Boer War
The women in refugee camps at Heilbron, the Dutch pastors, and the members of the late Orange Free State Government in te camp, have passed resolutions protesting against the slanders thrown…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
250 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 13
Transvaal War. London
Ex-President Kruger is described as feeling bitterly diappointed at President Roose-. velt's declaration that the United States could not, and would not, intervene in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notes of the Day. The Philp-Barton War
The Premier of Queensland is at war with the Federal Premier. How it originated we all know. What it is going to result in is problematical. Mr. Premier Philp's skirmishing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. British Disaster. Lieut.-general Methuen Wounded and Captured. London
A GREAT British disaster is reported. Lieutenant-General Methuen has been badly wounded and captured, also many officers and men. Four guns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back from the War. Trooper W. M'Dermid's Experiences
TROOPER W. M'Dermid, son of Mr. D. M'Dermid, of South Grafton, who went to tho war in March of last year, returned home by the Nymbolds on Monday last. Trooper M'Dermid was attached to…
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CoMMANDANT-General Botha, with 800 men, is laagered in his farm near Yryheld. A scheme has been devised to circumvent the anti-sweep provisions of the Poctal Act, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pursued by the Law Author of "The REd Sultan," "The Avenger of Blood," "Wilt Thou Have This War[?] "Her Royal Highness's Love Affair," "The Tyranis of Kool-sim," The White Kaid of the Atlas," "The Burden of Isabel," &c., &c. COPYRIGHT. [?] by Special Arrangement. Chapter XXVII.—(Continued.)
"Let me sec," reflected the pretended military gentlemen, "I didn't pay much attention, but I think I heard Barmouth Junction mentioned, and Swansea—yes…
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Colonel Rimington (in the cave which his column discovered in the Reitz district containing vast quantities of munitions of war, and supposed to be Commandant De…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. Lord Methuen's Release. London, Thursday Night
DELAREY voluntarily released Lord Methuen owing to his severe wounds. He has been brought to Klerksdorp and is doing well…
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The Second Battalion of the Commonwealth Contingent has arrived in South Africa. In a later despatch Lord Kitchener explained that Lord Mothuen, with Major Paris, 900…
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At Brandfort, says L. March Phillips, Rimington's Guide, in a letter describing the march north:— An incident of some interest was the…
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It appears that Lord Methuen was wounded by a Martini-Henry rifle bullet in the right thigh. The wound is a severe one, the right femur being fractured. The moment Lord…
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THE DAILY MAIL, in its account of the disaster, states that Lord Methuen was about to ride to a distance to rally the panic-stricken mounted troops, whon he was wounded by a bullet, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Irish Pro-boers at Glasgow 10,000 Reinforcements. London
GENERAL BEN VILJOEN, who was captured by the British troops, considers the British artillery fires fifty times better now than at the beginning of…
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The success of General Hamilton was due to a retrograde circuitous march, the men riding very lightly and a portion being on foot. General Emmett was captured by the…
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THE debate in the House of Commons on Monday upon army contracts, raised by the motion of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman for a committee of inquiry,…
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A LARGE proportion of the prisoners in India, Ceylon, and at St. Helena are eager to return to their homes. During the debate in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transvaal War. London
In the House of Commons last night Mr. Chamberlain said that the authorities estimated that there were 9000 Boers still in the field, and that but few Boer recruits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boer War. Another Australian Contingent
MR. CHAMBERLAIN has cabled to Mr. Barton (he Federal Premier) that another Federal contingent of 2000 men for service in South Africa would be gratefully accepted by the…
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PRIVATE George Gander, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, has died of dysentery at Wynberg. Queen Alexandra has been appealed to by…
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