The Boer Wounded
The Boers have "commandeered" 850 beds at Johannesburg for the use of the wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
476 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 24
Off to the War
THERE was a great gathering at the Murrumburrah Railway Station last Wednesday night, when Messrs T. Barnes and W. Boreland, two members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London
Kimberley has been completely invested by the Boers. The streets have been barricaded and blocked with harked, wire. It is estimated that 30,000 Transvaal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Relic of the War
Many old soldiers now feel the effects of the hard service they endured during the war Mr Geo. S. Anderson of Roesville, York county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Mr. Ashton's Speech
WE extract the following from the Hansard report of Mr. Ashton's speech delivered in the Assembly last week:—I am not going to waste words to-night in asseverating my loyalty to the British Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Fighting at Mafeking. London
FIGHTING AT MAFEKING. IT is officially reported that Colonel Baden-Powell, on the 15th instant, left Mafeking in unarmoured train, and repulsed a Boer attack. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Offers of Marksmen. Surrender of Boers. the Hussars. Boers Again Massing. London
Dawson City, in the Klondyke goldfields, offers a hundred marksmen to the British Government gratuitously. Hundreds of men are volunteering for the corps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rev. G. D. Buchanan and the Transvaal War. (To the Editor Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—In your report of the sermon preached by the Rev. G. D. Buchanan on Sunday last occurs the following passage:—"Perhaps they would be surprised if he told them they were sending soldiers to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Off to the War. Local Volunteers Chosen.the New South Wales Contingent Victorian White Feathers
THE news that a number of the members of the Local volunteer company who bad offered themselves for service in the Transvaal were to leave Young on Tuesday evening to submit themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Fighting Near Ladysmith. Colonel Wilford Killed. a Squadron of Hussars Cut Off. General Yule's Forces. London, Oct. 26
General Sir G. S. White reports that Brigadier-General Yule's forces are in the best spirits, and are eager to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Fighting at Reitfontein. a Brilliant Charge. Death of Major-general Symons. the Attack on Mafeking. London, Oct. 26
A BOER report states that the Transvaal forces are shelling Mafeking, and that several houses are in flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Battle of Rietfontien
LONDON, Friday.—Detailed accounts are now to hand dealing with the battle which took place on Tuesday, the 24th inst., at Rietfontein, near Besters, about seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Enemy Nearing Ladysmith. Boer Excesses at Dundee. Mafeking Holding Out. London, Oct. 29
Three hundred Boers surrounded and shot the Dundee town guards, who offered no resistance. Several civilians were dragged from their houses and shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest War News. the White Flag. Ladysmith Bombarded. the Boer Advance. London, Monday. the Boers and the Natives
The Doer commandos who were watching the Basutos have gone to the front, believing that the British will prevent a native attack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Fighting Near Kimberley. Brilliant Bayonet Charge. Boers and the White Flags Strong Boer Reinforcements. Defenders Confident
London, October 28, 2 25 p.m.-- There was four hours' fighting on Tuesday at Macfarlane's farm, seven miles from Kimberley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Defence of Kimberley. Fighting at Macfarlane's Farm. Strong Boer Reinforcements. Burial of Major-general Symons. London, Oct. 27
On Tuesday last a successful sortie was made from Kimberley, which is menaced by the Boers under General P. A. Cronje. Two armoured trains containing 500 troops left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Au Revoir. "Our Boys." Off to the War. a Great Send Off. But a Drenching Day. Thousands of Spectators. the Streets Crammed. Scenes by the Way. at the Barracks. Rain and Enthusiasm
ON Saturday at noon the transport Kent received the members of the New South Wales Lancers, who are to make up the full tale of the squadron from England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Boer Outrages Fighting Near Kimberley No Intervention. America’s Intimation. London, Saturday. Boer Outrages
General Joubert occupied Du[?]dee on Monday after bombarding for two days the empty position Three hundred Boers surrounded and shot a number of Dundee town guards, who offered no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Balloon
London, Tuesday.—Upon the British sending up a war balloon in order to discover the disposition of the Boer forces in the neighborhood of Ladysmith, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, Saturday
A force of 18,000 Boers is closing in around Ladysmith. Non-resident civilians have been ordered to leave Ladysmith…
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