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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The War. the Fighting at Karee. Colonial Troops Do Good Work. Recapture of the Guns Lost at Bloemfontein. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 5

Commandant Botha has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Boer Army. The Orange Free State Volksraad was summoned to mett at Kroonstadt, but mott members…

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The British Soldier

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 6

You may march him, quarter-column, into hell! You may riddle him with bullets by surprise!…

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The Transvaal War London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 3

GENERAL GATACRE is co-operating with the British force at Bloemfontein, protecting the lines. The ground eastward of the town is…

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War Notes

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 3

THE quantity of food required by the British army now in South Africa is said to be 250 tons a day. The correspondent of a London newspaper, during the solge of Ladysmith, paid a native runner as…

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The War. Disaster to British Troops at Reddersberg. Five Companies Captured by Boers. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 5

General Clements marched five miles north of Bloemfontein unopposed. General Brabants' force at Wepener engaged a Boer commando. The result of the fighting is not…

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The Boer War. General Particulars. Restlessness in Bloemfontein. Engagement Near Mafeking. Gallant Stand by Fifty British. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2

General Gatacre in co-operating with the British force at Bloemfontein, protecting the lines of communication. The ground eastward of Bloemfontein is…

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War Notes

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 4

THE following extracts are from the interesting correspondence of "Banjo" Paterson, in the S.M.HEEALD:—Speaking of the relief of Kimberley he says."…

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War Notes

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 5

Trumpeter Taylor, of Lismore, writes from Pretoria prison to his friends at Lismore.He and the other three prisoners from Lismore are well treated and well led…

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War Notes from England

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 4

Without committing myself to the "frantic exhibition of enthusiasm" alleged by certain papers to have signalised London when the welcome news of…

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The War. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 3

THE inhabitants of Bloemfontein are restless over the Kornspruit disaster. On the 27th March Colonel Baden-Powell reporte Mafeking all safe, and…

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Duration of the War

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 4

WRITING in reference to the probable duration of the war, the S. M. Herald's correspondent, Mr. A. B. Patterson, says:—England is to put 120,000 men…

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Latest War News. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

There was sharp fighting throughout Monday at Wepener, on the Basutoland border. Both sides lost heavily, but the enemy's advance was checked. The…

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Transvaal War. Position at Mafeking London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 3

THE force captured at Reddesberg formed a portion of General Gatacre's command. The column occupied an indefensible position, without food and water, for 24 hours…

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Soldiers of the Queen

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 6

ACCORDING to the following from a recent issue of the Armidale ARGUS there are joining the "Absent Minded Beggar" ranks in this colony persons to whom the term "evil-[?]…

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The Boer War. Boers South of Bloemfontein. Reoccupying the Captured Country. Mafeking Can Hold Out Till May. the Boers Receive New Guns. Change of Generals. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

The force which was captured at Reddesburg formed part of General Gataere's column. They occupied an indefensible position without food or water for 24 hours, and fought until they…

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The War. When Will the War End?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 3

The correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph writes—"The Boers are bound to run short of remounts, and already their horses are being…

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The War. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 5

The force captured at Reddesberg formed a portion of General Gatacre's command. The column occupied an indefensive position, without food or water for 24 hours, and…

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Home Rule and the Transvaal War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 3

If any conservative leaders believed in a change of the Irish Nationalist heart through the gift of local selfgovernment they are cruelly…

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The Man Who Wrote "The Soldiers of the Queen."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

Says a thoughtful critic:—'Nowadays, the man who writes a really popular song receives more outward and visible signs of his success than the most successful statesman or…

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The Duty Soldier. [The Pall Mall Magazine.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 6

Colonel Jemmett took a chair opposite his hostess, who was toasting her obviously pretty feet by the fire. They had first met when he was…

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