A Veteran Soldier of the True Church
The Rev. Charles P. Golightly, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, has addressed a pamphlet, with the title "A. Solemn Warning against Cuddesdon College," to the lay members of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1879
482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 25
A Special War Vote
LONDON, February 28.—Both Houses of Parliament have voted a special sum of £1,500,000 for the prosecution of the Zulu War…
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LONDON, March 1.—Reports from St. Petersburg and from Afghanistan, by way of Condahar and Jellalabad, state that State Ali, the ex-Ameer of Cabul, is dead…
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LONDON, February 28.—The latest despatches from the Cape are to the 11th instant. General Lord Chelmsford found his force inadequate for offensive operations, and remains on the defensive…
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The extraordinary credit of £1,500,000, asked for by the Government for defraying the expenses of the Zulu war, has been unanimously voted by the Parliament…
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LONDON, February 28.—Both. Heuses of Parliament have voted a special sum of £1,500,000 for the prosecution of the Zulu War…
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LONDON, March 6.—The proclamation announcing the death of Shere Ali, and the succession of his son Yakooh Khan, as Ameer of Cabul has been followed by an outbreak of civil war in…
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WE are indebted to a gentleman, late a brother officer of one of the killed, for some interesting partlculars concerning the war now being waged against the Zulus in South Africa…
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LONDON, March 1.—Reports from St. Petersburg and from Afghanistan, by way of Candabar and Jellalabad, state that Shore Ali, the ex-Ameer of Cabul, is dead…
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An extraordinary credit of £1,500,000 has been asked for on account of the Zulu war…
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LONDON, March 10.—The British Commander-in-Chief, now at Jellalabad, has replied on behalf of England to Yakoob Khan's appeal for suspension of arms and the friendship of England…
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LONDON, March 10.—Further news has been received from the Cape by way of St. Vincent's. The British forces maintain their ground. The position of General Pearson at Ekowe was attacked…
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In the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Northcote, in reply to a question, said the Indian Government would soon commence an active interchange of communications…
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Advices from the Cape announce that the situation at Natal, when the mail left, was unchanged. Pearson's column had encountered the enemy at Ekone, and repulsed them with…
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A now kind of torpedo-boat has recently arrived from America, built Messrs. Derreshoff, of Bristol, Rhode Island, to the order of the Admiralty. She will raise 90lb to 100lb of stam five minutes…
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LONDON, March 10.—The British Commander-in-Chief, now at Jellalabad, has replied on behalt of England to Yakoob Khan's appeal for suspension of arms and the friendship of England…
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LONDON, March 6.—The proclamation announcing the death of Shere Ali, and the succession of his eon Yahoob Khan, as Ameer of Cabul has been followed by an outbreak of civil war in…
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LONDON, March 10.—Farther news has been received from the Cape by way of St. Vincent's. The British forces maintain their ground. The position of General Pearson at Ekowe was attacked…
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LONDON, March 15.-Latest advices from the Cape state that the Zulus are inactive. In consequence of the arrival of the frigate Shah, with reinforcements, at St. Helena Bay, Cape Colony, it…
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Cape papers are to hand up to February 22. The Natal Witness publishes a graphic description of the destruction of the head-quarters camp at Isandhalwana. Lord Chelmsford, it is…
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