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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
345 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 18
The investment of Ladysmith by the Boers is said to exhibit bat little enterprise. Bodies of British cavalry are constantly being sent out to clear the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE later news from South Africa is the best we have had for some time and marks the turning of the tide. Hitherto the Boors have been advancing, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the immense number of refugees now in the southern portion of Cape Colony, an agitation has been started at Cape Town to secure the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Saturday the Minister for Works (Mr E. W. O'Sullivan) was lanquetted at Miller's Forest, Hunter River, and in reply to the boast of "The Ministy" he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is officially announced that the bombardment of Ladysmith on Thursday was harmless to the British forces. It is Added that the Boers under a flag of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The bombardment of tbe British position at Ladysmith by the Boers, under the command of General Joubert, has been recommenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The railway bridge across the Tugola River has not yet been tampered with. Lord Welsoley, speaking at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An engagement has taken place in the north of Cape Colony, close to the Orange River, between the Boers invading Cape Colony and a section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr. Leyds, the Ambassador or Agent to Europe of the Transvaal, is at present in Paris. He is apparently using the Parisian Press to the full on the lines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is officially announced that the bombardment of Ladysmith on Thursday was harmless to the British forces. It is added that the Boers under a flag of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queen bade farewell at Windsor yesterday to the regiments of the Household Cavalry bound for South Africa. Her Majesty concluded her farewell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Communication between the British troops at Colenso and the south is at present being kept up by means of the heliograph, signalling by means of sun…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queen bade farewell at Windsor yesterday to the regiments of the Household Cavalry bound for South Africa. Her Majesty concluded her farewell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Sir Redvers Buller, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in South Africa, has decided to relieve the British forces at Ladysmith at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Were we to venture on a forecast of the probable course of the campaign (writes a military correspondent of the Westminister Budget), it would be some what as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A LITTLE light is now being let in apon the plans of those who are responsible for the conduct of the campaign in South Africa. General Buller, instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The, War Office has ordered through the Agents-General for the Colonies 1000 tons of Victorian Algerian oats, 150 tons of Victorian tinned meats, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sergeant-Farrier Hausen, of the Australian Horse, one of the selected men for South Africa, who was injured on Sunday by being thrown from, his horse, when he recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rechard jennings, on elderly man, a passenger on the Newtown tram, fell off the tram while it was in motion last night. He fell between the cars and was mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Roalyn Castle has arrived at Capetown with General Hildyard and 1100 troops. The reinforcement have been ordered to Durban…
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