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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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Major-general French's Opinion. "War Inevitable." May Break Out Immediately. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 3

In a press interview this morning, Major-General French says that war is inevitable, and that it will probably break out immediately. He thinks the Imperial Government…

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England anil the Transvaal. Strong Speech by Chamberlain War is Imminent. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 2

War in the Transvaal seems imminent. The Raad has maintained ; the dynamite monopoly, but reduced the price of the article…

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2nd—Edition The World The Troubled Transvaal. Warning to the Boers. Given by Mr. Chamberlain. British Patience Exhausted. How the Issues Have Narrowed. Peace or War? London

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 2

Yesterday, at Brimingham, Mr. Chamberlain made an important speech concerning the Transvaal crisis. Referring to the negotiations which…

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General French on the War Cloud. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 4

In a press interview this morning General French says war it inevitable and will probably break out immediately. He thinks the Imperial Government has shown…

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In the Cape Assembly. Statement by Mr. Sohreiner. There Will Be No War. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 3

In the Capetown Legislative Assembly yesterday, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the ex-Premier, censured the Government for permitting the transport, of arms intended for…

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News By the American Mail the Peace Conference. the Philippine War. Auckland (N.Z.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

The following items are from the' San Francisco papers of August 9, to hand by the R.M.S. Moan a, which arrived to-day:— The Peace Conferences is now a thing of…

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At Delagoa Bay. War Preparations in Natal. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 3

The British third class cruiser Tartar Commander John T. White lies in Delgoa Bay ready to detain cargoes of arms and communication…

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Plain Speech by a Soldier

National Advocate · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 2

From the far Soudan, of all places, comes a sweeping commentary upon the painful outcome of all quarrels between skilled artisans and their employers…

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Traveller. Women Soldiers of the French Aemy

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 7

When the Garmans were advancing on Paris it was proposed to raise several battalions of women, to be called the ‘Amazons of the Seine.’ A corps of female warriors…

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The Chances of War. General Joubert's Opinions. London

National Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 2

General Joubert, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, speaking at Boksburg, twelve miles from Johannesburg, said there certainly would not be war if Great…

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Beady for War. the British Troops. London

National Advocate · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 3

The First Royal Dragoons have been ordered to be in readiness to start for South Africa. Twenty-five thousand troops at…

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The Transvaal. War the Only Solution. Bohreiner Denounced. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 2

There is a somewhat easier feeling in Johannesburg. Opinions, however, continue very mixed as to war prospects, - ?• A semi-official organ of the Boers expresses f.hnVmlinf f.liaf.rloln.v uinn.nG an avanf.iin.1 nan/*a…

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The Situation Becomes More Berioub. • War Feared in England. ".' London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 2

• The Transvaal situation has suddenly ba-Qome more serious, - ""«? ' Mr. Chamberlain Btates that an inoorreot' interpretation bos been placed upon his most recent despatch to the Transvaal Govern­ment…

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The World the Troubled Transvaal. War Inevitable. Panic at Johannesburg. Food Supplies Inadequate. Terrible Distress Exists. Arrests of Ultlanders. One Hundred Warrants Out. the Natal Frontier. Boers Talk of "Rushing" It. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3

The arrest of Mr. Pakeman, editor of the "Johannesburg Leader," on a charge of high treason against the Transvaal Government, has caused an immense…

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Munitions of War. Sent to the Orange-state. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 2

The Transvaal authorities have sent 1,500,000 rounds of ammunition for Mauser rifles to Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State…

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War in the Air. a Rumor in Sydney. Special Message to the Governor. Preparing Colonial Contingents. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 2

A startling rumor spread over the town to-day to the effect that the Governor had received a special cable from the Secretary of State For the Colonies…

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Getting Ready for War. the British Preparations. Gravity of the Situation. London

National Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 2

The British war preparations indicate the gravity of the situation. The first army corps has been warned that it will possibly be required, and…

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German Volunteers. Enlistments in the Transvaal. London

National Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 2

Since August 18,160 Germans have been enrolled in Johannesburg, 150 in Pretoria, and 800 in other centres in the Transvaal…

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War in the Philippines. Fierce Fight Near Bacolod. Nearly 200 Rebels Killdd

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 3

The Manila "Times " of August 4 publishes the following telegram from its [?] correspondent sent on July 58:—"A fierce engagement took place near Bacolod on…

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The Point of War. Date for Acceptance or Rejection, a British Ultimatum. London

National Advocate · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 3

It is believed that the British Government, at the Cabinet meeting to-morrow, will fix a date for the acceptance or rejection by the Transvaal of Sir Alfred…

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