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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
840 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 42
"Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office that Maj[?]r-General Babington's casualties in his fight with General De. Ia Rey were only two men killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General De Wet has crossed the Vaal River near Vil[?]redorp. Commandants Krnitzinger'e, Scheeper's and Van Reenen's commandos have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hon. St. John Brodrick, Secretary for War, stated in the Commons last night that 28 560 mounted troops had been dispatched to South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]Ten Months in the Field with the Boers" an ex-lieutenant of General De Villebois Marenil give a bright and racy account of his experiences in the field with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Portion of General De la Rey's troops on March 22 suddenly swooped down and tried to intercept the rear portion of 200 British returning from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boers on Saturday wrecked a train near Pan. Two hundred of the enemy then attempted to loot the cars, but were repulsed, leaving six dead and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boers have derailed another train, at O'[?]'s Fontein, No one, however, was [?]rt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Queen of Swaziland recently sent a letter to the British Government expressing grief at the death of Queen Victoria, and asking that British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sixth South Australian Contingent for South Africa marched through the Adelaide streets this morning, and were afterwards entertained at luncheon in the Exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Kitchener has allowed a limited number of mines on the Rand to restart 50 stamps each, with the stipulation that the miners receive only the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An advanced party of Victorian Bushmen was overwhelmingly surrounded, under a heavy fire, in the Gruerland Mountains on Monday. One…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lieutenant-Colonel Crabbe a day two since surprised a band of the Cape raiders l[?]gered at Sand Drift, in Orange River Colony. The enemy were too…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Office has received a despatch stating that Major-General Dartnell and Prigadier-General Alderson, driving the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The ste[?]er Tongariro will leave the Cape shoitly for Australia with 906 officers and men of the colonial contingents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Office has ordered that the shipment of horses and males alre[?]dy purc[?]sed in the United States be [?]ccelerated and that no farther p[?]rchases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Office has ordered that the sihipment of horess and m[?]le already purchased in the United States be acceh-reted and that no further purchases he made in the States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cape Government has warned the colonists in South Africa that all acts of rebellion will be pnnishable after April 12 ander the old common law,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two brothers named Coetzie, farmers, have been brought as prisoners into Mafeking, charged with harboring Boers. The latter on offering to surrender killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commandant Sohalk Burger has removed his headquarters to Leydsdorp in an inaccessible part of the [?]rg district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two brothers named Coetzie, farmers, have been brought as prisoners into Ma[?]king, charged with harboring Boers. The latter on offering to surrender killed…
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