Transvaal War Sydney, October 26
The mobilisation of all British cruisers has been ordered as it is regarded an oped secr[?] that the Imperial Government fears early co[?]plications with other Powers…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
891 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 22 of 45
The Transvaal War. SYDNEY
The British losses at the battle of Glencoe numbered 300, and 900 were lost on Boer's side The losses in officers was terribly heavy…
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General White has repulsed another Boer attack. The Free Staters are again advancing upon Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British Wounded, Why They Wore Left. to Avoid a Long March. London
The War Office authorities now explain that the reason why the British wounded from Glencoe and Elandelaagte were left at Dandee under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. the Battle of Glencoe. Big Victory for the British. London, Friday afternoon
Additional particulars from the seat of war in Natal are to the effect that 9000 boers attacked Glencoe at daybreak, shelling the British positions from the surrounding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Transvaal. Molong Mounted Riflemen Volunteer. Enthusiastic Send Off "Soldiers of the Queen.? Departed Wednesday Night
WHEN, last Saturday, it became known that the offer of certain members of Molong Half-Company of Mounted Riflemen who volunteered for service in the Transvaal, had been accepted the patriotic…
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Six local volunteers who proffered for service in the Transvaal were up for examination at the barracks on Tuesday, but only one G. Whiley, of Spring Hill, passed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War. MAFEKlNG Imperilled. Boers Shell the Town. the Captured Hussars. a Troop of Escape. Mafeking. Shelled by the Boers. a Pigeon-post Expedient. London, Thursday afternoon
Although it was reported a day or two ago that Commandant Cronje had left only a small commando to guard Mafeking while he went south to Kimberley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War In the Transvaal. Battle of Rietfontein. Boers Compelled to Retreat. Boer Sharp-Shooters at Work Gloucestershire and Devonshirf Regiments. Face a Withering Fire. 64 British Killed. LONDON
Particulars regarding the recent fighting it Rietfontein, near Colesberg, state the 1,000 Boers occupied a strong position on i bridge of bills which commanded the mail…
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Special arrangements have been made, in connection with the "National Advocate," for giving the Bathurst public news…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dundee and the British Wounded Under Fire. London
It appears that the Boers were not certain that the town of Dundee was entirely abandoned by the British, and before they entered they shelled it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War's Alarms. the Possible Complications. Sydney
A Sydney firm of insurance brokers received a cable yesterday afternoon from their London agents to the effect that on account of the possible serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. a Sortie Form Kimberley. Big Slaughter Among the Boers. Another Trick by the Enemy. Leads to Their Discomfiture. Sortie from Kimberley. Severe Losses Inflicted. Engagement at Rhodes' Dbift. London, Friday night
News has Just been received of a successful sortie from Kimberley, which haB been closely invested by the Boers under General P. A. Cronje…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War In the Transvaal. Bayonet Charge at Kimberley. Great Work by the Lancashire Regiment. They Carried Everything Before Them. The Boers Shell Dundee. British Nurses Expelled From Johannesburg. Boer Officials Deny the British Victories. LONDON
Details of the latest fight at Kimberley indicate that it was one of some importance. The experience of Glencoe was repeated. A brisk engagement with rifle and artillery…
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Special arrangements have been made, in connection with the "National Advocate," for giving the Bathurst public news…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bye- Election in England. Fought Out on the War Issue. London
The bye-election for the Bow, caused by the retirement of the Hon. L. R. Holland, was fought out on the direct war issue, and resulted in the return of Mr. Guthrie, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bye-Election. on the War Issue. Victory for the Government. London
The resignation of his seat in the House of Commons by the Hon, L. R. Holland, Conservative member for the Tower Hamlets (Bow and Bromley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War! In the Transvaal. The Situation at Ladysmith. Growing More Serious. 18,000 Boers and Freestaters. Closing in Upon the British Position. LONDON
Lieutenant- Colonol Yule reports that during the march from Glencoe to Ladysmith he destroyed a bridge across the Sunday River in order to prevent the Boers from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvall War. the European Attitude. Plain Talk From America. the Taking of Dundee. Merciless Conduct of the Boers. The Powers. Intervention Ridiculed. an American Intimation. London
It is authoritatively stated in Paris that France has no grounds upon which she might desire to at present intervene in the quarrel between Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Australian Wounded. London
Lieut Carbery, of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, an Australian has been dangerously wounded…
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