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

The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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The War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 5

The wife of Commandant de Wot is comfortably housed in a canvas cottage in the Maritzburg camp, but she would like a floored house such as that occupied by the wife of a Boer general. She says…

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Boer War. The Meat Contract. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3

Lord Stanley, speaking at Liverpool, admitted the sole responsibility for recommending the acceptance of the present meat contract. The…

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The Boer War. Censorship Over News. a Big Move On. London, Wednesday afternoon

Leader · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3

There is a strict censorship over news in South Africa, which is interpreted to mean that Lord Kitchener is organising a big move…

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Second Edition. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman. On Ireland and the War. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3

After strong contentions the Rosebery and Campbell-Bannerman sections of the National Liberal Federation at Leicester adopted a colourless…

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The Boer War. a Severe Engagement. London, Thursday afternoon

Leader · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 4

Brigadier Gilbert Hamilton engaged the Boers at Klippen. A number of the Second Dragoons were captured and released…

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Boer War. Brigadier-General Hamilton Engages the Enemy. More Prisoners and Surrenderers. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

Brigadier-General Gilbert Hamilton engaged a force of Boers at Klippen. A number of the 2nd Dragoon Guards were captured and subsequently…

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Our Boys in South Africa. Death of a Blayney Soldier

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

A cablegram was published in the Sydney papers on Tuesday last, announcing the death of Private Hector Black at Pretoria. This is believed to be one of the Blayney…

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Australian Soldiers. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa :—Shoeing-Smith Albert Spowart, of…

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The Losses During the War

National Advocate · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 2

The London Press Association has compiled a return of the losses both on the British and Boer sides in the war during 1901. The figures given, of…

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The Boer War. a Big Capture. London

Leader · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 2

Lord Kitchener reports that Colonel Hawke's Mounteds, with three hundred National Scouts, surprised a force of Boets at Nooitzerdacb, capturing 164, including…

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Boer War. Concentration Camps. Cause of the High Mortality. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 3

The report of the Ladies' Commission appointed last June to investigate the condition of affairs in the Boer concentration camps throughout South…

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The Barcelona Riots. Killed 100 : Wounded 300. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

Most republicans and the majority of socialists, as well as many tradesunions coldly welcome the Barcelona emissaries sent to organize a general…

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The American-Spanish War. Germany’s Neutrality. London

Leader · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

The American Ambassador of Berlin, In a speech declared that Germany had observed strict neutrality, and that it was neither cold nor grudging, during the…

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The Boer War. Crossing the Blockhouse Lines. London, Monday night

Leader · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

The “Standard” reports that Commandant De Wet with a force of 400 cut the wire entangle[?] of the blockhouse line…

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Boer War. More Boer Captures, The Herd Trick Again. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

Details are to hand of the capture of 164 Boers by Colonels Park and Williams at Urmston. They surprised three of Trichardt's laagers, but the…

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Second Edition. Lord Rosebery's Conversion Earl Selborne Objects To Inquiry Into War Office Contacts London

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

Earl Selborne, in a speech at Oxford, said he welcomed Lord Rosebery's conversion as a Unionist. He added that a demand for an inquiry into War Office…

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Australasian Soldiers. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa:—Private William Robson Davis, of…

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The Boer War. Serious Developments.the Boers Flourishing. London

Leader · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

The Boers are practically in undisputed possession of the country in the Transvaal to the north of tho Delagoa Bay line. They are harvesting all the crops…

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Boer War. Army Insufficient. Boers in Possession. North of Delagoa Bay Railway. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 3

It is stated that the Boors are practically in undisputed possession of the of the Transvaal country, north of the Delagoa Bay Railway line, and are…

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A Marrickville Shooting Affair Three Persons Wounded. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 2

A sensational case of shooting occurred at Marrickville shortly before midnight yesterday, three persons being seriously wounded. Their names…

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