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The wars & local soldiers, 1884

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Cable News. (From Our London Correspondent, and Through Reuter's Agency.) Franco-Chinese War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 10

HONGKONG, August 23.—The French Admiral is actively prosecuting hostilities against the Chinese in Foochow. The attack on the fortiflcations between the city and the mouth of the…

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Incidents in the Career of a War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 4

Mr. Melton Prior, the war correspondent of the Illustrated London News, supplies the following to the representative of the Pall Mall Gazette, who has recently interviewed him:…

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CABLEGRAMS. Franco-Chinese War. Declaration of War

Evening News · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, September 8.—The Chinese officials in Foochow have notified that war has been declared by the Chinese Government against France. Shanghai is to be treated as a neutral…

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China Declares War with France

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 5

London, September 8.--China has formally declared war with France, but desires that Shanghai shall be regarded as a neutral port. It is untrue that Japan has claimed the Loochoo…

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Native Attack in the Northern Territory. One Man Killed and Two Wounded. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Minister for Educacation has received the following telegraphic despatch from the Government Resident in the Northern Territory, giving particulars of a fatal…

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Franco-chinese War. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 7

The Chinese officials at Foochow have notified that war has been declared by the Chinese Government against France. Shanghai is to be treated as a neutral port…

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Franco-chinese War. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 9

China declares that her forts at Foochow, on the River Min, have been repaired, that the arsenal is uninjured, and that during the engagement that took place there only two…

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France and China. The Declaration of War

Evening News · Thursday 11 September 1884 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

PARIS, September 10.—La National, in its issue of this morning, says that M. Jules Ferry meditates a formal declaration, of tear against China, and that the Premier intends to take…

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Franco-chinese War. (Reuter's Telegram.) Paris, Sept. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 September 1884 · page 9

Le National In its issue of this morning states that M. Jules Ferry meditates a formal declaration of war against China, and proceeds to say that the Premier intends to take…

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Franco-chinese War. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 September 1884 · page 7

An announcement has appeared in the Times to the effect that the Russian fleet has left Cheefoo. It is generally believed that Russia has hostile designs upon China…

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French-chinese War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 18

HONGKONG, September 10.—News from Shanghai states that the Chinese are blocking the passage of the Woosung bar against the French. They are leaving a channel for the…

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The Franco-Chinese War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 11

HONGKONG, September 5.—Admiral Courbet, who left the river Min after the destruction of the forts, has not made asy attack on the other positions of the Chinese. He is, however, closely…

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Franco-Chinese War. London, Sept. 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 548

An announcement has appeared in the Times to the effect that the Russian fleet has left Cheefoo. It is generally believed that Russia has hostile designs upon China…

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The Franco-Chinese War. London, Sept. 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 544

China declares that her forts at Foochow, on the River Min, have been repaired, that the arsenal is uninjured, and that during the engagement that took place there only two…

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The Franco-Chinese War. London, Sept. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 520

The bombardment of Kelung, on the northern coast of the Island of Formosa, has been resumed by the French fleet. SEPT. 8…

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France and China. France Does Not Declare War Against China

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 5

Paris, September 12.--A newspaper correspondent had an interview with the Premier, M. Ferry, to-day, the result of which entirely disproves the statement that France was about to declare war…

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France and China. The Declaration of War

Evening News · Monday 15 September 1884 · page 5

LONDON, September 14.-M. Jules Perry, the Premier of France, has officially announced that up to the present time China has not declared war against France. One of the forts…

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The China War

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 September 1884 · page 5

Hongkong, Wednesday.--Intelligence reached here this morning, that the French fleet, under Admiral Courbet, renewed actiye hostilities against the Chinese, and that having been…

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Franco-chinese War [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1884 · page 10

The latest intelligence from the East states that considerable agitation prevails amongst the British residents at Foochow and Shanghai. Complications arising out of the…

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