Boer War
LORD KITCHENER, in his latest report to the War Office, states that since his previous report a week ago 45 Boers have been killed, 25 wounded, 310 have been prisoners and 35…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
250 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 13
Boer War
DURING the past year the troops in South Africa have remitted £2,000,000 of their pay to relatives. The native chief Linchwe, a number of whose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. London
246 prisoners taken by the Boers at Treefontein have been released. Lord Kitchener reports the following Boer losses for the past week:--Killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Why the Boer War Lasts So Long
SIR,—Why the Boer war lasts so long is a question of surprise to many, and some even are disposed to underrate the military renown of Britain on acoount of the lone continuance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Soldier's Pay. Decision of the Cabinet
A SPECIAL meeting of the State Cabinet was held on Friday, when the question of the pay to the troopers that have returned from South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. LONDON
Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent, characterises as monstrous the compelling of British commanders to consult with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. London
Heavy cannonading has been heard south of Southport and Tafelkop line of blockhouses. De Wet had been previously reported…
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FROM the latest returns in connection with De Wet'a attack at Tweefontein on Christmas morning the British losses appear to have been:—Killed and died of wounds, 62; wounded, 55…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. London
Commandant Snyman, who was formerly on De Wet's staff, in the course of an interview with President Roosevelt, declared that England would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War
GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA has sent a message to all the commandants ordering them to continue fighting. The Boer General declares that the Imperial Parliament will shortly ask for more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duration of the War
THE S.M. Herald correspondent, writing from Pretoria, says :-Three months ago indications undoubtedly favoured the expectation that the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. London
GENERAL ELLIOTT'S keen pursuit, covering 70 miles in 24 hours, caused the dispersal of De Wet's forces. During the six months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Maclean Tragedy. Wife Shot by her Husband. the Police Fired Upon. Sergeant Brown Wounded. a Determined Homicide. Six Bullets in a Woman's Body. Plucky Police
THE serenity of our usually peaceful town was disturbed yesterday morning by the most sensational tragedy that ever occurred in the district, Mrs. James Dowling being shot at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War
The "Times" says that more men and horses are required; also a light line of railway along each line of the blockhouses…
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LORD MILNER declares the situation in South Africa is steadily improving, and that a hopeful feeling abounds. Only inconceivable folly or mismanagement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers at Sea. "High Jinks"on the Fortunatus
Some of the men who came back from the war by the steamer Fortunatus, which arrived in Sydney on Monday, have a long list of grievances to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War
BRIGADIER-GENERAL Plumer, Birgadier-General Spons, and Colonel Pulteney on January 3 and 4 drove a considerable force under Commandants Christian Botha and Opperman from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stead and the War
Mr. W. T. Stead presided at a lecture at Bethnal Green on November 24 on "Internationalism v. Jingoism," and delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. London
Last month a plot, engineered by 300 foreigners who were to have the assistance of 1000 of Commandant Ke[?]p's Boers ambushed outside Johannesburg,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will the War Ever End?
A field artilleryman out at the front sends to Reynolds an interesting letter headed, 'Will the War Ever End?' Among…
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