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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 5 of 126

Latest Cablegrams. the Philippines. War Still Proceeding. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3

The Americans defeated the Philipinos at West Baooor, killing many of thorn…

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Munitions of War. Traitors in the Customs. Disloyal Bondmen. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3

When the British Government recently protested against tho Portuguese authorities permitting the Transvaal to import arms and ammunition by way of Lorenzo Marques…

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The War. In the Transvaal. The Reverse near Colesberg. The Losses of the Suffolk. Regiment. 162 Officers and Men. Courageous Offer by the New Zealanders. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2

The Suffolk Regiment, which lost heavily in a night attack on the enemy near Colesberg recently, lost Lioutenant-Calonel A. J. Watson and three other officers, and 28 men…

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War News

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

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

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War Houses

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

THE New South Wales horse breeding industry is receiving a good advertisement by the purchases now being made on behalf of the British War…

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Horses for the War

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 13
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There was a great roll-up of horses at tho Saleyards on Wednesday day in response to an advertisement in the "Guardian"…

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The Best War Song

Molong Argus · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 5

BY far the best war song written in Australia in connection with the Contingent commotion, and the Empire enthusiasm, and the fuss and fury and…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 12

General White's success has caused a strong and significant revival on the Paris and Berlin Stock Exchanges…

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After the War is Over

Molong Argus · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 5

Fully 1000 prominent Africanders in Cape Colony and Natal will be tried for high treason, of the most open and defiant character, when the war is…

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The Colesberg Engagement. How the Men Retreated. Every Officer Wounded But One. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

Further particulars in connection with the night attack on. the Boers at Colesberg by the Suffolk Regiment state that the latter marched to the foot of the hill in column…

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War. the Week’s News. London

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 1

A thousand Boers at five o’clock on Thursday morning attacked the British left flank three miles north of Colesberg, with the object of…

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The War. The Week's Work. Ladysmith. London, January 9

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 6

No anxiety is felt as to the ability a Ladysmith to hold out. The [?]oers have run electric alarm wires across the roads near Laydsmith…

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The War. News by Cable. the Fighting at Ladysmith. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 5

During the Boer assault on Ladysmith some of the entrenchments on Waggon Hill were thrice taken by the Boers and thrice, retaken by the British. The enemy held one point on the hill…

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WarNews. Boers Capture Kuruman. Revers of General French. Great Battle at Ladysmith. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 7

The Boers bombarded Kuruman on Monday. The garrison, of police, numbering 120, including twelve officers, surrendered. Fifteen,…

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Mr. Balfour at Manchester. Slow Progress of the War. Attributed to a Mounted Enemy London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

Mr. Balfour, speaking at Manchester last night, said the chief reason of the slow progress of tho war was that Great Britain had for the first time in the world's history met…

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Sydney Squibs the Transvaal War -- Early Closing -- Britain As a Coloniser -- Signing Petitions -- Transvaal Prison Life -- a New Invention

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 7

The Transvaal trouble is about to begin in deadly earnest at last. This is bad for the opening of the New Year, and there may be worse behind it. At its best, war can hardly be looked…

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How Soldiers Are Fed

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

The manner in which Private Wright late of Bathurst, and now a prisoner at the hands of the Bool's, was treated while in camp at Colenso Bridge before…

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The War In the Transvaal. The Battle of Ladysmith. The Boer Losses. "Ridiculously Small Estimate by Enemy. The Natives' Version. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

General Sir Redvers Buller, commanding the British forces at Chieveley, reports that the Boers claim that their losses in the engagement with Lieut.-General Sir…

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