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The latest advices, to the 13th of January, are more interesting as regards political than military affairs. The Confederates have made aggressive movements in Shenandoah Yalley, and achieved successes. They have also threatened Petersburg and Winchester. At Chattanooga, affairs remain quiet. A resolution has been passed by the Federal Senate to call out one million of Volunteers for ninety days. They are to be commanded by General Grant. The Confederates have gone into winter quarters in Tennessee, and general inaction pervades the armies on each side. IBoth Governments, however, are determined to carry on the war with unceasing vigour. DENMARK. The great event in Europe is the Danish Duchies question. The German Powers have seized possession of Holstein, and demanded that of Schleswig, with a threat offeree if the demand is not complied with. War between Germany and Denmark seems inevitable to be soon followed by a general European war. There is, in consequences, great uneasiness. Prince Frederick of Augustcnburg has been proclaimed Duke of Schleswig Holstein Russia claims the Gottorp portion of Holstein and dissension exists among the German powers on this question.
The attitude of Austria and Prussia towards Denmark escitas much comment in England and France.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 167, 25 March 1864, Page 2
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