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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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Boer War. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 December 1901 · page 5

COMMANDANT De Wet, with a large commando, estimated by some at 1400, is being closely and persistently hustled. The lightest men and the lightest carts are…

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" Petticoats" at the War Office

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 December 1901 · page 6

IN the course of on after-dinner speech to the Unionists of Loughton—a speech which, among other things, threatened "treachery and treason" in the House of Commons, and denounced…

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The Boer War. Atrocious Cruelties. Wounded Men Brutally Tortured. Cold-blooded Murders. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1901 · page 1

A PORTION of De Wet and De La Rey's forces have joined in the Western Transvaal. Botha's forces split in several…

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A Sydney Soldier's Experience

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1901 · page 1

Corporal M'Grath, of the Royal Australian Artillery, who recently returned from South Africa, had a thrilling experience of the wrecking of…

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Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1901 · page 2

ON the night following De Wet's recent attack on Colonel Rimington's force near Heilbron, the Boers planned a surprise attack on the British camp. Colonel Rimington, however…

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Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 20 December 1901 · page 4

THE report by Lord Kitchener of his inquiry in­to Boer atrocities at the Brakenlaagte engagement shows that 75 prisoners taken by the enemy complained of being robbed of everything. They…

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The South African War. Plain Talk in a Great Situation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 3

The South African war is probably now in a more critical stage than ever. Not that the Boers can do anythiug themselves that they haven't done already, but the war wants…

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The Boer War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 1

MR. H. ASQUITH says that Lord Rosebery's speech has cleared and defined the situation. The union of all parts of the Empire, consecrated by…

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Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 2

LORD ROSEBERRY addressed 5000 people at Chesterfield. He declaimed all idea of solving the question of unity. He offered his advice to the British party from the Irish alliances. He…

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An Extraordinary War Statue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 4

The British used some of the cannon taken by them at Sebastopool fur the making af war medals—Victoria Crosses. The French used theirs to cast the original of the…

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Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 5

CHILDREN living in the Rhine provinces of Prussia have sent Mr. Kruger 10,000 marks as a Christmas present for the Boer children. Commandant Haasbrook and two other Boers…

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The Transvaal War. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 3

Commandant Kruitzinger, who was captured wounded, fell while endeavouring to rescue a wounded comrade…

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The Boer War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1901 · page 1

AN Xmas letter to the women of Great Britain and Ireland, signed by 43,615 Swiss women, protests against what it terms the extermination of the Boer…

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The Transvaal War. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 3

Swiss women to the number of 43,715 have signed a Christmas letter addressed to the women of Great Britain and Ireland, protesting against the…

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