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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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Intelligence has been received by the Government from Tonquin that the French troops who recently occupied Langa[?] encountered bodies of Chinese yastly outnumbering them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French press is incensed with M. Jules Ferry, in consequence of the reverses which have been sustained by the French forces in Tonquin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PARIS, March 31.—The Government has issued orders for the immediate dispatch of 8000 French soldiers for the reinforcement of General de Lisle. The troops will embark with the least possible delay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Ministry held a Cabinet this evening, at which defence matters were briefly discussed. The pacific nature of the intelligence to hand about the Anglo-Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, April 1.—Twenty-five Russian men of war have assembled off the coast of Siberia. LONDON, April 1.—THE PALL MALL GAZETTE, of this evening, in an inspired article, says that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paris, March 31.--The Government have issued orders for the immediate despatch of 8000 French soldiers for the reinforcement of General Briere de L'Isle. The troops will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The recommendations of the committee of military and naval officers who are advising the Government as to the most complete and effectual means of fortifying the colony against foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SUAKIM, March 31 (night).—Spies specially sent to Hasheen that the enemy has evacuated the villages near those places. In consequence of this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Twenty-five Russian men-of-war have assembled off the coast of Siberia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London, April 2--News has been received that war has broken out in Central America owing to the attempt of the Republic of Guatemala to compel the States of Sun Salavador…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received that a war has broken out in Central America, owing to the attempt of the Republic of Guatemala to compel the States of San Salvador, Nicaragua,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest intelligence from Tonquin indicates that the position of the French troops near Langeon is extremely crigical, and that the retreat of General Briere de Lisle is serioulsy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question has been often asked, "How do soldiers feel when in battle?" and it is one difficult to answer. A long experience among veterans in the ranks leads us to believe (writes an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The authorities having determined to increase the strength of our forces, both volunteer and permanent, to the numbers stated before the departure of the contingent, recruiting has been busily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The war telegrams of the week have been sufficiently disquieting. It has been rumoured that there have been sixteen Russian ships in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope…
Continued on Trove, page 736 →Notwithstanding the warnings that have awakened the British Empire to expensive warlike preparations we do not at this moment believe that there will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARIS, March 26.—Advices received to-day, say that the French, force under General Negrier, operating in the vicinity of Langsou, encountered a large body of Chinese, and met with a repulse…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The following particulars of the vessels of the last Russian Squadron, which visited Sydney in January, 1882, will just now be read with interest. These vessels were at the Cape lately. The squadron…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, April 2.—News has been received that a war has broken out in Central America, owing to the attempt of the Republic of Guatemala to compel the States of San Salvador, Nicaragua,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE French Government has at last been defeated and M. Ferry has resigned. The enterprising Premier hag always declared that by his Eastern policy he would stand or fall; and…
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