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The wars & local soldiers, 1875

92 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 5

Dr. Manning and the War of Armageddon

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 8

Mr. Gladstone neither forgives nor forgets; in this respect he and the Papacy are well matched; but this habit of the ex-Premier's mind is a great embarrassment to Dr. Manning…

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The Next War in Europe. (From the Pall Mall Gazette, September 15.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 November 1875 · page 3

THE criticisms on the reorganization of the French army which appeared in a recent number of Blackwood's Magazine have been virtually left unanswered. Errors of detail have been collected here and there,…

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Outrage by Chinese Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 November 1875 · page 6

THE North China Daily News say:—A body 1921 Chinese troops was landed on July 24, from Flamingo (s.), at one of the lower Hongkew Shanghai. They came from Takao, in Fon…

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Dreadful Riots in Mississippi. Thirteen People Killed and As Many Wounded

Evening News · Friday 19 November 1875 · page 3

JACKSON, MISS., Sept.6.—During a barbecue at Clinton, near this place, on Saturday, a white man pulled out a bottle of whisky. A negro remarked to him that it was understood there was to be no…

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Naval. Men-[?]war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 November 1875 · page 7

Dido, 8 guns, Commodore W. C. Chapman, at Sydney. [?] 6 guns, Captain C. E. Stevens, at Fiji. Nymphc, 9 guns, Captain Francis G. Suttic, at Sydney; to sail for Fiji on 19th instant…

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The Next War in Europe

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1875 · page 5

THE criticisms on the reorganization of the French army which appeared in a recent number of Blackwood's Magazine have been virtually left unanswered. Errors of detail have been corrected here and there,…

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The Papacy and Universal War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 November 1875 · page 4

A poet and a humanitarian, J. G. Whittier, has recently pointed to the priest as the stimulating cause of warfare in Europe, and to a form of Christianity that seems constantly…

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Naval. Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 November 1875 · page 6

Dido, 8 guns, Commodore W. C. Chapman, at Sydney Baraconta, 6 guns, Captain C. F. Stevens, at Fiji. Nymphe, 9 guns, Captain Francis G. buttle, on a cruise Pearl, 17 guns, Captain A. P. Hastings, at Sydney…

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Tales. St. Michael and St. George. Chapter Xlii.—a New Soldier

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1875 · page 1

MOMENTS had scarcely passed after Dorothy left him at the fountain ere Scudamore grievously repented of having spoken to her in such a manner, and would gladly have offered apology and what amends he…

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The Carlist War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 December 1875 · page 4

To-night's Univers publishes the following telegrams:— Four hundred Carlists, of Castellon's Brigade, who were going into Nava[?]e, found the passes occupied by the A[?]onsists and their retreat cut off…

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The Spanish War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 December 1875 · page 2

Madrid, October 25.—Official despatches announce that General Martinez Campos is actively continuing his operations against the Carlists, and has arrived at Eberia. Madrid, October 27.—The Imparcial of to-day announses…

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The Spanish War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1875 · page 812

Madrid, October 25.—Official despatches announce that General Martinez Campos is actively continuing his operations against the Carlists, and has arrived at Eberja. Madrid, October 27.—The Impartial of to-day announces…

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