Contraband of War. LONDON
The British naval authorities have seized the Hamburg steamer (?) Hans Wagner at Delagoa Bay. [Lloyd's shipping register does not mention…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
2,517 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 126
The War. In the Transvaal. The Colonials in Action. The Engagement at Accurate Shelling by the Canadians. the Boer Casualties. Many Killed and Wounded. London
Fuller details are now to hand of the recent engagement at Suanyside, in which the Colonial troops participated. The kopjes occupied by the enemy ranged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australians Killed and Wounded. In the Sunnyside Engagement. An Official Intimation. BRISBANE
The Chief Secretary received a cablegram from the Agent-General this afternoon announcing that Privates D. G. McLeod and A. Rose, of the Queensland contingent, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sports under Fire. British Soldiers Unconcerned. London, Tuesday afternoon
A gymkhana was held at the British camp at Modder River yesterday despite the bombardment persistently kept up by the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. the Colonials in Conflict. at Sunnyside and at Colesberg. the Boers Badly Beaten. The Colonials in Conflict. Clever Fighting at Sunny Side. the Boers Repulsed. London, Tuesday afternoon
The Queensland and Victorian troops were hotly engaged at Sunnyside, 20 miles north west of Belmout. LONDON, Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Supplies
THE British Press suggest that contracts should be let to colonial producers for the supply of waggons and such necessaries of which the army in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Off to the War
On Monday last Mr, William Fuller and Ernest Leroux left Gulgong for Sydney, en route to the Transvaal. Both of these fine strapping young…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War News. Severe Criticisms at the War Office. Disaffected Freestaters. LONDON
The movements of the British armies at the Cape are greatly hampered by delay in transport equipments. Sufficient waggon…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Transvaal War Advertiser Special Wires
There has been of late considerable anxiety manifested as to the position of affairs at Mafeking. No direct information from Col. Baden-Powell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who are the Greatest Heroes of a War?
'I saw in Plevna,' says Mr. David Christie Murray, 'one of the most extraordinary bits of human valour I ever beheld, an act that, to my mind, deserves…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contraband of War. the Delagoa Bay Seizures. London
Mr. Choate, the American Ambassador in England, has been instructed to obtain redress for the seizure, by tho British, at Delagoa Bay, of American flour and other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England and France at War. Forecast—How France would Fare
Not many feagues from here Strange as it may appear, Under tributs severe. Lay a great city;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. News by Cable. Boer Defeat at Colesberg. London
Major-General J. D. P. French, after a sharp engagement, on Monday defeated the Boers and occupied Colesberg. By a rapid advance on Sunday night, effected by carrying the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. The Week's Work. Battle of Sunnyside. London, Tuesday Afternoon
The Queensland contingent (Lieut.-Colonel P. R. Ricardo), the Victorian (Colonel J. C. Hoad), and the Canadian (Colonel Otter) were hotly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. (Continued from page 6.) News by Cable. Colonial Troops in Action. London
At Sunnyside, 20 miles north-west of Belmont, a force composed mainly of Queensland Mounted Rifles and Canadians on New Year's Day drove the Boers from the kopjes which they held, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Letter from a Molong Soldier
WE have to acknowledge the courtesy of Acting Drill Instructor Sergeant Carroll for permitting us to publish the following extracts from a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Mudgee Soldier Boys. Word from Lieutenant Dowling. A Fighting Family. Life in the Sydney Camp. Hard Work and Short Rations
As the Mudgee volunteers passed through Lue last week en route for Sydney a very large crowd assembled to wish them "God speed."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Letters From Lithgow Boys. the Troubles of Soldiering
Mr. John Thomas, of the Vale of Clwydd, has received a couple of letters from his son, Private E. D. Thomas, one of the Lithgow men who joined the first contingent. They were both…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Transvaal War. the Position at Colesberg. Australians at Sunnyside. More Boer Treachery. Occupation of Colesburg Disputed. Boers Re-inforced. They Retire Slowly. London, Wednesday afternoon
The Boer commando which was reported driven back by Major-General French, has been re-inforced, and disputed the occupation of Colesberg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. In the Transvaal. The Battle at Sunnyside Later Details. Boer Designs Thwarted. The Canadians and Queenslanders under Fire. Behave Like Veterans. Great Enthusiasm Amongst Loyalists. LONDON
Further particulars are now to hand concerning the engagement at Sunnyaide. Colonel T. D. Pilcher's advance was the moans of preventing the Boer…
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