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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 25
" On the 31st of July, 1870, at 5.30 p.m., the Chancellor having partaken of the Holy Communion, drove from his official residence in the Wilhelm Strasse to the station accompanied by his wife and daughter, to proceed with his…
Continued on Trove, page 128 →General Primrose bas been ordered to advance from Candahar to Ghizi. LONDON, January 17. The continued advance of the British upon Cabul…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shere Ali is at present in North Afghanistan, close to the Turkestan frontier. No further operations against the British are reported, and all is quiet at the front…
Continued on Trove, page 144 →The King of the Zulus in South Africa has assembled 800O warriors on the frontier, in defiance of the British. The British commander-in-chief. Lord Chelmsford, has sent the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yarkoob Kahn has seized Fort Familus. The chiefs of the Bakeka (? Zeka), Kels, and numerous other tribes, as well as the Gulzais, have recommenced hostilities against the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yakoob Khan has seized Fort Familus, The chiefs of the Bakeka ([?] Zeka), Kels, and numerous other tribes, as well as the Gulzais, have recommenced hostilities towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following letter from the Bishop of Manchester was rend at a meeting at Manchester on the Afghan war. The Bishop wrote: My dear Mr. Mayor,—I cannot attend the town's meeting which you have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British troops have occupied Kilat, Ighibzie, and some other places of minor importance. Candahar was taken possession of unopposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British troops have occupied Kilat, Ighibzie and some other places of minor importance. Candahar was taken possession of unopposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advices from Orenburg state that in consequence of the concentration of the Chinese forces on the Russian frontier and the reported pacification of Khotan, the Russian fort of Naryn has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The progress of the Afghan campaign is extremely satisfactory (says The Times of the 27th November). The Ameer's forces have been unable to offer any opposition to our advance since the…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →BY the present mail we are in possession, of the criticisms upon the very important despatch, of Lord: CRANBROOK to Lord LYTTON, setting forth a ministerial view of the history of the Afghan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further advices from the front state that General Donald Stewart's cavalry entered Kilatighilzie on the 21st, and not a shot was fired. Later news states that Vali Mahomed (brother of Shere Ali)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to repeated serious inroads upon the Portuguese stations on the Guinea coast, South Africa, the Portugeuse Government has declared war against the hostile tribes, and a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Zulu war has commenced. The King would not listen to the British ultimatum, and the troops at once crossed the frontier, attacking and carrying all the principal outlying posts of the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further advices from the front state that General Donald Stewart's cavalry entered Kilatighilzie on the 21st and not a shot was fired. Later news states that Vali Mahomed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British troops commenced their advance into the territory of the Zulus on the 12th January. Up to latest accounts they hate not been opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British troops commenced their advance into the territory of the Zulus on the 12th. January. Up to latest accounts they have not been opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Times publishes a telegram to the effect that a civil war has broken out at Cabul, and that Yakoob Khan is bombarding a portion of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A civil war is raging in Cabul, and Yakoob Khan is shelling a portion of the city. The Sirdars are leaving, and the leaders are fighting for the succession…
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