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

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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The War. Disloyalty in Cape Colony. Thousands Joining the Boer Forces. the Reserve at Pretoria. Communications From the Beleaguered. [Reuter's Messages.] News From Ladysmith. the Garrison Can Hold Out. Results of a Sortie. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 2

General Baller, at Chieveley, has received a heliograph signal from Sir George White at Ladysmith, intimating that the British garrison in the town…

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For Sick and Wounded Convalescents. Auckland

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand, has cabled home offering his house and park at Dungannon for the use of sick and wounded soldiers invalided from South…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 p.m. the War. Christmas at the Front. Death of the Natal Premier. a Deadly Shell. Offers From India. Bombardment of Mafeking. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 4

There was apparently little or no fighting in South Africa on Christmas Day. The British soldiers at the front engaged in all sorts of Christmas…

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The War. Operations in Natal. Boer Positions Shelled. Cronje Reinforced. Active Volunteering. the Siege of Kuruman. [Reuter's Messages.] with Buller's Forces. Boer Movements. Positions Shelled by the British. Two British Officers Captured. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

Despatches received from northern Natal state that the Boers have constructed bomb-proof ways leading from the kopjes north of Colenso to…

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The War. Saturdays Wires. London, Dec. 22

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

General Cronjo recently arrested a British officer who was protected by a flag of truce. Lord Methnon protested, and Cronje replied that he…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the War. Christmas at the Front. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

There was apparently little or no fighting in South Africa on Christmas Day. The British soldiers at the front engaged in all sorts of Christmas…

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The War. Reinforcements for General Buller. General White Ill with Fever. Heavy Rains on the West. [Bruter's Messages.] the Position in Natal. Reinforcements for Buller. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

Most of the men of Major-General Warren's Fifth Division of the Army Corps have been sent on to Natal, and General Buller will shortly have 30,000…

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