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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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2 EDITION [?] the War. [?] LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 4

[?] Dr Clifford, with 500 [?]of the Free Church Movement, [?] peace[?]which [?] general amueety, autonomy, and…

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The War. Lord Kitchener's Proclamation. Sent to Steyn and Botha. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitchener has sent his latest proclamation, with a letter, to Mr. Steyn and General Boths. The Morning Post's Pretoria…

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In Cape Colony. Kruitzinger Again Repulsed. Commandant Erasmus Mortally Wounded. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 4

Colonel Gorringe has inflicted losses on the forces commanded, by Kraitzinger and Erasmus, in Cape Colony. A paper found in a cachet near…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 8

The Rev. Dr. Clifford, with 500 ministers of the Free Church Movement, has issued a peace manifesto, which favors a general amnesty, autonomy, and…

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The War. [Reuter's Messaes.] Women in the Refugee Camps. a Swiss Nursing Committee. Refused Permission to Act. All Necessary Measures Taken. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 4

A committee arranged in Switzerland, consisting of a doctor and six nurses, formed to tend the women folk in the refugee camps in South Africa, has not…

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

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 4

Commandant Kr[?]itzinger has been driven in confusion near to Venterstad by General French's and other columns which are pursuing the enemy to the…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Lord Kitchener's Proclamation. Some Leaders Refuse to Receive It. Mr. Kruger Protests. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 2

Some of the Boer leaders still in the field refuse to receive Lord Kitchener's proclamation, which is being circulated by means of special patrols…

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The War. [Reuter's Message] Debate in the Commons. Criticisms of the Proclamation. Statement by Mr. Chamberlain. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 4

In the House of Commons last night, the motion for the second reading of the Appropriation Bill led to an animated debate on the war in South Africa…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 4

Commandant Kruitzinger has been driven in confusion near to Veuterstad by General French's and other columns which are pursning the enemy to the…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Women in the Field. Boers in the Fauresmith District. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 2

Colonel Remington's column[?] of Yeomanry has daily encounters with a body of about 500 Boers in the Fauresmith district. Among the Boers are…

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The War. Returning Australians. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 1

The troopship Bri[?] left Sydney to-day with 300 Australian soldiers returning to South Africa…

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The War. [[?]] Chasing Kruitzinger. a Thirty Miles Running Fight. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 2

Before he was expelled from Cape Colony, Commandant Kruitzinger was so chased and hustled by the converging British colomns and harassed by the…

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The War. In the Refugee Camps. Orange River Colony Resistance. [?] LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 4

A doctor who was taking medical necessaries from Kimberley to the Boers declined to carry Lord Kitchener's proclamation with him, fearing that he…

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The War and Mining Leases. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitchener has issued a proclamation, declaring to be suspended during the whole period of hostilities all payments for preserving mining-land rights…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] the Boer Losses. Lord Kitchener's Weekly Report. Three Commandants Captured. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitchener's weekly report to the War Office states that since his last report 64 Boers have been killed, 20 wounded, 248 captured (including…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Distributing the Proclamation. How Some Commandants Received It. a British Officer Threatened with Death. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

Commandants Hertzog and Malan, who are in widely separated districts, each deprived the British lieutenants, who were the bearers of Lord Kitchener's…

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The War. Raiders Surprised. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 8

The Boer raiders in Cape Colony under Commandant Haasbroek were surprised at Doornberg, north of Cradock. Seven of the Boers were…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Shot As a Spy. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 4

A Cape colonist, colonial-born, has been shot as a spy at Pretoria. He was caught with three Boers from a commando endeavoring to pass the British…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War. Breaking in the Yeomanry. Raiders in Cape Colony. Sentences on Rebels. A Boer Convoy Captured. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 8

In recent despatches upon the progress of the war, Lord Kitchener refers to the delays caused from April to June through the necessity of training the new…

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Socialists and the War. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 August 1901 · page 2

The Belgian Socialists desired to inaugurate a universal strike as a protest against the war, but the British Socialists sent a discouraging answer, and the…

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