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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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Mr. Wyndham, Under-secretary for War, states that since October last 30,000 men have joined the volunteers, while 20,000 men have joined the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brigadier-General Pole-Carew, in command of the Guards Brigade, has retired from Norvals Pont to Bloemfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French Foreign Minister says that Lord Salisbury's reply to President Kruger's peace proposals, has precluded the intervention of any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The applicants for the War loan of £35,000,000 number 39,800. Applicants for amounts above £10,000 will receive 6 per cent, of the amount applied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New South Wales Patriotic Fund has reached a total of £31,083…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has practically abandoned his proposed tax on produce contracts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE pictures of our battles which are coming back to us in the London weeklies are not at all like the real things. Art cannot keep pace with the quick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bushmen's Contingent Fund now amounts to £31,317 and the Patriotic Fund to £30,898. Private cables from the front announce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Robert entered the Free State capital in state, at the head of a [?]cado a mile long. The popular displayed the utmost enthusiasm, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Every day shot passed, and every mile that I [?]velled north of the Orange River, impressed me more and more with the change which had passed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It is repotted that Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington, organiser of the famons " Carrington's Horse," will form a field force of 5000 men to protect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen's movements north of Kimberley are interpreted as an advance on Pretoria. Whether he will go via Mafeking and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bushmen's Fund now stands at £31,327 and the Patriotic Fund at £31,319…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prior to capturing the town of Springfoutcin, in the Free State, on behalf of Lieutenant-General Gatacre two officers of his force (Captain Hennessy, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Kitchener at Prieska took 33 prisoners and seized 200 stands of arms, a quantity of supplies, and a quantity of explosives. The Transvaal Boers who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Morning Post declares that Messrs. Fischer, Wessels, and Wolmarans, the Boer delegates from South Africa, are taking to Russia for safety…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonel Plamer's slow advance on Mafeking 13 attributed to his being hampered by a heavy supply column for the beleaguered garrison…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Hannah Parnell urges the Irish crowds to drown the cheers for the Queen by singing a hymn in praise of Kruger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen has visited the wounded at the Woolwich Military Hospital. Her Majesty carried flowers to the soldiers, including some specially to Private…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Patriotic Fund now amounts to £31,749 and the Bushmen's Fund to £31,333…
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