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

The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The War. [R[?]ut[?]r's M[?]ssages] Accidental Explosion of a Shell. Kills a Surrendered Boer General. L[?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 2

Ex-General S[?]man, late of the [?]r forces, w[?] [?]ghting a [?]gar in his own house at P[?], when he accidentally droppped a [?] into a…

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British Casualties. Colonials Killed and Wounded. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2

The War Office reports the following losses among the Australians;- Captain Malcolm George Hipwell, South Australian Bushmen (special…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Boer Laager Surprised. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2

Coloney Allenby on Saturday surprised Commandant Joachim Prinsloe's l[?]ger at Wilgereen (?), capturing many Boers, with much rifles, ammunition, and…

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The War. Boers and the Kaffirs. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 1

The following appeared in yesterday's late [?]tions:- The Boers are reported to be daringly…

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Cost Op the War. Some Remarkable Figures

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 5

IN the House of Commons on April 25 Colonel Nolan an it asked the Secretary of State for War if be would give a a few ben[?] of the £140,000,000 Bill presented by the Chancellor…

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At the Tall of the War. the Women's Life on the Farms

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 1

Mooimeiajes is a farm on the High Veldt, not much smaller than Rutland shire. Old Jan Grobelaar, looking back on seventy years of sturdy health, had…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] a Heavy Engagement. De La Rey Repulsed. Thirty-five Dead Left on the Field. British Casualties 174.. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 4

Commandant De 1s Rey Attacked Colonel H. G. Dixon's column at Vlakfontein, 30 miles west by north of Krugersdorp, in the Transvaal. The…

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The War. (Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 1

The Boers have now invested Bosbof, in Orange River Colony, for four months. The garrison, has long, been on half rations…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Awaiting a Delegation. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 2

Renter's correspondent cables that the Dateh Consul at Pretoria has been for several days at Standerton awaiting a visit from General Louis Botha or from…

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The War. perations in Cape Colony. otha's Plight. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 4

The Times states that owing to the [?] at the British covering Cri[?] and Tarbastad, in Cape Colony, the enemy has game to the vicinity of…

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The War. Recent Fighting. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 1

The official reticence as to events in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony ia attributed to Lord Kitchener recently warning the War Office that many…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Boer Prisoners for Barbados. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 2

Some of the Boer prisoners are to be deported to Barbados…

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The War. [[?] Messages] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1901 · page 1

Lord Kitchener states by cable that in addition to the casualties previously reported, two lieutenants of the Yeomanry were killed at Viakfontein on May 29,…

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The War. [[?].] Raiders in Cape Colony. an Attack on Willowmore. Boers Repulsed. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1901 · page 2

The local defence force at Willowmore, in southern Cape Colony, has repulsed a determined attack made on the town by Commandant Scheepere, with 700 men…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War. Desperate Fighting. Claims for Compensation. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1901 · page 4

Five hundred [?] prisoners are being sent to Tri[?]nopoly, in India. After four day[?] desperate fighting 250 Boers were [?]jected from a position…

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The War. the Fight at Vlakfontein. Lord Kitchener's Report. Heavy British Losses. Guns Lost and Recaptured. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitch[?] reports to the War Office that 1450 British, with seven guns, were returning to camp at Vlak fontein, near Krngersdorp, when the…

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The War

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. Captain Masterson, of the Devonshire Regiment; Corporal Clements, of Rimington's Guides; and Private…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 4

All classes in Cape Colony, including Dutch politicians and newspaper editors and proprietors, are signing the petition to Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, the…

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The War. Boer Losses at Vlakfontein. Raiders in Cape Colony. Kruitzinger Defeated. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 2

The Boers admit to 56 killed in the fighting at Vlakfontein, and it is believed that their wounded equalled those of the British…

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A Chaplain's Letter From the War

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 6

THE Rev. C. V. P. Day, who has been acting as chaplain to the colonial forces in the. Transvaal, has forwarded a letter to a Beckenham…

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