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

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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Boer War Notes

Leader · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 4

Having made special arrangements for the supply of Boer war notes for each issue of the Leader, we would direct our readers attention to them on another page. They…

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A Skirmish and Train Attack. Boers Killed and Wounded. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 3

Two Boers have been killed and seven rounded in a skirmish with the British. Another attack was mode on a train ne Spytfonteen. In a smart brush five Boer…

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Telegraphic News The War SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 4

A great battle is now raging at Ladysmith, the artillery on both sides being engaged. The Boers attacked fiercely…

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Kruger Isolated. No Authoritative War News. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 2

The vigorous censorship of all military none, which has been established at Capetown, has isolated President Kruger from obtaining news by telegraph…

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News of the World. The War. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 4

The Boers are displaying great activity and intend to force the situation. They are making great efforts to establish themselves impregnably to Natal and retain possession…

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War Office Orders. for Oats and Hay. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 3

Victorian and New Zealand firms are receiving large War Office orders for bats and oaten hay…

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Boer War Notes. Br J. D. Hennessey and J. Von Tromp

Leader · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 3

Earl Beauchamp thanked God the other day that he had been born an Englishman, or, at any rate, something very like it; and, although some of our French fellow-citizens…

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The War! In The Transvaal. Movements of Troops. Guards Under Orders. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 3

The 3rd Grenadier Guards and the 1st Coldstream Guards leave Gibraltar for South Africa on the 25th inst. A thousand picked marksmen are…

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Transvaal War. a French Hero. Wants to Assist the Boers. Major Marchand Warned. the Defence of Natal. a Boer Ambush. Six Britishers Captured. LONDON, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 2

Six men of the Natal Mounted Police hare been ambusbed at Doe Jaager's Drift, and captured by a force of Boers…

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Transvaal War. More Fighting. Attacks on Armored Trains. Losses by the Boers, Several British Wounded. Reported Battle at Mafeking. Defeat of the Boers. Bore Trains Attacked. Several Boers Killed. Number Wounded. British Soldiers Injured. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

From the seat of war it is reported that an armoured train when engaged in repairing the line north of Mafeking was attacked by the Boers…

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Here There War News

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

Special arrangements hare been made, in connection with the NATIONAL ADVOCATE for giving the Bathurst public news relative to tie Transvaal war as early as possible…

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The Army Reserves. All Ready for War. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

The who e of the Army Reserves responded to the cal for service…

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The Boer Hope. of a Dutch Rising. Why They Rushed Into War. London

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

Ultlander refugees who have arrived in Natal from Johannesburgh declare that the Boer authorities rushed into war only because they were buoyed with the…

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The War! In The Transvaal. a Disloyal Irishman. Insults the Army. and Gets Knocked Down. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 3

Dr. Tanner, National M.P. for Mid Cork, in speaking at Crosshaven, in his eleotorate, deprecated the hostilities against the Boers,…

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Insulting the Army. AN M.P.'s Speech. and a Soldier's Vengeance. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 3

Dr. Tanner, the Nationalist member for Cork, who was at one time conspicuous for misbehavior in the Home of Commons, spoke insultingly of the army…

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The War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 3
Also in The Gulgong Advertiser

GREATLY as many people will regret the outbreak of war in the Transvaal, it will, at all events, put an end to the long period of suspense which to those more…

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War News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 5
Also in National Advocate

The latest from the seat of war is that the Boers are manoeuvring in order to make a simultaneous attack on Ladysmith and Glencoe. General White's aim is to keep the two Boer armies apart and defeat…

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Third Edition. the War. The First Big Fight. Engagement at Mafeking. Heavy Boer Losses. Seventy Killed and Wounded. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 3

The latest intelligence from the seat of war confirms the report that an engagement has taken place at Mafeking. The Boers admit having lost 70 killed…

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