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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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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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BATHURST Daily free press "Magna est veritas et prevalebit." Friday, September 8Th, 1899. The Chances of War

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 2

The Transvaal trouble has almost, if not quite, reached that point at which friendly negotiations must stop, and resort be had to the "dread arbitrament of war." With a…

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

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

The Transvaal crisis continues. A meeting of the British Cabinet will be held on Friday next, when it is probable that an ultimatum to the Transvaal will be considered, owing to the…

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The World the Troubled Transvaal. All for War. An End of Delay. Warnings to Kruger. London

National Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 3

The Cape newspapers urge the British authorities to place an army corps on the Transvaal frontier. This action they declare will alone end the…

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War Practicaly Certain. Orange State Preparations. The British Forces Ready. the Chief Command. Given to Sir Redvers Buller. London

National Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 3

The Government of the Orange Free State views the reply sent by President Kruger to Mr. Chamberlain as destructive to peace prospects…

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War Imminent. The Boers' Vehement Speeches. Immediate Fighting Expected. Probable Confict at Laing's Nek. London, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 11 September 1899 · page 3

The latest news from South Africa is of a most serious nature, and has caused a great sensation. Those who have contiuned to hope fora peaceful settlement…

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2nd Edition The World the Transvaal War Imminent British Cabinet Meets. the Ultimatum. Categorical Reply Required, Troops Pouring into South Africa. Army Reserves to be Summoned. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 11 September 1899 · page 3

A meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday to consider the course of action toe be taken in connection with the Transvaal toruble…

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The Trausvaal Trouble. England's Ultimatum. "The Cloud's of War are Gathering Fast." The Army on the Move. LONDON Saturday 11.55 a.m

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 2

The Cabinet resolved to issue an ultimatum to the Transvaal demanding an unconditional acceptance of Sir Alfred Milner's terms,…

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The French War Minister. a Soldier and a Patriot

National Advocate · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 2

I have been "asked (say a the Paris correspondent of a London weekly) to supplement my paragraphs of a fortnight ago about General de Galliffet, Minister…

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War Correspondents. Proceed to the Front. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 3

Anticipating that hostilities will presently commence in the Transvaal, a number of war correspondents have already started for the scene of the threatened war…

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Boer Menages. Gravest Forebodings. War Correspondents Alert. London

National Advocate · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 3

The attitude of the Boers towards tho residents of Kimberley, Vryburg, and Mafeking is most menacing. Some 800 Hollanders at Pretoria have offered…

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2nd Edition The World the Transvaal Preliminaries of War. Defence of Pretoria. Reply to the British Dispatch. Rifles Simultaneously Issued. LONDON. Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 3

The Transvaal continues to make every preparation for a campaign. Warlike preliminaries are in progress at Zeerust, 135 miles west of Pretoria,…

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All Agog for War

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

It is war with the Transvaal. There seems to be no alternative. The Boers hove given their reply to the ultimatum of Mr. Chamberlain. It is, perhaps,…

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Too Late. To Prevent War. President Steyn's Opinion. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 3

The special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that Mr. Hofmeyer, leader of the Africander, Band, wired to Mr. Steyn, President of…

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War Preparations. Troops to Guard Kimberley. Boers at Laing's New. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 3

"Active war preparations are in progress at Kimberley. One thousand men are enrolled to guard the town…

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A Tribal War. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 3

News from New Hebrides states that a tribal war is raging on the island of Tanna…

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88,000 Troops for the War

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 3

With tho departure from England during the last few days of four battalions of infantry, three regiments of cavalry, and additional artillery and tho Army Service Corps…

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Is War Inevitable ? the Burghers' Choice. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 3

Mr. P. W. Beitz, Secretary of State for the South African Republic, has stated that war is inevitable if Great Britain insists upon the dismantlement of the Transvaal…

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Disinclined Fob War London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 3

Fifty-three Afrikanders in the Cape Parliament have urged President Kruger to do his utmost to avert war, short of sacrificing independence…

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No War Correspondents. a Victorian Injunction. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 3

The military authorities have made it understood that no member of the contingent for service in South Africa will be allowed to act in the capacity of war…

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