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

The wars & local soldiers, 1901

1,410 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 71

Horses for the War. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

Lord Roberts is giving to private owners of horses in Great Britain and the colonies the same chances as dealers in selling horses to the War…

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The Boer War. De Wet's Predicament. British Closing In. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. Bennett Burleigh says that the Orange River is still flooded. The Boers are, therefore, trekking east and North…

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Bathurst South African Soldiers' Memorial Fund. Continental in Machattie Park

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

Last night, at Machattie Park, a Continental, in aid of the Bathurst South African Soldiers' Memorial Fund, which will extend over three…

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New South Wales Soldiers. Anniversary of Landing. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

Colonel De Lisle's column, on February nineteenth, celebrated the anniversary of the landing of the New South Wales second contingent…

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Wounded at the Front

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 13

Trooper Paddy Bourke who is reported to have been seriously rounded while fighting at the front is well-known in Mudgee. He used to…

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The Boer War. Trouble with the Natives

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 12

A body of Samali natives attacked a British Zaroba in the East African protectorate, but were repulsed after severe fighting,…

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The Boer War. Lieutenant Wilfred Wilson. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 3

Lieut. Wilfred Campbell Chesney Wilson, of the Imperial Yeomanry, has died from the effects of wounds received in action under Lord Methuen…

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The War in China. Russia and Manchuria. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 2

Lord Cranbome, speaking in the House of Commons, said that Russia's undertaking her administration of Manchuria was temporary, and the…

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Honoring a Returned Soldier

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 13

There was a very pleasant gathering at Mr. G. Wurth's, Eurunderee last night, when the members of the Federal Tennis Club and their friends…

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Around Bodangora. A Creditable Band.—The progress Committee.—Soldiers of the King

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 15

The weather is still keeping dry. No rain since before Christmas, and things are beginning to look (from an agricultural point of view and metaphorically…

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Australian Soldiers. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 3

Lieutenant Wilfred Chesney Wilson, of the Imperial Yeomanry, formerly of Melbourne, has died of wounds received at Harteheestefontein…

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Killed in Action

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 3

Piet Kruger and Commandant Malan grandson and son-in-law of Paul Kruger were both recently killed in action…

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Kruger's Grandson. Killed in Action. London

National Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

Ex-President Kruger has been informed that his grandson Piet-Kruger and his son-in-law Malan. both belonging to De La Reys commando have been…

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The Guerilla War

National Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

The Boer war develops in cycles To Majuba Day, 1900, it was a record of blunders on the part of British and Boers with something of the tide of…

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The Transvaal War

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 7

We have received from Mr. H. A Pocklington, of Mudgee, a copy of the Illustrated London News Record of the Transvaal War. This work is…

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The South African War. Latest Reports. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 5

Commandant Hortzog is striving to join commandant de Wet at Petrusville. According to Mr. Bennett Burleigh he is now near Petrusville. The patrols were engaged last Tuesday, and a…

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The War in China. Russian Persistence Special Privileges Wanted. London

National Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

Dr. Morrison, the correspondent of the " Times" states that Russia is pressing Yang-Yu, the Chinese plenopotenliary, to sign a further…

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The Boer War. The Fight at Willowmere. Large Additional Captures. the Boers Demoralized. London

National Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

Forty Boers have been captured near Willowmere. Three hundred Boers surrendered to General French after the fight…

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Another Soldier

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

Mr. Dave R. Creighton of Shaw, has been successful in passing the test for the South African Contingent. He is enrolled in 4th troop, A Coy.,…

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A Molong Soldier. MOLONG

National Advocate · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 3

Private' George Murray, one of the returned soldiers of the Molong Mounted Rifles, has been entertained by the residents of Toogong and…

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