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The wars & local soldiers, 1877

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American War Ma[?]riai (From the New York Tribune

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1877 · page 6

FIVE years ago General Gorlott, then military [?] to the Russian Legation at Washington, made a contract with Colt's Rifle Company for 30,000 arms, for which he paid a very liberal price. He distributed…

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The Horrors of War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 6

The Czar of Russia is reported to be a greater sufferer from hypochondriasis; and we should think his mental gloom is not likely to be alievated by the reports which must have…

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The Statistics of Loss in War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 7

SOME valuable information respecting the effect of modern weapons, as indicated by the war of 1870-71, when for the first time in Europe a breechloader was opposed to a breechloader (the Times states) are…

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The Kaffir War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1877 · page 3

The Transvaal Argus reprints from the Volkstein a translation from the Dutch of an account sent by Fieldcor[?] Vosloo of a successful expedition against the chiefs Sekakoel and Malietel, in the Drakensberg range:—"The…

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An Ottoman War Cry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1877 · page 3

The Prussian Correspondent of the Times, writing from Berlin, on January 20, says:— What the reeding portion of the Mahomedan public think of the Conferenco maybe gathered from an article…

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The Threatened War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 14

THE news from Europe received by mail and cable, while affording some additional ground for the hope that war may be averted, confirms the impression that if, notwithstanding all efforts to…

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War Victims in Bosnia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 427

Mr. Freeman has forwarded to the Times for publication the following letter he has received from Miss Irby, dated Knin. January 9:— "We find that of all the unsupplied needs of the…

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Latest Intelligence. Reuter's Telegrams. to Australian Associated Press. the Eastern Question. War Regarded As Inevitable. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 5

TURKEY declines to adhere to the Protocol, and war is regarded as inevitable. Turkey, in a despatch to the representatives of the various Powers, specially rejects the…

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Schliemann and Agamemnon. the Trojan War Not a Myth

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 27

DR. Schliemann, in his last letter to the London Times, than simply and clearly repeats his Homeric faith and gives his reasons for believing the tombs discovered at Mykente to be those of Agamemnon and his…

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Latest Intelligence. War Regarded As Inevitable. London, April 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 465

TURKEY declines to adhere to the Protocol, and war is regarded an inevitable. A Turkish despatch to the representatives of the various Powers specially rejects the…

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War Panic on 'Change. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1877 · page 5

There has been a war panic during the week on the Stock Exchange. Consols fell onehalf, and are now at 96; Russian fell 5; Turkish l…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. War Imminent. London, April 14

Evening News · Monday 16 April 1877 · page 2

The Earl of Derby, in the House of Lords, expressed the regret of the English cabinet that the reception of the Russian circular by Turkey was against peace…

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Latest Intelligence. Reuter's Telegrams to Australian Associated Press. the Estern Question. Declaration of War Believed to Be Imminent. the Russians Advancing on Jassy. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1877 · page 5

The Earl of Derby, in the House of Commons, expressed regret that the circular of the Porte waa against peace. The Marquis of Hartington, in moving for…

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The P. and O. Company—its Resources, and Uses in Time of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1877 · page 7

AT the annual dinner of the directors, commanders, and others of this company, held in terms of the will of the late Mr. Anderson, the founder of the company's Good Service Fund, on February 1, the…

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News of the Day. Commencement of War

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1877 · page 2

(It will be seen by our telegraphic Intelligence from Europe, that Russia has entered upon war against Turkey. The Our, tanking the blearing of God, has ordered his troops to cross the Turkish [?], thus in…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Message. the Impebial Minifesto [?] of War [?]

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1877 · page 2

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Latest Intelligence. [?]Uter's Telegrams to Australian Associated Press. the War Between Russia and Turkey. Russian Troops Pouring Into the Turkish Provinces. Turkey's Answer to the Czar's Manifesto. London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 5

TURKEY'S answer to the Czar's manifesto is that the attack of Russia is unprovoked, and she appeals to the Treaty of 1856, and the mediation of the other European Powers…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Message. Approaching Hostilities Between Russia and Turkey. Russian Troops Have Crossed the Frostier. Reply of the Porte to the Czar's Manifesto. Special War Telegram. London, April 26

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 4

The Turkish Government, in reply to the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia is to the effect that the attack of Russia is unprovoked, and appeals to the Treaty of 1856, and the mediation of the…

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Latest Intelligence. Reuter's Telegrams to Australian Associated Press. the Russo-turkish War. London, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 5

No Russian circular dispatch, justifying the proclamation of war, has yet been delivered to the other Powers. On the 26th. April the Russians were…

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Cable Messages. the War in Turkey. the First Engagement—the Russians Routed. England Refuses to Accept the Russian Circular. Further Fall in the Stock Market. Depression of the Wool Market. London, April 28

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 2

The Russian Circular or Despatch justifying the proclamation of war, has not yet been delivered to the European Powers. On April 28 the Russian forces, advancing on…

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