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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 44
An interesting case, arising out of the war, has just been he[?]rd before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four. John Joseph Gunning, Roman Catholic priest in Nowra, sued Charles John Boden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BALLINA had a gala day on Wednesday, such as it never had before, the occasion being the return of Troopers C. Webster and G. Cummings, of the New South Wales Lancers, both of whom hud been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Before Pretoria surrendered the British shells damaged two forts, the Boers replying with Krupp guns. When the British howitzers dropped shells…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One-third of the recruits of the British Army enlist in London and Dublin. The Irish volunteers fighting with the Boers outside Ladysmith carried a green flag bearing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is officially announced that the Boers have evacuated Laing's Nek. General Buller has advanced four miles north of Stockrust…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PRESIDENT KRUGER is living in a specially fitted-up railway car, at Machadorg. He denies having taken cash to the value of £2,000,000, or that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Rundle and Walker's forces have reinforced the British at Kroonstadt The Boers destroyed the railway between the towns of America and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENERAL BULLER reports that after Friday's engagement 2000 Boers at Laing's Nek Abandoned their carefully prepared position. The British fought bravely and now hold a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Buller reports that after Friday's engagement with 2000 at Laing's Nek, the Boera abandoned a carefully prepared position. The British, who fought bravely, now hold positions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cape Parliament is summoned for the end of June; but the Governor is expected to dissolve the present disloyal Parliament at once, Hofmeyer has gone to Europe; Schriener will follow next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This is par excellence a war of surprises, full of momentous object-lessons, but above them all I exclaim with Sir William Napier, "With what majesty the British soldier can…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LORD ROBERS' main army defeated the Boers under General Botha on Monday ten miles from Pretoria. After much opposition General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two days after the battle of Elands Laagle, in a little clearing on the right bank of Sunday's River, Captain John Adams, of her Britannic Majesty's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The story of the row between Lord Wolseley and Lord Landsdowne over Lord Methuen's appointment has long been common club talk. Wolseley predicted disaster owing to Methuen's well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Roberts states the occupation of Pretoria caused numbers of the Laing's Nek Boers to withdraw, and the occupation of Volksrust convinced the Transvaalers that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two women were sitting on different stoops on different days. In each case a shell fell near by and exploded in the street. One—an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE experience of the present war proves that victory is gained by using the best and most up-to-date guns, and that the force which clings to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It took the War Office exactly three months to find out the value of Colonial troops, when from the first it was obvious to every one who has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LORD ROBERTS' main army defeated the Boers under Commandant Botha on Monday, 10 miles from Pretoria. After much opposition, General Hamilton's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the indirect consequence of the war shows itself in disturbance of the labor market more immediately connected with domestic life. Collieries, ironworks, and other hives of industry…
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