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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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Mr. H. H. Spooner, commonly known as "Jack" Spooner, the war correspondent of the Evening News and Town and Country Journal in South Africa, has died at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →And yet the failure of the Conference and the evident purpose of President Kruger to hasten the outbreak of hostilities was not allowed to force the issue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Lonis Botha, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, has again threatened to resign his command if the Transvual Government prepares to destroy property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Roberts telegraphs that the Boers are in full retreat from the Za[?]d River They had previously occupied a position extending for 20 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Burnham, the famous scont, with a party of Royal Engineers, has expleded and blown up a bridge 14 miles north of Kroonstad in order to p[?]event…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Express, the new London daily paper, apparently speaking from "information received," hints that while Major-General Barton, with portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Louis Botha, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, has again threatened to resign his command if the Transvaal Government prepares to destroy property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy fighting took place at Mafeking on Saturday. The Boera claim that they seized the native quarters and then brought their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New South Wales Patrio[?]lc Fand has now reached £47,050…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official reports received by the War Office state that dining the advance of Lieutonant-General French's column towads Ventersburg, when Lieutesnan[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Wessels, one of the Boer peace delegates now in New York, says that if the Boers are vacquished in this war they will get ready again to strike for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advices have been received that the Boer attack made on Mafeking on Saturday and Sunday was repulsed by the British, with crushing loss to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lioutenaut J. F. Wilkinson, of the First Australian Horse, was captured at Ventersburg, and Trooper Apploby of New South Wales, wounded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New South Wales Patriotic Fund (including second Instalment ot £1OOO from the Education Department) now amounts to £41,766…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported that the Boors again attacked Mafeking on Saturday, when the native quarter was burned down. General Hunter is reported to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No official confirmation of the reported relief of Mafeking bas yet bee[?] received by the War Office. An official statement has, however, been issued by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No details have yet been received of the captare of General Lonis Boths, near Kroonstad. Others were with the Commander-in-Chief, and the prisoners are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Confirmation of the repotted relief of Mafeking was received in London late last night. All day long the streets of London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New South Wales Third Contingent ("England's Last Hope") recently sent an appeal to England to be allowed to serve in South Africa. The men were informed when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boers in the Transvaal anticipate the early closing of the Delagoa BayPretoria railway. The Boers in the neighborhood of…
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