An Incident of the Boer War. New Zealanders and Malays
WRITING on June 13, a Capetown correspondent states :--In a previous letter I related an incident which occurred in Capetown, and in which the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
314 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 16
The Boer War
FREDERICK GARDINER, late sergeant of the New South Wales Bushmen, died of fever at Potchefstroom. Major-General R. S. P. Featherstonhaugh's…
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WITH reference to the present protracted Boer war, which started October 10, 1899, and has therefore waged about 21 months, it may be mentioned that the Franco-Pruesian war lasted…
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MAJOR J. E. PINE-COFFIN, with the 9th and the 15th Mounted Infantry and the E[?]ex Volunteers, surprised the force under Commandant Colliers by night near Honing Spruit, on the…
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THE British are capturing enormous quantities of ammunition, live stock, and waggons, having cleared the country northwards of the Delagoa railway…
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COLONEL GARRATT'S mounted infantry surprised a convoy near Reitzburg, and captured 25 Boers and a number of waggons. Two British officers and six…
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THE Boers made a determined attack for two days on Aberdeen, 130 milos north-west of Port Elizabeth. On the arrival of a detachment of Australians with a 15-pounder gun the enemy…
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The ladies of the committee were getting tired. They had had a busy afternoon and evening, for it was the day for receiving the last batch of the various…
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THE Pretoria correspondent of the STANDARD reports that Major-Generals G. E. Benson and S. B. Beatson, and Colonels J. Spens and C. W. Park, with four columns in the vicinity of…
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A BOER commando entered Portuguese territory across Limpopo. The Portuguese troops have been sent to disarm them. A proclamation issued at Pretoria abolishes…
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THE British column found hundreds of farmsteads between Rustenberg aud Zeerust, where the people were quietly pursuing agricultural pursuits…
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THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in the House of Commons last night on the War Loan Bill, said that from April 1 to the end of July…
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THE King and the Queen Consort, at Marlborough House last week, presented war medals to 500 South African and Ashanti soldiers and to 109 nurses…
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LONDON, SUNDAY.—In the House of Commons, Mr, Chamberlain declared that regular war in South Africa was succeeded by guerilla warfare, and is now followed by a third stage,…
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Major-General Elliot's columns were sniped in marching from Bethlehem to Reitz, in the eastern division of the Orange River Colony. From Frankfort, 40 miles north of Reitz to…
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SINCE the beginning of the Boer war-- October 11, 1899--the following numbers of loyalist refugees from the Boer States have been assisted by the several committees…
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COMMANDANT DE VILLIERS, a Boer leader, has surrendered. The Boers captured a British post on the Sab River held by 25 men of…
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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL the Hod. N. G. Lyttelton, C.B, formerly in command of the 4th Mounted Division, will succeed Lord Kitchener as Commandor-in-Chief in South Africa when…
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In a letter written from the Standerton Hospital, Transvaal, by Trooper T. H. Wood (son of Mr. T. Wood, of Never Never, in the Bellinger district) of A Company 3rd…
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IN the proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener calling upon the leaders of the Boers to surrender by September 15, the British Government emphasises the accomplishment of…
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