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The wars & local soldiers, 1882

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The War in Egypt. the Khedive Presenting the Grand Cordon of the Osmanieh to Sir Garnet Wolseley

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 1081

The Khedive Sir Garnet Wolseley The Duke of Connaught…

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How a Soldier Saw a Battle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 32

THE following, written by a soldier of the renowned "Black Watch," the 42nd Highlanders, tells its own tale:— "Balbeis, Egypt, 18th Sept., 1882…

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The War Scare

Evening News · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 2

LONDON, December 20.—The Austrian Government is allaying the public fears of the imminence of a European war winch had arisen in conquence of the extensive fortifications which are…

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The War Scare. London, Dec. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 7

The Austrian Government is allaying the public fears of the imminence of a European war which had arisen in consequence of the extensive fortifications which are being…

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Reminder of War Times

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 December 1882 · page 12

WITH the "Journal" of this week—the Christmas "Town and Country" for 1832—each subscriber presented with a copy of the fearful day at Rorke's Drift, ono of the most memorable in the whole his…

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The Land War in Scotland. the Bent Driven Back in Skye— A" No Rent" Manifesto in Caithness

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 December 1882 · page 7

A telegram from Glasgow on Wednesday, November 25, which appears in the Evening Telegraph, says : - An exciting telegram was received here this morning from tho Island of Syke, the…

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An Irish Soldier of the Cross

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 December 1882 · page 5

" Owen Rce" writiug to the Nation of November says: - A thorough conviction of your pure love of the " Island of Saints "—her glories, religious, military, and literary -emboldens…

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An Interesting Soldier

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 December 1882 · page 3

Among the recent arrivals from Egypt in England (says the Hume News, there) is one soldier in whom special interest was taken--this was Trooper Joseph Bennett, of the Blues, who was…

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