Soldier's Uniforms-
The number of soldiers slain in battle depends a great deal on the colour of their uniforms. The more flashy and conspicuous…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
476 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 24
The Transvaal War. Buller to Have 100,000 Men. General Joubert Killed. Relief of Ladysmith. Bombardment of Mafeking. London, Nov. 15
DESPITE a warning, the Boers on the 31st October persistently shelled the hospital on the women's langer at Mafeking An additional infantry division of 11,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. General Joubert Killed. in Action at Ladysmith. Relief of Ladysmith. Free State Troops Reported Returning Home. Boer Repulse at Mafeking. London, Nov. 16
THE Natal Times publishes a telegram from Delagoa Bay to the effect that General Joubert, the Commander-in-Chief, was killed in action before Ladysmith on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War London
A telegram to the Natal Time states that General Joubert has been killed in the action on 9th instant., The London STANDARD has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Off to the War
THE last of the New South Wales contingent for the Transvaal war left Newcastle last Tuesday, amidst great enthusiasm and loud cheering. Why…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. LONDON, Tuesday, the Position at Ladysmith
THE bombardment of Ladysmith by the Bo[?] ar[?] is increasing in Incondite. General Junket hopes by this means to parade commandos is attempt an assault on the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post )
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me through the medium of your valuable paper to contradict remarks written by Miss Flora Nicholls, of Auckland, N.Z. Being an Englishman myself, and in justice to all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Crushing Defeat of the Enemy. the British at Estcourt. a British Force Ambushed. Bravery by a War Correspondent. London, Nov. 17. a British Troops at Estcourt
The British force at Estcourt is short of artillery. The Boers are nearer Estcourt. They hope to be able to out railway communication further south. A BRITISH, DETACHMENT OUTNUMBERED…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traveller. Soldiering in India
Through the writings of Rudyard Kipling there has been of late more than usual interest taken in the life and doings of our soldiers of that great empire, British India…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Alhambra Demonstration. a Lancer' Sings “Soldiers of the Que[?]n
A Pyrmont resident sends the EVENING News the following extract from a London paper, which be says, was forwarded to him from London by one of the Lanoers:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. the War. Joubert Reported Alive. Boer Defeat. the Disaster at Chievely. Natal Dutchmen. Column Near Kimberley. Explosion Near Ladysmith. London, Friday. General Joubert Alive
Indirect evidence has been received that General Joubert is alive, but possibly wounded. A BOER DEFEAT…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Boers Leaving Mafeking. British at Estcourt. Death of General Joubert. Firing on a Hospital. the Capitulation at Nickolson's Nek. Relief of Ladysmith. London, Thursday Afternoon
There are now nearly 10,000 British troops at Estcourt, under the command of Major-General H. J. G. Hildyard. It is anticipated that an early movement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Commandant-general Joubert Killed in Action
LONDON, Thursday.—A telegram to the Times of Natal, received by way of Delagoa Bay (Lorenzo Marques), states that the Boer Commandant-General, Piet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War and Wheat
The war fever has supplied tho needful stiffening to markets to keep wheat moving, and it is impossible for millers to procure supplies of native growth at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Attack on an Armoured Train. Fifty Men Missing. Crushing Defeat of Boers. Joubert Alive. British Advance to Be Resisted Boers at Estcourt. London, Nov. 17
THE British force at Estcourt is short of artillery. The Boers are nearer Eatcourt. They hope to be able to out railway communication…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Relief Fund
The "Daily Telegraph" Shilling Fund towards the relief of the widows and orphans of the soldiers killed in battle amounts to £45,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the War Bath
THINGS political, social, and otherwise require waking up a bit in Yass. Everything is almost as "Dead as Julius Cæsar," and if a Lyddite shell drops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capture of a War Correspondent
Reuter's agency states that Mr. Winston Churchill, the Morning Post war correspondent, who accompanied the British force on the armoured train which was attacked and wrecked between Colense…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Fighting South of Ladysmith. Crushing Defeat of the Enemy. London, Nov. 16
Several war correspondents have repeated the report that General Joubert, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, was killed on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London, Sunday Afternoon. Lord Methuen at Orange River. a British Capture. a Boer Device
The Boer forces, which are laying siege to the town of Kimberley, wear kharki uniforms, and are thus hard to distinguish from the surrounding country or the British…
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