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The wars & local soldiers, 1884

322 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 17

Franco-Chinese War

Evening News · Thursday 11 December 1884 · page 4

PARIS, December 10.—The French Government has sent instructions to General De Lisle, Commander-in-Chief in Tonquin, and to Admiral Courbet, Commander-in-Chief of the French fleet,…

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The Franco - Chinese War

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 December 1884 · page 4

Paris, December 10.--The French Government have sent instructions to General de L'isle, commander-in-chief of the French, forces in Tonquin, and Admiral Courbet, commander-in-chief of the…

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The Franco-chinese War. Paris, Dec. 10

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

The French Government have sent instructions to General De Lisle, Commander-inChief in Tonquin, and to Admiral Courbet, Commandor-in-Chief of the French fleet, not…

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Franco-Chinese War

Evening News · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 4

PARIS, December 12.-In the French Senate last night, additional credits' required by the Government for the prosecutions of operations in Tonquin were voted. The Premier, M. Ferry,…

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The Franco-Chinese War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 5

Paris, December 12.--In the French Senate last night additional credits required by the Government for the prosecution of operations in Tonquin were voted. The Premier, M. Ferry, made a…

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Additional War Supplies Granted by the French Senate. Paris, Dec. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 14

In the French Senate last night the additional credits required by the Government for the prosecution of the operations at Tonquin were voted, and M. Ferry made a…

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The Franco-chinese War. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 December 1884 · page 5

COOKTOWN, Saturday.--By the Penna dice which left Hongkong November 25, it is reported that the Chipses still occupied Tams vu. A [?] of Germans have taken service with the…

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France-Chinese War

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 December 1884 · page 5

Shangai, December 16.--Several cruiser, which have been equipped by order of the Chinese Government, have sailed from this port. Consequent upon the receipt of this intelligence, a…

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The Franco-chinese War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 December 1884 · page 9

We have received files of the Hongkong Daily Press to 26th November, from which we take the following news respecting the war:- THE CAMPAIGN IN FORMOSA…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) France-Chinese War

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1884 · page 4

SHANGHAI, December 16.—Several cruisers which have been equipped by order of the Chinese Government have sailed from this port. In consequence of the receipt of this news a French…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) the Franco-chinese War. Paris, Dec. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 December 1884 · page 7

It is stated that the French Government has decided to send strong naval reinforcoments to China. With this objoct several ironclads will be despatched in January,…

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The France-Chinese War

Evening News · Friday 19 December 1884 · page 4

PARIS, December 18. An official dispatch has been received by the French Government, reporting that further fighting, has occurred in Tonquin. A Chinese force estimated at 3000,…

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Franco Chinese War. Further Fighting in Tonquin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 December 1884 · page 5

Paris, December 18.--An official despatch has been received by the Government reporting that further fighting has occurred In Tonquin. A Chinese force estimated at 3000 attacked a village…

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The Franco-chinese War. Paris, Dec. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 December 1884 · page 7

An official despatch has been received by the Government, reporting that further fighting has occurred in Tonquin, A Chinese force estimated at 3000 attacked a village…

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The Franco-chinese War. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Canton, Nov. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 December 1884 · page 4

It is the goneral opinion here as elsewhere that France has been quite out of her reckoning in the costly enterprises she has undertaken for the extension of her territory in Inde-China. That she could effect…

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All is Fair in Love and War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1884 · page 1260

Conklin Vandewater, nineteen yean old, bookkeeper at Williamsburg, and who when he attains his majority will come into possession of a handsome fortune, is said to have been married recently under peculiar circumstances. He is…

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O'kelly, the War Correspondent, Back in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 December 1884 · page 6

Mr. O'Kelly got a great reception on his return to the House, after some months' absence in the Soudan. His first speech was on the Irish dobate introduced by Mr. Sexton…

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The Franco-chinese War. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, Nov. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 December 1884 · page 9

We have heard of no farther attempt on the part of Vice-Admiral Lespes to effect a landing at Tamsui, though reinforcements must by this time have reached him. At Keelung, however, Lin Meng-ohuan has…

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The War in the Soudan. London, Dec. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 December 1884 · page 10

Fourteen thousand of the Mahdi's troops are stated to have assembled at Berber, resolved to oppose the British, advance to Khartoum…

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The Franco-Chinese War. Paris, Dec. 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1884 · page 1294

To-day, in the Senate, M. Jules Ferry, President of the Council of Ministers, stated that the attitude of the Chinese Government had defeated the efforts of Lord Granville to…

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