Our Soldiers
THE satisfaction evinced with Mr. W. A. Rogers' "Our Army" entertainment at Brushgrove on Saturday, May 17, and everywhere else since was as complete as the huge attendance, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1902
250 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 13
The Transvaal War. Declaration of Peace Expected. London
The "Daily Mail" states that nothing stands in the way of peace, and that it is expected that the Government will make an announcement in the House of Commons on Tuesday, showing that it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. London
The conference at Pretoria has concluded. The Boer delegates have left for Vereeniging to take a final ballot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Richmond River Soldier. Recommended for the Victoria Cross
LIEUTENANT P. J. DALEY, of Alstonville, has been recommended for the Victoria Cross for gallantry while under fire in the Boer war. He left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Misconduct of Returning Soldiers. Sydney
The alleged sacking of Albany by the returning soldiers by the Aurania is denied by Colonel Lassetter, who declares that the conduct of the troops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boer War
THE Times states that a high authority in the South African Constabulary estimates the coot of rebuilding the farms which have been burned in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Peace Prospects Realised. The Terms of Surrender Accepted. SYDNEY
A cable received from Mr. Chamberlain states that the Boer representatives have accepted the terms of surrender offered by the British Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →De Wet's War Record
Of all the Boer Commandants in the field, none has had a more varied record of bold surprises and hair breadth escapes than Christian De Wet. A writer in the Times summarises his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War against Rats
The following extract from the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN may be of use to householders and others:—" We clear our premises of rats by making whitewash yellow with copperas, and covering the stones…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Strange Mounted Infantry. Irish Soldiers on Norman Cows
The first time that Irish soldiers were employed under the Crown of England was by Henry V. The bulk of his army was Irish. It puzzled the French to think bow he could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Bill
UP to the time peace was concluded, tho war had cost the Empire, in round numbers, £200,000,000. Australia's sharp, on the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Welcome Home" to Troops From South Africa
The outbreak put down to the credit of the troops who last returned while at Albany has been denied. It was said they had broken things, stolen things, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →History of the War
AFTER two and a half years' hard fighting and tho expenditure of much blood and treasure, peace has been arrived at between Great Britain and the Boors. The war was begun with a light heart on both sides,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Bill.—£200,000,000
Up to the time that peace was concluded, the war had cost the Empire £200,000,. OOO. Australia's share, on the basis of recent official figures, may be computed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Real Moral of the Boer War
Now that peace has been concluded in South Africa, everyone will want to find the moral of the war. Some—the majority no doubt—will say that it has consolidated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The End of the War
THE special war correspondent of the S. M. Herald concludes his last letter from South Africa thus :—"And now, for a time at least, your correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home to Gunner Hattersley
ON Wednesday evening Gunner A, E. Hattersley, of the machine gun section of the Commonwealth contingent, was entertained at a smoke concert by his comrades of the Maclean Scottish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home From the War
BELLINGER HEADS presented quite an animated scene on Sunday afternoon last, there being a large gathering of residents and visitors to welcome the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cost of the War
Mr. Henry Lacy, writing from London to the S. M. HERALD, says:— A paper has just been issued setting forth the accrued and estimated cost of the war up to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the Heroes of the War
THE London correspondent of a Sydney paper writes: Everyone remembers the the gallant artillervman, who, during the siege of Ladsmith, whe[?] lying terribly wounded across the trail of…
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