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

The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Not Going to the War. for the Sake of the Commonwealth. Sydney

Leader · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 2

Colonel Williams is not going to Africa with the Army Medical Corps, as was previously arranged, ltis services being required in the Commonwealth…

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Boer War. the Liebenburg-vlei Fight. Additional Details. Brilliant Work by New Zealanders London

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 3

Additional details of the Liebenburg-Vlei fight show that a hundred and twenty New Zealanders while pursuing the guns and convoy, charged the…

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Australasian Soldiers. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 3

Private W. C. Jackson, Third New South Wales Mounted Rifles, has died of enteric at Blomfontein…

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The War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

The total British losses from the beginning ol the Avar--October, 1899--to the end of lost month, including deaths from disease, are 965 officers and 24,340 men…

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The Missing War Sloop. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 3

The mail steamer "Egoria" which was despatched in search of the warsloop Condor, is overdue, and [?] are entertained for her safety, as a quantity of wreckage has been found at Vancouver, which is…

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Boer War. Crushing Boer Defeat, After Liebenburg-vlei. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

Under Lord Kitchener, with Colonels Woolvehock and Surrey, after the operations and captures lready reported on the east bank of the Liebenburg Vlei, a…

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No Chance of Peace Overtures. Kruger Calm and Confident. Leyds Says the War May Last a Decade. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

Ex-President Kruger is reported as being calm and hopeful. He states that the Boer leaders and generals will not solicit peace, and continually…

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Pay of Returned Soldiers. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 3

Proceedings have been initiated by returned soldiers to recover from the Government the amount of Imperial pay deducted from the sum contracted…

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[?] to the War. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

Leader · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

The Army Medical Corps embarked this afternoon for South Africa…

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Boer War. The Meat Contracts. Bergl's Guarantors LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

In the House of Commons, Lord Stanley stated that Mr. Bergl's explanation regarding the Liverpool fine was to the effect that an assistant sold…

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England and America. During the Cuban War. London

Leader · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

It is stated in semi-official circles in Berlin that Sir Julian Pauacefote, British Ambassador to the United States, took the initiative with the Ambassadors…

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The Boer War. Raking in the Boers. London

Leader · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

Field Cornet Combrink and nine of Commandant Dutoit's men have been captured. Datoit died from wounds during the…

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Spanish-American War. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 3

It is semi-offloially announced in Berlin that on the initiative of Lord Paunceforte, the British Ambassador at Washington, the Ambassadors in the capital on April 14…

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The Boer War. Colonial Casualties. London

Leader · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

The following casualties are reported Private A. Richards, third N.S.W Mounteds, killed at Paardekaal. Private P. Dean, third N.S.W…

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Boer War. Good Work by the Scouts. Another Boer Leader Captured. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

Major Von Donop, with a party of National Scouts, surprised Commandant Porgieter's laager at Rhenosterspruitt, and also the Free State…

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The War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 5

Lord Kitchener reports that during the past week 69 Boers were killed, 17 wounded, and 574 were taken prisoners, whilst 57 surrendered. In the country between Beaufort West and Frazerburg the…

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The Boer War. British Convoy Captured. London

Leader · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 3

Commandant Mel[?]ne, with a force of 600, captured a Fra[?]erberg convoy. He pointed to the north and then charged the escort recklessly to the south, losing…

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Boer War. The Meat Contracts. Is Berg[?]a "Dummy?" LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 3

Mr. Henry Labouchere's paper "Truth" declares that Bergl's Australian interests are a myth, and that he is simply acting as a middleman for…

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Australasian Soldiers. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

Private L Walsh, of the Sixth New Zealand Mounted Rifles, has died of enteric at Wakkerstrootn, and Private Egbert Dawson, of the same contingent, has died of enteric at…

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Boer War. Boer Losses. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. Bennett Burleigh reports that during the recent Boer drive by Lord Kitchener the Boer losses were 600 in two days, including many colonial…

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