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    • THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES. [CONTINUED I)Y O...
    • WHERE ARE OUR SOLDIERS /
    • BLOOD FOR THE MILLION.
    • ADVICE GRATIS.
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      The Roundabout Rambles. [Continued I)Y O...

      THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES . [ CONTINUED I ) Y OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ]

      I Cam Give You Very Little Llkforf News ...

      I CAM give you very little llKFORF news . BOULOGNE as even these , A lines tiff . IO have , 1870 to 1 > c sent ment situated by of as French a you secret see police . messenger The , and forces our . position I opposed am with is to very us the consist critical Chiefs of , thoug a army regi h , - our troops are in admirable condition . It I is cannot however explain to h -day to hoiv that we in got here . It is a of long the story Chief . , , enougsay consequence of 01 insisting the Hotel noiei that du our Nord first orci battle should reinfo rcimorccmenis rcements come oft' at the broug table d ht 'hote

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      objection a This fierce feat struggle raised he actual to ensued his ly attempting accomplished , and he had it on ; to but the drag , part as there the of the publisher was official some in s , with out covered him . The with result advertisements was that , the the special Chief , telegrams unfortunatel and y , police came news and back having hair been . We wasted had , therefore on the publisher , to have ' s shirt recourse front to , cheek some , more simpler methods of getting requisite news .

      « « ? ? « « ~ ° • « « • attacked Had suddenly ! Rest of to news slip here may . onl We y reach are evidentl you by y telegram going . to be Special Telegrams . Before Boulogne , Aug . 16 , 1870 . morning The police demanding attacked our us passport in force s and at about ten cherry ten o ' clock tarts this the

      effected vious Chief evening had , prodi removed . gies A desperate of from valour a shop battle with in the a ensued garden Gran , in d roller which Rue . on the We the Chief pre had - only seventeen troops . The police numbered three . We are all prisoners .

      Where Are Our Soldiers /

      WHERE ARE OUR SOLDIERS /

      The It Safety Must Of Be This A Consolat...

      the It safety must of be this a consolation country , to to learn those the Eng satisfactory lishmen who state fear of our for defences from the Times . Let us run over a few of them . We have—Camp Equipage for aw Arm y of 100 , 000 Men ! 30 , 000 Snidery or , one to every three men . 100 100 . 000 000 great srrcat coats coats ..

      An 10 , 000 , increase sets of of harness 50 men in and store 109 / horses in the Engineers , No organization . No No generals reserves / . The above are facts . Government In the face that of this does , we not ask immediatel what ough provide t to be done to that h

      to raise 500 , 000 volunteers , and officer y them , and money arm enoug them properl It is y not . likely that we shall have to fight for a week or two , but country if we three had , months every honest to send man 60 , 000 knows men that to B it elg would ium . take this ¦ 1 _ _ - - — ...... 1 . -. — ¦¦¦

      Blood For The Million.

      BLOOD FOR THE MILLION .

      Are As Living The Vast In A Majority Sta...

      are As living the vast in a majority state of of pleasant Englishmen excitement at the over present the moment horrible disappointed tragedies hourl if y their taking half p penny lace on spent the in Continent Latest Intelli , and gence are reall does y nut announce some fresh massacre , we beg to suggest the following the following more , truthful spread form about of the a Contents pavement Ilul , would . Though not pander a few to of the Kditors popular lish hearts they craving might for nt all blood events , in a instil fashion a little to satisf humanity y ambitious into

      brutes Kn ^ they reall , and y arc cause : — their owners to reflect what unfeeling A v COM civtknts KN 1 . S IIII . ILL I AS AS II it IS IS . ' A CONTENTS BIIX AS IT OUGHT TO BE . KxcrriNc ; Intelligence . Fresh News for Savage and Safe Inquisitive and Sound Cowards at

      Home . THE WAR . HELL UPON EARTH . Great Uattlc Carnage Arm Hacking , Dloodshedding , Throat , THIS AFTERNOON . Cutting Cursing , , Flesh Groaning Tearing , Suf- , fering , Dying , THIS

      AFTERNOON . 25 , 000 killed wounded . , 50 , 000 Unspeakable 200 , 000 Homes Agonies . for A Village on Fire . The Ag ed , the Young , out Women sheltirltss , Infants , turned into the Misery Night and to Despair perish . in

      Advice Gratis.

      ADVICE GRATIS .

      Be In Admitted The Face On Of The All Pr...

      be In admitted the face on of the all present hands state that English of the Continent people who , it seems venture to across the Channel are little better than maniacs . No matter that " the the season newspapers at Dieppe assure is unusuall that y brilliant * ' Boulogne , " and is tranquil that ** Brittany , " that the is in prejudice no immediate against danger leaving of becoming home just an now European obtains battle in a strong field , " degree and Ramsgate , and seeing are that each Margate to opens receive its portals number , and of Brig visitors hton

      it cannot be wondered at eager . Perhaps , though any , if we add our ex- , watering periences p of laces the , effects the few of foolhard the war y on peop Eng le lish who , visitors in spite to of French their before friend ' s taking advice the , contemp fatal step late . Here going they abroad are properl , will be y classified led to pause : —» Effect entirel No y . omit 1 . —The to search Custom the House luggage Officers of , English as a rule peo , now ple reception entering France they accord , and them are suspiciously courteous in the

      V ^ V ^ V ^ B ¦ vvw ^^^ BW vW ^ P ^ V ^ H ^ r ^ v ^ p ^ vv ^ BiV VW ^ WVV ^ . Effect antipath No . y 2 to . — Englishmen The French , wh nation ich from has time entirely immemorial lost its to the stone other throwing day has from taken a distance the form , and of in impertinence the great , anti and - has Prussian become sentiment quite popular which . now prevails in France , England Effect No . 3 . —Hotels are less crowded . Landlords are more civil This , cannot and charges be said are of more English AVIk moderate watering V «* than VMk BrrW laces of VVv yore just . ( now N . B ) . —

      ^ m «•¦ B ^ r ^ V vWv * wv ^^ F V ^^ r ^ v y | t |^ % ^ ^^ 9 ^ Bi ^ ^ ^ ^ mm ^ vw VV ^^^ v p ^^^^ ^ M ^^^ V ^ p ^ K ^^^ r v ^ M . v Effect some No degree . 4 . — , and The sending war . beyond them sobering to Church the a inhabitants little oftener in West to pray of France for their . friends , had no effect whatever in the over To their be serious autumn . p Peop lans le for are visiting extremely a French stupid watering if they throw place because the armies of France and Prussia are doing battle on

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 20, 1870, page 73, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20081870/page/11/