BY the arrival of the Avoca we are in possession of English journals to September 9. An our telegraphic news came down to the 2nd October, the papers to hand by the mail do not of course contain any ...
Article : 2,347 wordsI EXPECT the arrival of the Avoca will furnish more attractive pabulum for this day's EMPIRE than any that I can supply, so I shall not proceed very far with my present yarn before I take two ...
Article : 2,982 wordsAFTER the Emperor had gone his way and the town evacuated, a correspondent went over the field of battle, which he thus describes:— "It was a shocking thing to see so many dead men ...
Article : 1,078 words"THE whole country as far as the frontier lies spread out like a map before us. Donchery is as clearly to be seen as though a biscuit could be tossed down into it, and when the mist rises still further, the course of ...
Article : 1,511 wordsKing William made a visit to the captive Emperor in the chateau of Frenois. Napoleon remained perfectly calm at the beginning of the visit. He received his guest of 1867, and his conqueror of to-day, with ...
Article : 668 wordsWHEN the firing on the day thus described had ceased, a flag of truce was brought from the town of Sedan to the head-quarters of the King of Prussia on a hill above the Meuse. Napoleon wrote simply, as one ...
Article : 1,213 wordsEvents have succeeded each other almost with the rapidity of a dream, and it would be difficult for those under whose eyes a terrible drama has been performed to realize the facts, but that a daily record of them ...
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Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), Sat 29 Oct 1870, Page 3
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