d, the hour; public schoolmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clio, 21 guns, Commodore Stirling, at South Sea Islands. Rosario, 3 guns, Commander Challis, on a cruise. Blanche, 3 guns, Commander Simpson, at South Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ac[?]ing to the Java Bode fo May 21s, the total stre[?]th of the Acheea expeditionary from was 144 [?] 3425 p[?]vates; of these four officers and 52[?] were killed, and 27 officer and 411 privatea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Truth (says the Dublin Nation) is sometimes a disagreeable dose; and we have little expectation that Englishmen will receive with any degree of cordiality the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →(News and Frontier Advocate—Quebec paper, May 30). It is time that, in the name of humanity. the whole press of the continent, should denounce this war as a wicked war—wicked in its inception and wickedin its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEMORANDUM from his Excellency the Victory, Henerie Maalu, Commander in-Chief, &c., issued on the 5th August, directs the publication of reports in connection with the military operations recently carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEMORANDUST from his Excellency the Viceroy, Henerie Maa u, Commander in-Chief, &c., issued on the 5th August, directs the publication of reports in connection with the misitary operations recenlty carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →D.C. to finish…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The correspondent of the Times writes on June 22:— The mail steamer Calabar, from Cape Coast Castle, which arrived here yesterday, brings news that the town of E[?]mina was set fire to by the English troops and sailors on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large number of British, officers have volunteered for service in the Ashantee war. It is intended to organize at native force of from 14,000 to 15,000 men…
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