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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 44
Since I last wrote you the course of the war has been undergoing fearful interregnum, due to the want of "transport" and military "brains." Our armies, after their three defeats, did not panic-like…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Gang doon to the barn, ye blastie, and wait till I come till ye,' old Colin shouted in broadest accents to his son, who flew like a hare to the sinister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Frank Smith, who returned to Sydney after some years on the press at Johannesburg, was interviewed by a Daily Telegraph reporter, to whom he said: If the Bushmen's Contingent is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A SMALL detachment under General Dundonald were engaged "sniping" for two-days awaiting the arrival of General Lyttleton's brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over 50 horses were purchased at Nowra for South Africa at from £8 to £16. The Rev. Father Fagan will deliver his lecture on the South African situation at Casino to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Editor.—During my utterance on Sunday of last week on "Some lessons of the War," incidentally I alluded to the changed attitude of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following Hymn for use in time of war, written by H. C. Ainger, has been set to music by the famous Sir John Stainer. If the music is as good as the words are, then it should get a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reports with regard to the Lancers' disaster are very conflicting. The force is variously estimated at from 16 to 25 troopers, who were under Lieutenant Dowling. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Englishman, writing from Paris on November 8, says—"Having to go into the city this morning on business, I perchance passed through one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day will make us conclude that the relief of Ladysmith is accomplished, and that the advance upon Ladysmith is a thing of the past. So mnch for profound anticipation. The war-fog that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Warren's field battery on Saturday shelled the northern ridge of Spionkop. The infantry fired at long range. The Boers used machine guns, and rifles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARTICULARS of General Buller's movements state that on the 10th instant a force under General Dundonald by a dashing movement occupied tho hills above Potgieter's Drift,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand third contingent has been accepted by the Imperial authorities. Mrs, Goddard and Miss Hutton collected nearly £9 for the Patriotic fund in Maclean during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The residents here greatly appreciate your kindness in sending latest war news, and beg to inform you that we have started a fund in small sums, which we hope to make up to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PATROL, of N.S.W. Lancers and South Australian mounted men fell into an ambush near Rensburg. Reports with regard to the disaster are very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE British generals made an echelon movement, compelling the Boers to subdivide their forces. General Hildyard is endeavouring to cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SPEAKING to a representative of "The Daily Telegraph," Cardinal Moran said: " I have heard it stated that I myself am such a deadly enemy of the British Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In view of the circumstance that in certain quarters it has been stated that the war in South Africa, so far as England is concerned, is an unjust one, it is an opportune moment to place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Clery's brigade, with a portion of General Warren's force, engaged the Boers on Saturday. The fighting lasted thirteen hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE turning of the main position between the Tugela River and Ladysmith has been successfully begun. The enemy's extreme right, eastward of…
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