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585 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 30
The principal portion of the Russian army under the Grand Duke Nicholas, has arrived before Adrianople, and the garrison, on the approach of the besiegers, evacuated their positions, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The irresistable advance of the Russian armies in Roumelis, and the probability of the existence of designs on Constantinople, have induced the British Government to make a decisive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beagle, 1 gun—Lieutenant Caffin, Farm Cove. Conflict, 1 gun—Lieutenant Masters, Farm Cove. Sand[?]y, 1 gun—Lieutenant Bell, Farm Cove. Sappho, 4 guns—Captain Digbey, Farm Cove…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British troops have been successful against the Galekas, after severe fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Russian troops occupied Adrianople on Saturday. The Turkish forces destroyed the munitions of war in the city, and blew up the Seraglio. They then retreated in the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An article in the Allgemeine Zeitung bluntly declares England's continued opposition to the Russian cause will prevent the Czar allowing her to have any part in the re-established of peace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COOKTOWN, Wednesday.—The Italian ironclad Christoffora Colomba, certainly one of the finest war ships in the Italian feet, was passed by the Brisbane mail steamer. She is bound for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is slated that Servia entered the war in defiance of the warnings both of Austria and, it is said, of England also. Her preparations were extensive, and she was assisted considerably by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent writing from the Seat of war on the 13th of September, says: " To dwell upon the sickening experiences of the last few days would only disgust your…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There has evidently been a fierce underground struggle in Constantinople, ending in a decision to make no peace. As we read the very obscure reports which reach the West, the Sultan and his…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Previous to taking up his residence in Berlin for the winter, the Emperor William appears to have had the intention to make a further short sojourn at his favourite castle, Babelsberg. This plan…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Though no formal statement has been made on the subject, it is known that the British Government have, been all along busily preparing for emergencies. An army of 800,000 is in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →IF we are anxious to commend Mr. Forbes's article on the aspects of the war, which appears in the current number of the Nineteenth Century, it is because, by the light of it, the reader can obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →WE have files of the Samoa Times to December 6, from which we extract the following respecting the war at Tutuila:—On November 10, very early in the morning, the news was brought into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The times expects that the Government will ask for an increase of the naval and military forces. The outward and homeward bound…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Erzeromn, November 6, via Athens November 9, 1877:—I now sit down to announce the utter defeat of the Turkish army before Erzeroum. On Saturday, November 3, the enemy were within ten…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Telegrams from Constantinople announce the fact that great excitement exists in the Levant, and that the actions of the Mahommedan population of Constantinople manifest irritation towards…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A German military writer had recently been making a pretty close study of the French army as reorganised, and sums up his information as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Grand Duke Nicholas crossed the Balkane to-day. General Gourko has captured Ekht. General Radetzky is advancing upon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →December 28.—A London special correspondent at Bucharest telegraphs that it is currently rumored and generally believed there that Osman Pasha will be tried by a military court of the…
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