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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 44
THE Agent-General of New Zealand cables his Government to the effect that the British losses at the Tugela during the past fortnight were 1400. The total loss to date is 9000 men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the taking of Spion Kop the British were within 30 yards of the Boer trenches before the garrison awoke. At daybreak on Wednesday the enemy opened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Spion Kop the Boers fought in their old Colenso and Magersfontein style. It was the old story of leading the British troops into impregnable positions. But they were bolder. They actually…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We hear the notes of cruel war, From Afric's distant land, Where Britain's foes from near and far, Would crush our Empire grand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boers stormed Spion Kop on Wednesday with great determination, British reinforcements losing heavily. The troops reached the summit in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This country is an ideal place to see fighting. The entire absence of trees makes it possible to see for miles, and if one gets up on a good big kopje one can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DISAPPOINTMENT is too mild a term to designate the feelings expressed in connection with the position in South Africa. The victory at Spion Kop was thought to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonel Thorneycroft ordered the retirement from Spion Kop. General Buller acquits the Colonel of blame. He declares that he directed with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Hawke's Bay district (N.Z.) £5000 was raised in a week to equip 35 men for the rough riders' contingent. Trooper J. W. Campbell, of Codrington, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hanoverian officer, serving with the enemy at Colesberg, declares that 10000 trained European soldiers and 300 officers are assisting the Boers. Colonel Baden-Powell, in a message dated 17th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 that I would rejoice in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The week's war has simply been a " recovery from the last defeat," and Baller expects to be in Ladysmith by the time this is published. Lord Dundonald, after a fine escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE retirement from Spion Kop was ordered by Colonel Thornycroft. General Buller acquits the Colonel of blame and declares he directed the retirement with conspicuous courage and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A letter from South Africa says :—"The most painful thing to see was a Dutch spy, who was caught trying to poison some horses, and he was tried and sentenced to be shot. The fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A HANOVERIAN officer, serving with the enemy at Colesburg, declares that 10,000 trained European soldiers and 300 officers are assisting the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENERAL FRENCH has dispatched an overwhelming force to seize Norval Pont on the Free State border, for the purpose of cutting off the Boers' retreat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A LATE cable states that the report of General Buller having crossed the Tugela River has been officially confirmed. The War Office states that General Buller…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Goschen, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in the course of a powerful speech in the House of Commons, said that the Cabinet assumed the full…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It is stated that General Buller's column crossed the Tugela in the direction of Acton Holmes, or east of Potgieter's Drift. The TIMES declares that the report of the movement is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following interesting description of the war in South Africa, and the humours of the situation in Sydney, have been penned to his mother (the Mayoress of West…
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