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

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 4

"But I kept my teeth set, and at last play among the bushes watching the spot where two days before I had noticed the water oozing into the fresh…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 4

"My comrades had found the body in my clothes, killed by the man-eater, and murderer though I was they had buried me. So I was dead and…

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The Philippine War. Struggle Between the Americans and Filipinos

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 27 July 1899 · page 2

The San Francisco "Weekly Chronicle " states that General Otis, in command of the American troops in the Philippine Islands, has forwarded the following despatch to…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1899 · page 4

"On the contrary, no man in the regiment knew the range or the face of that dummy better than I did, for, apart from my position as junior…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 4

Brown left the garden, and a minute later he was up to his waist almost in the strong water, his pliant rod playing backwards and forwards, and the…

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The United States Soldier

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 4

At a meeting of the Royal United Service Institution, held on Monday afternoon, June 12, in the theatre of the institution, White hall, a lecture was delivered by Mr…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 4

Suddenly a jar upon the line viberated along its whole length, and was communicated along it to the very heart of the fisherman, followed by…

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The Afghan Army. Generals Rob the Soldiery. Shot by the Ameers Orders. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 3

Intelligence from Cabal Slate that by order of the Ameer of Afghanistan a general and three other high military officers have been publicly shot at Cabul…

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The Transvaal. Headlong War Preparations. 60,000 Burghers Ready. London

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

The news received this morning from the Transvaal, is of an exceedingly disquieting nature, and seems to indicate that the Boers we determined to make no further…

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2nd—Edition The-World The Troubled Transvaal. Headlong War Preparations. In the Transvaal and Orange State. Fifty Thousand Men Ready. London

National Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 3

The "St. James' Gazette" states that the Boers are making headlong warlike preparations. Ammunition has been distributed in both the Transvaal and the…

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The Vampire of War

Molong Argus · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 6

Counting only the armies of the six great Powers on a peace footing, they amount now to nearly three millions of men ; and if we add the men…

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The Transvaal Government Expenditure For, War Material. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 3

Among recent expenditures by the Transvaal Government in preparations for possible hostilities was a direct payment of £620,000 for war material supplied via Hamburg…

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2nd—Edition The-World The Troubled Transvaal. a Funny Suggestion. Frenchmen Concerned. They Want No War. the Paris Exhibition. London, Wednesday afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 3

The "Standard" and "Daily News" correspondents associate the journey by M. Delcasse, French Foreign Minister to St. Petersburg with questions in…

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2nd Edition The World The Troubled Transvaal. New War Material. Heavy Purchases. London, Thursday afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

The Transvaal authorities recently paid £62,000 for war material shipped via Hamburg…

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A War Scare. Orange Residents Excited. Orange

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

Some excitement was created yesterday afternoon by the action of some person who posted a message in a conspicuous position announcing, "War…

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Severe Thunderstorms. Soldiers Struck by Lightning. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

A number of severe thunderstorms have been experienced of late in different parts of the United Kingdom, and a number of accidents have been reported…

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Duel in Anstria. Political Leader Badly Wounded. London

National Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 3

Herr Wolf, the leader of the Pan- Germanic party in the Austrain Reichsrath, has been badly wounded in a duel at Vienna with Herr Krzeckep, a German…

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The Philippine War. Vigorous Prosecution Promised Another Engagement. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 3

Mr. Boot, tho new American Secretary of State for War, proclaims that a determined campaign against the forces of Aguinaldo in the Philippines will be…

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The World The Troubled Transvaal. Britishers Enlisting. Big Camp at Bulawayo

National Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday afternoon. At Buluwayo men are being enlisted for service, A large camp has been formed outside the town, nominally to…

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Impending Arrest of General Mercier. France Not Prepared for War. Statements Discredited, Shooting of One of Dreyfus' Counsel. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

Later information from Paris states that M. De Blowitz, the Paris correspondent to the " Times," hints at the impending arrest of General Mercier. In…

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