One From The War. a Brave Veteran Interviewed
There lives at Hoxton Park Staffsergeant J. Chalkier, who now carries on the trade of a market gardener. It would not need a Sherlock Holmes to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 29 of 44
Local and General News. A Moral, From the War
THE experience of the present war proves that victory is gained by using the best and most up-to-date guns, and that tho force which clings to old-fashioned weapons courts defeat. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Boers Defeated by Pole-carew. 1500 Boers Escape at Bethlehem. London
Lord Roberts reports that 1000 Boers, with five gune, broke through, the British, cordon near Bethlehem. The British infantry are pursuing the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in China. The Recent Massacres. Report from an Eye Witness. Women Hacked to Pieces. London
The Powers are considering a proposal of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs for taking joint action to restore order in China. A prominent Chinese merchant, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. Massing of the Chinese Troops. Russia on the Defensive. Russian Warehouses Burned. More Missionaries Massacred. Japanese Accusations Against Russian Troops. Reported Safety of the Ambassadors. China Asks French Mediation and Japanese Co-operation. London
THE Chinese fleet is concentrating in the China Sea. The forts at Woosung are being strengthened. The Chinese at Tientsin have detained their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South African War. Sydney
Lord Roberts has ordered the wives and children of Boers at Pretoria to rejoin the men, who are fighting at Pionerspoort, thus lessoning pressure on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War Severe Fighting in the Transvaal London
LORD METHUEN completely defeated the Boers with heavy loss, thus relieving the town of Rustenberg. The British failed to dislodge a force…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. Methuen and Broadwood Victorious. Boers Capture 100 Highlanders. Boers Abandon Middleburg. Only Mercenaries Fighting. London
A detachment of Boers with four guns were repulsed by the Dublia Fusiliers and the Imperial Yeomanry at Heidelberg. LONDON, TUESDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers who Refuse Promotion
AN item of news recently cabled to England by a correspondent with Methuen's column relating how a commission had been offered to and promptly refused by a sergeant in the Highland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in China. Russian Victories. Chinese Maintaining Secrecy. Safety of Ambassadors Affirmed. America Asked to Mediate. Allies Completely Conquer Tientsin. Letter From the British Ambassador. Li Hung Chang's Statement. London
The Russians have occupied Liku arsenal, north of Tientsin. The Corean troops encountered a Chinese force on tho frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in China. London
The Russians have occupied Lika arsenal, north of Tientsin. The Corean troops encountered a Chinese force on the frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa London
A detachment of Boers with four guns was repulsed by the Dublin Fusiliers and Imperial Yeomanry near Heidelberg. LONDON, TUESDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. Its Connection with the China War. the Military Situation at the Front
It has now transpired that the true cause of Lord Roberts' rapid and brilliant rush upon Johannesburg and Pretoria, leaving so many commandos in his rear, was to deprive Mr. Kruger from using…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A War Office Secret. a Tale of the Service
'Wallingford shoot?' said Sergeant Harding. 'Of course he can. A man on the staff at Hythe has a rifle in his hand all day and every day. Even you could shoot under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boer War Further Fighting the Boers' Guerilla Warfare. the Black Watch Severely Handled. London
THREE HUNDRED of the N.S.W. Bushmen assisted in dispersing a large Boer force at the Selous River. They inflicted heavy loss. Three Bushmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams Invalided Soldiers. Sydney
THE N.S.W. invalided soldiers are expected to arrive tomorrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A War Biograph
A war "biograph" opens here to-night at the Palace Theatre. The biograph presents the correct images of things that happened on any scale the operator may please, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa London
Three hundred N.S.W. Bushmen assisted in dispersing a large Boer force at the Telous River, inflicting heavy loss. Three Bushmen were killed and 19 wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in China. London
Li Hung Chang positively asserts that Sir Robert Hart, director of the Chinese Customs, is still alive; also the Ministers. He says the fate of other Europeans is not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Reports and British Defences. London
In the House of Lords yesterday, the Earl of Wemyss asserted that the British Military Attache had declared it was all important that Great Britain should be strong and in…
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