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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] in Cape Colony. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 4

[?]oer raiders for two days made a determined attack upon the town of A[?]erdeen, in Cape Colony. Eventually a detachment of Australians with a…

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Imperialist Liberals and the Champaigin. the War to Be Vigorously Prosecuted. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 2

The co[?]ttee of the Imperia Liberal Council has resolved in fever of a vigorons pr[?]secution of the war; that a general a[?]sly to rebale is impossible…

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The War. Returning Australians. A Ship Stricken with Measles. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 1

The Fremier has received a telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Rowell, from Albany, stating that the troopship Britannic was just leaving, and would be due at Largs on…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Sentences on Rebels. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 2

Four rebels at Vryberg, on the Transvsal frontier, have been sentenced each to 10 years' penal servitude. Klossen, the Somerset East rebel and…

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The War. Sentences on Rebels. Lategan's Laager Surprised. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 1

Petrus Klopper, a Cape rebel, has been hanged at Burgbersdorp, Cape Colony. Klossen, a rebel murderer, of Somerset East, has also been [?] to be hanged…

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The Liberals and the War. London, July 24

Western Grazier · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 2

The Imperial Liberal Council has resolved in favor of the vigorous prosecution of the war, the general amnesty of the robets being impossible…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Boer Convoy Surprised. Capture of Prisoners. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 4

Lord' Kitchener reports to the War Office that Garratt's mounted men surprised a Boer convoy near Reitaburg on July 21, capturing 25 men and some…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Fighting with General Viljoen. a Series of Skirmishes. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 July 1901 · page 2

The Standard's correspondent at Pretoria says that Brigadier-Generals Benson and Beatson, with Colonels Spens and Park, have seen some…

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The Vlakfontein Fight. Killing the British Wounded. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 2

The War Office has published the statements that Lord Kitchener has collected supporting the reported Vlakfontein outrages. Piet Forster, a Boer…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages. [?] Boer Laager Captured at Losberg. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 2

Colonel Garrett captured a Boer laager at Losberg, with 25 prisoners, 1000 cattle, and many horses and sheep…

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The War. a Fight with Lategan. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 July 1901 · page 1

Details of the affair at Lategan's l[?]ger show that 90 of Colonel Lukin's Cape Rifles followed the track of a stolen cart for miles across the veldt, finaily…

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The War. [Reuter's [?] Boers on the Trek. Enter Portuguese Territory. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 July 1901 · page 2

A Boer commando, accompanied by women and children, has entered Portuguese territory near the Limpopo and Pafurier rivers. Portuguese troops have…

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Presentation of Medals. Colonial Soldiers Cheered. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 July 1901 · page 2

The King and Queen yesterday, at Marlborough House, presented war medals to 500 South African and Ashanti soldiers and 109 nurses. Their…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 August 1901 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. In the House of Commons the Hon. St. John Brodrick, Secretary for War, stated that the leakage of official news…

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The War. a British Major Killed. [Reuter's Message] [?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 August 1901 · page 4

At Pretoria a proclamation has been [?] which ab[?]lishes the law passed by the Transvaal Legislature in 185 [?]wing natives to be fi gged…

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The Daily Mail and War News. a Breach of Privilege. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 August 1901 · page 2

The Commons last night declared the Daily Mail's article denouncing the Hon. St. John Brodrick, Secretary for War, for refusing to supply it with…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] the Fight at N'gtu. Guns at Short Range. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 August 1901 · page 2

The fight at N'gtu between 400 Boers and a small British column was of a fierce character, It lasted all Sunday. The Boers made desperate efforts to…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] the Grant to Lord Roberts. Proceeding in the Commons. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 August 1901 · page 2

In presenting to the Commons the Royal message recommending a grant o[?] £100,000 to Lord Roberts, in recognition of his services in South Africa, Mr…

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The War. [Reuter's [?].] LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 8

Owing to their lack of provisions, a Boer commando, with two guns, entered Portuguese territory at Juanitz, where 800 Portuguese soldiers demanded their…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 [?] the War. [[?] [?].] [?] Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 8

A laager on J[?] farm, at Platsrand, was [?] on July 29. Seven Boers were killed and seven captured, in addition to 200 cattle and 60 [?]…

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