The War. London
Lord Roberts entered Johannesburg in state on Thursday. A number of foreign mercenaries were previonsly ordered away, including Colonel Blake, of the Transvaal Irish Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 22 of 44
The Duties of a War Chaplain
The Rev. E. F. Hardy, most famous of war chaplains, has been interviewed in "Pearson's" on the duties of a chaplain and his physical and spiritual requirements. He says he must differ as much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Lord Roberts' Advance. Kruger Leaves Pretoria. Johannesburg Surrendered. French Advancing on Pretoria. London
Commandant Kruise surrendered Johannesburg to Lord Roberts. Lord Roberts has deferred his entry into Johannesburg for 24 hours to avoid a disturbance Johannesburg for 24 hours to avoid a distance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Young Soldier
A young bugler in the 1st Gordon Highlanders with Lord Roberts's force is now on his second campaign, having, as a mere lad, been allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Civil War
THE greatest number of battles ever fought in one war is 3126, which (according to the official records quoted by the American exchange) in the number of battles fought during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. London
A number of commandos are gathered six miles south of Pretoria to oppose the British advance. General Wavell is maintaining order at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Sydney
THE Portuguese have closed Delagon Bay to goods traffic, and have ordered all available troops to bo ready to proceed to the frontier. Portuguese warships…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News. Sydney
The burghers at Vryid, in the north-eastern portion of the Orange River colony, are watching Steya in order to prevent his escupe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Pretoria Occupied. Sydney, Wednesday, 7.55 a.m
IT is officially announced that Lord Roberts has occupied Pretoria. LONDON, TUESDAY. The Pretoria burghers are furious at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. Fighting in the Free State Battle Near" Senekal. Fighting Through Flames. Boers Capture a Yeomanry Battnton Splendid March By Lord Methuen London
General Rundle attacked a strong Boor position near Sonekal, in the Free State, on May 29, The shelling of the British failed to silence the Boer guns, and an outlanking movement was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High-priced War Correspondents
The "Daily Mail" has hired Kipling to do some letters from South Africa. The price is not too bad, being at the rate of a pound per word. One would imagine that this would prove a temptation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After a Battle. the Relics and Refuse of Modern War
"Even the blooming butterflies are the colour of khaki," as Tommy Atkins remarked when he saw his first swarm of locusts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political and Social (Notes by S. C.) the Soldiers and the Pushes
For the sin of a few all the soldiers in the Paddington Barracks have been punished. That does not strike one as being just; bnt it appears to be Msjor-General French's idea of justice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. the Captured Yeomanry. British Prisoners Penned in with Barbed Wire. London
BEFORE Pretoria surrendered the British shells damaged two forts. The Boers replied with Krupp guns, but when the British howitzers dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Notes
Trooper L.D. Tunks, of the New South Wales Lancers, died of enteric fever at Kroonstadt, on JUne 2. During the Mafeking celebration at Peak Hill a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Notes
In Croje's tent a private found gold rings, for one of which he was offered but refused the sum of £35. London SPHERE recalls the fact that General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London
Severe engagements continue between the rebels and British troops. The casualties of the captured Irish Yeomanry were 19 killed, including Sir J. E. Power, and 29…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Moral from the War
THE experience of the present war proves that victory is gained by using the best and most upto-date guns, and that the force which olings to old-fashioned weapons courts defeat. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr. Rentoul on the War
Dr. Rentoul's belligerent reference to "Lord Roberts, with his 210,000 men, crushing a few thousands, and being cheered," came in for some natural comment by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A German View of the War
A diplomatist who has conversed at length with Baron von Reitzenstein, the German officer who, after watching the first six months of the war,…
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