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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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Many offers have been made in England from women anxious to nurse tho wounded soldiers who are brought home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The accounts of the British victories at Grasspan and Modder River, on the western frontier, have, it is said, greatly reassured the Basuto natives,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Later details have been received amplifying the description of the battle fought at Modder Rirer last Tuesday. The fighting commenced at daybreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A trestle bridge has been completed by the British Engineers at Frere Station, in Natal, in place of that destroyed by the Boers. The Brisish troops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The big siege guns and necessary supplies for the British division under Lord Methuen have arrived in Cape Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the battle of Modder River last week the British troops were almost maddened during the fight by thirst. They could get no water, because the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has transpired that General Jonbert, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, had a surrey made of the country from the Natal frontier to Pietermaritzburg,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The advance of the British troops in Natal on Ladysmith is progressing. The British garrison in Ladysmith is reported to be excited and cheered at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. J. H. Wood, later district surveyor at Albory, has received a letter from his son Walter, who is serving in the Natal Mounted Police, under date 30th October. He says:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars with regard to the Modder River battle, state that the Army never faced a severer sustained fire. A dozen men of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cable has been received stating that the trocpship Aberdeen, with the second batch of the New South Wales troops, arrived at Port Elizabeth, Cspe Colony, on Sunday last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It has transpired that General Joubert, the [?]n Commander in Chief, had a survey made of the country from the Natal [?]ont[?] to Pi[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received that Ladysmith was safe on Tuesday, the fact having been signalled to Frere, to the south. The situation, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lady Sarah Wilson, who went to Sooth Africa as correspondent for one of the London daily newspapers, rode out from Mafeking at an early stage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers, it is said, is witnessed by crowds of gaily-dressed ladies from Pretoria, the Transvaal capital, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A small engagement is reported from the western frontier. A body of British infantry, with 10 guns and a regiment of cavalry, sent ont from Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers, it is said, is witnessed by crowds of gaily-dressed ladies from Pretoria, the Transvaal capital, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Saturday Lientenant-Colonel Templeton, when addressing the 4th battalion of infantry (Bendigo and Castlemaine), is reported to have recommended them to vote for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Third Division of the British Army in South Africa, commanded by Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, has suffered an alarming reverse in northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The treachery of the Boers during the present campaign renders the following interesting:— Some of the rules of war are stated by…
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