Incidents of the War. London
The recent rains in South Africa are said to have filled the Boer trenches at Magersfontein and the Tugela, thus considerably weakening their value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,201 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 61
The Lessons of the War. London, Sunday Afternoon
The Times, in discussing the recent engagement at Modder River, says that the experience gained there goes to prove that modern weapons of war are wholly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. News From Ladysmith. Shortage of Transport a Sortie From Mafeking [Reuter's Messages.] Operations in Natal. " Great Event Pending." News From Ladysmith. London
The correspondent of the London Morning Post, telegraphing from Chieveley, where General Baller's forces are encamped, says that a "great event…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Wednesday, January 3, 1900. the War That Was Needed
THE more news we have from South Africa, and the further we are permitted to get behind the scenes, the more certain may we be that, if war is not a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Fighting at Colesberg. the Town Reoccupied. Australians Engaged. Gallant Defence by Scouts. Headgear of the Australians. Death of the First Wounded Australian. [Reuter's Messages.] in Northern Cape Colony. Night Advance on Colesberg. Boers Put to Flight. Town Reoccupied by the British. London
Major-General French, commanding a section of the British troops in northern Cape Colony, near Na[?]uwpoort, made a rapid nocturnal advance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, [?].20 p.m. the War. the British Artillery. Boer Camp in Natal. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Tuesday Afternoon
An armored train has arrived at Estcourt, in Natal. A number of European adventurers are reported to be entering Delagoa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[By Telegraph.] Australians Killed and Wounded
BRISBANE, Wednesday Afternoon. The Government has received a cable stating that in the battle of Sunnyside in South Africa, the following members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How the War News Comes
All the cables from Africa are in the hands of British companies. By international convention, says the Globe, priority is always given to Government telegrams, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Eureka Murder. Escape of the Prisoner. Shot at and Wounded. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Wednesday Afternoon
Billy Broome, the blacktracker, charged with the Eureka murder, slipped off his horse while being taken to gaol in custody, before reaching Chil[?]ers, and ran into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Going Into Battle. How a Soldier Feels
THE question must often be asked by civilians, "How does a soldier feel when going into battle?" and a Tommy Atkins who possesses a ready pen has given a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the War. the British Artillery. Boer Camp in Natal. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Tuesday Afternoon
An armored train has arrived at Estcourt, in Natal. A number of European adventurers are reported to be entering Delagoa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Stiff Skirmish in the West. Queenslanders and Canadians in Action. a Brilliant Attack. the Boers Routed. Three Queenslanders Killed. Major-general French's Advance. Suspected Spies in England. [Reuter's Messages.] Fight on the Western Frontier. Canadians and Queenslanders. Boers Routed. Two Queenslanders Killed. London
News has been received of a stiff engagement having taken place at Sunnyside, in the Belmont district, on the western frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Cranks and Others. to This Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—Never a great reader, I, a "wandering lunatic," have to lay very low under the castigation of so intellectual a giant as your correspondent, "Arthur Edwards." One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 30 p.m. the War. The Yeomanry Brigade. Boers and Ex-Transvaalites. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon
The enthusiasm in connection with the enlistment of the Yeomanry Brigade in Great Britain continues unabated. The Boers refuse to recognise former…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— the War. Major-General French's Advance. The Boers Retreating. The Fight at Sunnyside. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Wednesday Afternoon
The Boers routed by Major-General French's column close to Colesberg have been reinforced. The Boers have disputed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War and Blood. a World's Challenge. Bile Beans Stand Unrivalled the World Over As the Remedy of the Age. They Do More Than Relieve Temporarily. They Cure for Keeps. the Proprietors Challenge Anyone to Produce As Good a Medicine at Ten-times the Cost
SOME people think it is an utter impossibility to produce a remedy, such as Bile Beans, at 1s. 1½d. per box, and some of our competitors claim (because…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Fight at Sunnyside. Behavior of the Colonials. Praised by the Authorities. More Fighting at Colesberg. Boers Re-enter the Town. General Gatacre's Division. [Reuter's Messages.] the Fight at Sunnyside. Further Details. Colonials Under Fire. "Behaved Magnificently." the Relief of Douglas. Enthusiasm of the Townspeople. London
Further particulars of the engagement at Sunnyside, on the western frontier, state that the oocupants of the enemy's laager were mostly colonial Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N. S. W. Lancers in Action. Two Slightly Wounded. London
The detachment of New South Wales Lancers commanded by Captain G. Lee, operating under Major-General French in the Colesberg district, have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Saturday's Wires. London, [?]
The majority of the fifth division Army Corps has rainf[?] Buller at Colen[?] whose c[?]will soon number 80,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Saturday, January 6, 1900. War Lessons
AN effort was made yesterday to show that mach comfort might be drawn in Australia from the war in Sooth Africa; and a mail now received from India…
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