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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
211 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 11
A SERIOUS British reverse is reported from near Stormberg. General Gatacre, with 3000 men, on Saturday night attempted an attack upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FURTHER details of the Magersfonstein disaster state that the Boers waited silently in intense darkness until the Highland Brigade was almost upon them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE news to hand last week from the seat of war in South Africa was of a disquieting character, and calculated to arouse a feeling that the end is not yet in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Buller has suffered a severe defeat at Chievelley. General Buller reports to the War Office as follows:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OF the 31 Lancers who returned to the colony, two had been dismissed for misconduct before arrival at the Cape, nine were medically unfit for service, eight were minors and were ordered back at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cape and Natal Militia and Volunteers have shown great patriotism, mobility and heroism in war, so much so that the Boers are terribly afraid of them. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British have met with two terrible reverses during the week, both of them owing to the want of the exact nature and position of the Boer-Dutch defences at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speaking on the 6th of last month, FieldMarshal Viscount Wolseley, Commander-inChief, said: I will slightly glance at the state of affairs as they at present exist in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ach! Don't talk to me of the war. Here I am home again, God be thanked, and I want no more to do with Rooie Batjes, Outlanders, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It's not because Methuen failed, That we should should now lose heart; Defeat like this shall yet be hailed As but the chast'ning part…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Major-General French's force engaged 1800 Boers near Arundel, when the latter were repulsed with 40 killed and wounded. General Gatacre has been reinforced by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tub official report of General Methuen's attack on Magersfontein says the artillery shelled the Boors' position from daylight. The troops held the ground facing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE TIMES of the 16th instant implies that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, who recently arrived at Capetown, will replace Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen in command of the first division of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINCE our last issue events in South Africa have been starting. Details wired us each day are posted at the telegraph office and the SUN office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No actual declaration of war had been made, so the British authorities with easy confidence were unprepared for any emergency. On the 20th December, 1880, a convoy under Lieutenant-Colonel Anstruther was marching from Lydenberg to Pretoria when suddenly they were confronted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Defence Committee of the Imperial Cabinet, considering that the position in Natal requires General Butter's undivided attention, has appointed Lord Roberts to the supreme command…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. A. G. Wilson of London, predicts rather serious consequences for the money market as the results of the Transvaal war, which he condemns in characteristic fashion. One sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Defence Committee of the British Cabinet, considering that the position in Natal requires General Buller's undivided attention, have appointed Lord Roberts to the supreme command…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are thrilling details to hand of incidents connected with the battle of Magersfontein. Perfect order prevailed throughout, despite the disturbing influences…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Same of the more patriotic young men of our community are responding to the invitation to volunteer for South African service, as stated in our last issue. From Grafton and Ulmarra a number have volun…
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