The military correspondent of the Gazette of Silesia, writing before the terms of peace were decided on, gave the following opinion of the strategic value of Belfort : The position of the fortress of Belfort, in the middle of the natural defile opening between the Vosges and the
March 10, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England
r by John Hawkinfis, at 112, Strand, London, Tr.C. Mr. Capper, one of the War Victims' Fund Commissioners, writes from the East of France :—Our route led us over the battle-fields of the 20th of January, strewed with the now so familiar sad debris of fight—helmets, knapsacks, ca
March 10, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England
THE FOREIGN CHAPLAINCIES IN AUGUST. The following list of the chaplains connected with the Colonial and Continental Church Society officiating at the undermentioned places during the ensuing month will probably interest many of our readers : BELGlUM.—Brussels, Rev. C. W. Moffatt
August 3, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England
One amongst the admirable arrangements of the present meeting of the Association is that all the sections assemble in the same building, the University affording ample accommodation for the purpose. This plan wonderfully economises time, and enables the members to pay a visit to
August 3, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England
On Wednesday night a collision occurred at the South Kensington Railway Station, which placed the lives of a great number of passengers in considerable jeopardy, and resulted in severe injuries to several. A Metropolitan District train coming from the City had just run into the
August 3, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England
The Emperor of Brazil has had the good sense to dispense with many frivolous forms and ceremonies during his tour, and has thus had an opportunity of witnessing the national customs which he might otherwise not have enjoyed. Some of the incidents of his sojourn at Tarbert were v
August 3, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England
It is not very often that litigants interfere in their own cases to much purpose, but a Labrador dog has just proved an exception to this rule. He was the subject of a suit between a gentleman named Booth, who found him at a railway refreshment room in Richmond, and the family o
August 3, 1871 - Sun & Central Press - London, London, England