Franco-Chinese War
LONDON, September 18.-The report that a body of French marines landed near Kinpai and destroyed Chinese defences, is regarded with doubt. No official confirmation of the news has…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1884
322 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 17
A Wounded Explorer
THE Geelong ADVERTISER, referring to the operation performed in Edinburgh upon Mr. Ernest Mor rison, in consequenoe of injuries which he received at the hands of the blacks in New Guinea,…
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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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HONGKONG, September 21.—Later news from Foochow confirms the report of the defeat of the Chinese near Kinpai at the mouth of the River Min a few days ago; but the affair was not so…
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Later news from Foochow continue the defeat of the Chinese at Kimpai at the mouth of, the River Min a few days ago, but the affair was not so serious as at first reported, and the…
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In the House of Commons, on the 1st August, the Earl of Ashburnham asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether an Order in Council under section six of the Colonial Naval Defence Act, 1805, giving to the Victorian…
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BRISBANE, Monday. -- The following are the full particulars of her fighting at Foochow, taken from the "China Mail." Hostilities took place off Pagods Fort a little higher up the river than where…
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Sir,—Any ratepayer attending (he meetings the Borough Council, and more especially the one held on Monday last, would be blind indeed if be accepted as gospel the statement…
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LONDON, September 28.—The latest news from Hongkong says that Admiral Courbet, the French Commander-in-chief, is ready to resume the attack on the Chinese forts…
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Latest intelligence from Hongkong states that Admiral Courbet, the French commander-in-chief, is ready to resume the attack on the Chinese forts…
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A terrible accident occurred at the homestead of Mr. John Dawson, near Tilba Tilba, on the night of Wednesday last, September 24. Mr. Dawson had engaged seven Chinamen to clear some land, and…
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Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, a young man named George Williamson, in company with a woman, went to a house in Wexford-strest, kept by a woman named Bridget Griffin. Williamson and his…
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Admiral Courbet, commander-in-chief of the French fleet in Chinese waters, has received instructions from his Government to seize the coal mines at Kelung, on the…
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Intelligence is to hand that Admiral Courbet is now attacking the port of Keelung, in the north of the island of Formosa. The Chinese garrisons offered considerable…
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Hongkong, October 5.--Intelligence has been received that Admiral Courbet is now attacking the port of Kelung, on the north-western coast of the island of Formosa. The Chinese garrison…
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Further intelligence has been received to-day from Kelung, stating that after the engagement, previously reported, the French occupied the place, and that the Chinese…
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Hongkong, October 6.--Farther intelligence has been received from Kelung, stating that after the engagement previously reported the French occupied the place, and that the Chinese batteries at…
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Hongkong, October 6.--News has been received from the Island of Formosa that Admiral Leshes landed a considerable force to-day, and occupied the Port of Tamsui…
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[The following admirable article on the iniquities of war appears as an appendix to the third edition of "The Elements of Social Science," which work formed the subject of a…
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Hongkong, October 8.--Latest advices from Tonquin report that farther fighting between the French and the Chinese has taken place in that province. The French gained a decisive victory,…
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