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The Schwartzistan Herald · 4 April 1853

The Spring Action at the Grey Shallows

The Reed Line, 4 April 1853

The Spring Action at the Grey Shallows. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The report is the War Ministry's and this journal prints it as the Ministry sends it. The front is unchanged.

The Minister of War will make the customary statement to the Assembly. The names will be read with the year's roll.

Those concerned: The 2nd Marsh Regiment (combatant); The Reed Line (location).

The Grand Chancellor, Jorn Wendl, received the report at the Chancellery without comment.

Background

  • 28 July 1844. The Summer Action at the Eel Cut. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Earlier report.
  • 13 April 1844. The Spring Action at the Drowned Wood. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Earlier report.
  • 2 September 1842. The Autumn Action at the Ninth Kilometre. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Earlier report.
  • 27 March 1837. The Spring Action at Sentry Pool. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Earlier report.
  • 4 August 1834. The Summer Action at the Third Stake. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Earlier report.

The affair is much discussed in the town, and not only there.

Read the full issue of 4 April 1853.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.