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

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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A Relic of the War

Molong Argus · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 7

Many old soldiers now feel the effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson of Rossville, York county, Penn.,…

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War News of the Week

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 14

Heavy fighting has occurred at Kimberley, the centre of the diamond fields. The British troops have…

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The War Grant. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 3

The supplementary army estimate of £10,000,000 sterling which the Government has asked Parliament to grant, will provide for 85,000 men over and above the number…

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The War. Summary of the Week. Republics Stand Together London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 5

President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has informed Sir Alfred Milner that the Free State has finally decided to co- operate with the Transvaal…

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The War! In The Transvaal. Bombardment of Mafeking. British Greatly Outnumbered. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 3

It is reported from Pretoria that the Boors under Commandant P. A. Cronje, are bombarding Mafeking, on the western frontier of the Transvaal…

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The Advertiser. Extraordinary. War. Advertiser. Special Wires. The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday, 8.15P.m

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 1

It is reported from Pretoria that a Boer force under Cronje is bombarding Mafeking, In the attack upon Kimberley the…

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Hoped For Boer Success. Mr. Holman's Views. a Personal Explanation. the Chartered Company and the War. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly this evening Mr. Holman, the member for Grenfell, said he desired to make a per sonal explanation is regard to the reports…

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For Our Soldiers. a Set of Colours. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 2

Mr. Perry, the Minister for Public Instruction, has consented to the scholars of the Girls' High School, Sydney, presenting the New South Wales contingent…

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Transvaal War. a Battle Expected. Conflict Near Ladysmith. Both Sides Experience Losses. Mafeking Attacked. by Commandant Cronje's Boers. They Cut the Water Supply Tapping the Telephones for News. Bearing a Battle. Engagement near Ladysmith. CASUALTIES Off Both Sides. Reinforcements Sent. London

National Advocate · Friday 20 October 1899 · page 2

The latest news from Natal states that the British cavalry patrols from Ladysmith have had an engagement with the advanced forces of the enemy…

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British Wounded at Bester. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 3

Sixteen of the British forces were wounded in the engagement at Beater…

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Major-general Symons Wounded London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 3

F It is reported that Major— General Symons, in command of the British forces at Glencoe, has been wounded…

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Britishers Wounded. a Lieutenant and Seven Men. London

National Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 2

President Kruger reports that Lieutenant Nesbitt and seven of his men were severely wounded in the engagement near Mafeking, when an armored…

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War Correspondents Taken Prisoners. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 3

Several war correspondents have been taken prisoners bp tho Boers…

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News of the World. The War. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 4

The British cruiser Thetis sighted the German merchantman Kaiser in the Mediterranean, and followed her, it being suspected that she was conveying supplies for…

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Australian Produce Por the War. Forty-two Tenders Opened

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 3

A meeting of the Board of Exports was held at the offices, Young-street, Sydney, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of opening tenders for the supply of produce…

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The Transvaal War. a Battle Expected. Conflict Near L. Dysmith. Both Sides Experience Losses. London

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 2

The latest news from Natal states that the British cavalry patrols from Ladysmith have had an engagement with the advanced forces of the enemy in the vicinity of Astonh[?]mas and Beaters. It is…

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Transvaal War. Horrors of Conflict. Fifteen Hundred Boers Killed. Led Into a Trap. Several Other Conflicts. the Enemy Loses Heavily. Imperial Government Criticised, Motion of Censure Rejected. First Big Slaughter. Fifteen Hundred Boers Killed. a Subtle Strategy. Led Over Lyddite Mines. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 2

It is reported at Capetown that Colonel baden-Powell, who is in command at Mafeking, [?] retreat, drew the Boers over an extensive…

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War News

National Advocate · Monday 23 October 1899 · page 2

Special arrangements have been made, in connection with the "National Advocate," for giving the Bathurst public news…

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General Symons Wounded In the Glencoe Battle. LONDON, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 23 October 1899 · page 2

It is reported at the War Office that Major General Sir William Penn Symons, commanding the British forces at. Glencoe, was wounded during the…

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The "Advocate's" War News

National Advocate · Monday 23 October 1899 · page 2

Quite a sensation was occasioned in Bathurst last night by the detailed account of the first big battle in South Africa, which we received through Reuter's. As the particulars…

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