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The wars & local soldiers, 1881

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Stranding of the Italian Manof-War "Europa."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 November 1881 · page 24

WE are favoured by Mr. W. D. S. Powell, Thursday Island, with the accompanying spirited sketch of the stranding of the Italian war vessel, "Europa," and the scenery'in the vicinity of Thursday Island. The visit of the " Europa" to Sydney while the fleet was here, will be fresh in the recollection'of readers. Mr. Powell Bays:— The " Europa" attempted to go up to Thursday Island after dark, on Monday, September 19; in…

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English and Foreign Extracts. War's Work

Evening News · Tuesday 8 November 1881 · page 6

A return just issued shows that the total number of officers and men killed (including those who died of their wounds) and wounded in the Afghan and African wars was:—Killed—officers…

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Cable Messages. Peace or War. Fears of a European Rupture

Evening News · Tuesday 8 November 1881 · page 4

LONDON, November 7.—An uneasy feeling prevails throughout Europe in connection with recent events, and grave apprehensions are felt that a rupture is…

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The Zulus at War with the Boers. London, November 16

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 November 1881 · page 3

The correspondent of the Standard telegraphs from Natal that Mopoeh, the leading chief of the Lydenburg district, has commenced a war on the Boers…

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Eyes of Blue. Chapter Xxvii. Philip's Welcome Home. My Dearest Philip

Evening News · Wednesday 23 November 1881 · page 6

'Your telegram from Brest, with the joyful news of your return, has just reached me, and I sit down at once to write to you, so that you may find a letter from me at your hotel waiting…

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Cable Messages. Russia and the Turkish War Indemnity

Evening News · Monday 28 November 1881 · page 2

LONDON, November 27.—The Russian Government is pressing its claims for the war indemnity due by Turkey. Russia now demands either the cession of…

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The Turkish War Indemnity. Constantinople, Nov. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 5

The Russian and Turkish Governments are amicably arranging the question of the wa[?] indemnity due by the latter…

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The Turkish War Indemnity. Constantinople, November 26

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 3

The Russian and Turkish Governments are amicably arranging the question of the war indemnity due by the latter…

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Russia and the Turkish "War Indemnity

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 10

LONDON, November 27.—The Russian Govornmeat is pressing its claims for the war indemnity due by Turkey. Russia now demandas either the cession of…

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England. Carrying the War Into the Enemy's Country

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 6

A strange case of boycotting has just come to light in Liverpool. Among the Emergency men who recently left Liverpool, sit the call of the Dublin committee, to work on…

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A War Humour

Evening News · Thursday 8 December 1881 · page 2

LONDON, December 6.—A rumour has been circulated to the effect that Russia and Italy are about to combine and declare war against Austria. The rumour has…

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A War Rumour

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 December 1881 · page 11

LONDON, December G.—A rumour has been circulated tO the effect that Russia and Italy are about to combine and declare war against Austria. The rumour has…

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Terrible Affray Between Police and People Near Belmullet. Sixty Persons Wounded

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 December 1881 · page 5

A terrible story comes from the barony of Erris, in the county Mayo. On Thursday, October 27, an affray attended with melancholy results took place between the…

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The War in Algiers. Paris, Dec. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1881 · page 5

Three of the principal tribes in SoutherTunis continue their resistance to the French troops, and operations against them are proceeding. Other parts of the country are…

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Arrival of A Russian Man-of-war

Evening News · Tuesday 27 December 1881 · page 2

The first of the feet of Russian men-of-war expected to visit this port arrived this morning and anchored in Farin Cove. This was the admiral's flax ship the Afrika, The Afrika is a smart…

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Arrival-of New Men-of-War

Evening News · Wednesday 28 December 1881 · page 4

At a very early hour this morning the French man-of-man D'[?]Drees, six guns, Commander Chambergrom, arrived from Noumea, and [?]board off Garden island. Ger mission is to meet her new…

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Arrival of a Russian War Vessel

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1881 · page 2

Another addition to the men-of-war in Farm Cove was made yesterday by the arrival of the Russian war steamship Afrika, which had been for the last two days hourly expected. The…

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The War Vessels in Sydney Harbour

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 December 1881 · page 3

The presence in the harbour of so many war vessels of different nationalities is, indeed, a rare event in the annals of the colony, and deserves to be marked with red letters in our nautical records…

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Russian Men-of-War

Evening News · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 5

An addition to the Russian men-of-war was made this morning by the arrival of the third vessel, the Plastoun, from Tahiti, which port she left two days after her sister ship, the vestuick, now in Sydney…

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