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ROUTES TO BALLAARAT.
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one of these stores, which are truly a verification of the old adage, 'anything from a needle to an anchor.' Groceries and cutlery, drapery and diggers' implements, boots, clothing, fire-arms, and wheelbarrows, may here be had, together with innumerable other things in endless variety.
" We arrived at the camp about 1 P.M., and there learned that a loss of life had indeed taken place, but nothing nearly so great as we had anticipated, the numbers standing—
"12th Regiment, 1 officer wounded.
" 2 men killed.
" 8 men wounded.
40th Regiment, 1 officer dangerously wounded.
" 3 men killed.
"14 men wounded."