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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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Wounded Soldiers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 4

THE appeared letter received by Mr. W. Mecham, of Tumut Plains (who was formerly resident in this district), from his sons, Troopers J. W. and M. R…

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War Notes

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

Lieutenant Rundle (not General Rundle as reported in our telegrams in last issue) was captured with a patrol party by the Boers near Pretoria last week…

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Frederick Treves, F.R.C.S., ON The Wounded in the Present War. (Continued from Friday's issue.) Wounds of Soft Parts

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

THE skin wounds are exceedingly simple and very small. The wound of entrance is circular, and Mr. Tommy Atkins always describes it as a…

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The War. London

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

GENERAL BULLER has arrived with his forces at Pretoria. 800 prisoners belonging to the Irish Yeomanry and Derbyshire…

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The Boer War. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

COLONEL MAHON'S and General Hutton's forces defeated 3000 Boers, who were endeavouring to injure the railway line, 43 miles east of Pretoria. The…

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The Boer War London

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

THE Australian Bushmen, by forced marches from Zeerust, assisted in repelling the Boer attack on Rustenberg, Steyn and De Wet, with 300 men,…

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One From the War. a Brave Veteran Interviewed

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

THERE lives at Hoxton Park Staff-sergent J. Chalkley, who now carries on the trade of a market gardener. It would not need a Sherlock Homes to tell he had been a soldier, for the…

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Local and General News. A Moral From tho War

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

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 old-fashioned weapons courts defeat. The…

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The Boer War. 3000 Boers Defeated. Attack on Rustenburg Repulsed. Boers Trekking to Gazaland. Retreat of Boers in Orange River Australian Bushmen in Action. Proposed Land Grants to Soldiers. British Capture Bethlehem. London

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

THE brigades of Generals Mahon and Hutton defeated 3000 Boers who were endeavoring to destroy the railway line 40 miles east of Pretoria. The British casualties numbered 33…

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War in China. a Counter Revolution. Protecting the Legations. the International Situation; Chinese Attack on Tientsin. Prince Tuan Takes the Throne. Legations Reported Safe. Accuracy of Chinese Artillery. England Pressing Japan to Take Action. London

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

England has promised to support the Viceroy of Nankin in suppressing disturbances in the Yangtse region. Rear-Adiniral Bruce, of the British fleet in…

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How War Secrets Are Stolen

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

There are hundreds of men in Europe, said a retired officer of long experience in Intelligence work, who make an excellent, if questionable living, by…

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War in South Africa. London

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

Mahon and Hutton's brigade defeated 3000 Boers who were endeavouring to injure the railway 40 miles east of Pretoria. The British casualties were 33…

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Course of the War. Roberts Again Silent. Buller at Pretoria. Hutton's First Victory. the Africander Boycott. Sydney. Wednesday. 2 P.m

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

The silence of Lord Roberts is just as strange just now as the silence of Dean Maitland. When "Bobs" is silent in four languages, like Moltke, something important is going to…

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The Boer War 200 British Captured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1900 · page 3

ALL the members of ex-President Steyn's late Government have surrendered to the British. They are persuading him that it is useless to continue…

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War Notes

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 3

Sir W F. Hely-Hutohinson, Governor of Natal, is conferring with Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa, relative to Natal retaining the Vryheld and…

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The Treatment of Sick and Wounded in South Africa

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 4

A result of statements which may be true or false—probably false—about the treatment of the sick and wounded in South Africa is the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry…

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A New War Terror

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

There seems to be no doubt that a prominent American naval officer has invented a projectile of extra-ordinary penetrating power. The…

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The Tug-o'-War over the Governor General

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 4

There is a great-to-do down here about where the Governor-General shall reside. People in Parliament are alarmed that he will live in Melbourne, and are making a…

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Local and General News. A Moral From the War

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · 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 old-fashioned weapons courts defeat. The…

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War in South Africa. British Reverse. 200 Captured and Two Guns. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 5

General Dorrien defeated the Boers with heavy loss at Krugersdorp. The Seventh Dragoon Guards repulsed an attack at Derdepoort. One troop suffered…

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