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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1893

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General Cable News. The Matabele War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 December 1893 · page 2

News received from Cape Town reports that King Lobengula and his impis are on the Bubi River. Lobengula is ill, and is stated to be anxious…

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General Cable News. The Matabele War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

The latest news from Cape Town is to the effect that the capture of Lobengula, previously reported, is incorrect. It appears that a detachment from…

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General Cable News. The Matabele War[?] LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 2

Further despatches from Cape Town in reference to the recent attempt at capturing Lobengula report that Captain Wilson's detachment of 40…

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The Matabele War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 December 1893 · page 2

Despatches from Cape Town report further fighting on the Shangani River between Lobengula's impi and the Chartered Company's forces. The result…

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The War in Brazil. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 December 1893 · page 6

The United States Government has ordered four additional American warships to proceed to Rio Janeiro, the capital of Brazil. News has been…

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General Cable News. The Matabale War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 2

Advices from Cape Town state that Major Forbes, who was reported to have got into a perilous position on the Shangani River during his pursuit of…

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The Matabela War. LONDON, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 4

Private wires from Cape Town indicate that the Matabele have not been so thoroughly subjugated as reported by Mr. Cecil Rhodes. It is…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, December 29, 1893. the Coming Great War

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 December 1893 · page 2

THE strain laid on the people of the chief European nations by the crushing military burthens which they have patiently borne for so many years has…

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