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

The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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The Geneva Convention. The Lessons of the War. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

The Paris journal "Le Matin" states that Switzerland purposes an early revision of the Geneva Convention, several States being, anxious to embody…

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Boer War. The Peace Proposals. Rudyard Kipling's Views. A Patched-up Peace Deprecated. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

Mr. Rudyard Kipling, who is at present in Capetown, deprecates patching up a peace in view of the Coronation…

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Army Meat Contract. the War Office in Reply. "No Ground Fob Colonial Protests." London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 2

Lord Carrington has questioned, the War Office Authorities regarding the contract given to a syndicate hooded by Mr. M. Bergl, to supply meat to the army in South Africa, in fulfilment of which…

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Collision Between Armoured Trains. Five Soldiers Killed. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

Owing to a collision between armoured brains near Burghersdorp, five soldiers have been killed and five injured…

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The Anti-war Party

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 12

Several trades unions have passed resolutions condemning the action of the anti-war party…

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The Boer War. .. a Supply Train Burned. London

Leader · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

A supply train was held up by the Boers in the Cradock district, and party burnt…

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Boer War. Dr. Kuyper's Proposals. Publication of Documents. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

Dr. Kuyper's proposuls and Lord Lansdowne's notes have been published by the Dutch Government on its own responsibility and without any…

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The Boer War. The Intervention of Holland. Britain's Emphatic Answer. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 12

The diplomatic notes which recently passed between the Dutch Premier and Lord Lansdowne have been published. While…

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Letter From the Front. Boers Charged with Murdering Wounded

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee, of Naomi-street, have just received a letter from their son, Sydney, who went to South Africa as bugler with A Squadron. 3rd Regiment, N.S. Wales Mounted Rifles, nearly twelve…

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The War. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 5

The proposal Dr. Kuyper made to Lord Lansdowne was that Great Britain should grant safe-conducts to the Boer peace delegates to enable them to confer for a fortnight with the leaders in the field…

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A War Pamphlet. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

L'Independence Belge,' the Belgian semi-official Government organ is publishing Dr. Conan Doyle's pamphlet on war. It is stated that it was impossible to…

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Militia for the War. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

The King has accepted the offer of six battalions of militia for foreign service…

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Boer War. Another Boer Defeat. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

Colonel Kekewich, who is operating in the Orange River Colony, reports that the Scottish Horse killed seven and captured one-hundred and…

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The Boer War. Boer Force Defeated. Guns Be Captured. London

Leader · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

Colonel Byng, after a night march, defeated a large Boer force under Commandant Wessells, and recaptured the 15 pounder gun and pom pom lost…

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The Boer War. Engagement with Delarey. 131 Boers Captured. London

Leader · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 4

Colonel Kekewich reports -that the Scottish Horse, commanded by Major Leader, engaged Delarey's commando. Seven Boers were killed and 131 were…

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Boer War. a Comic-Opera Incident. Methuen Captures his own Convoy. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 3

Mr. Bennett-Burieigh states that Lord Methuen marching on a dark night, and but indifferently led, moved in a circle, and captured his own convoy…

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Australasian Soldiers. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

Lanco-corporal Dalliston, Fifth West Australia Mounted Killed, was killed at Waterval River, on the 1st inst. Privates Robert Allda and Arthur Hammond, Fifth West…

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Duration of the War. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 3

Dr. Leyds says that the war will last a decade if necessary…

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The Boer War. Thirty of Botha’s Commando Captured. London

Leader · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 3

Colonel Harry Rawlinson has captured 30 of Botha’s commando…

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The Transvaal War. Chasing de Wet. Kruger and the Boers. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 2

Details of thE engagement with a large Boer force under Commandant Wessels, near tho Licbenbergsvlei, in the north of Orange River Colony,…

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