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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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The War. Reinforcements at the Cape. the Captured Guns. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 2

THE second battalion of the Duke of Cam. bridge's Own Middlesex Regiment (77th) and the second battalion of the Royal Lancaster Regiment (4th) have arrived at…

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The War. New Zealanders in Action. Friction in the Boer Camp. British Artillery. London, Tuesday Afternoon. New Zealanders in Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 4

News has been received that the men of the Few Zealand contingent, commanded by Major A. W. Robin, who are attached to Major-General J. D. P. French's column, now operating in North Cape…

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The Transvaal War. Ladysmith Able to Hold Out. Boers Reinforced by Cape Dutch. General Joubert Again at the Front. Six Months' Provisions at Kimberley. the Rebellion in Cape Colony. London, Dec. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 2

A heliograph signal has been received at Chieveley from Ladysmith, intimating that the garrison can hold out indefinitely. The British casualties as the result of the sortie…

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The War

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

THERE is no occasion to feel anxious because tho subjugation of the Boers is proving a tougher job than sanguine critics imagined at the outset that it…

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The Transvaal War. London, Dec.21

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 4

IN an article on Wednesday the " Times" comments on the extreme gravity of the military situation in South Africa. It states that Lord Methuen is unable to…

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The War. Summary of Events. London, Dec 21

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

It has been ascertained that the Boers posted the Germana, Hollanders, and Irish serving in their army in the most dangerous positions in every…

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Latest News. [By Telegraph.] the Transvaal War. London

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

PRESIDENT KRUGER is suspicious of the presence of spies in the Boer ranks. Members of the Cape Town…

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The War the Relief of Ladysmith. the British Defeat at Tegela River. London, Dec 21

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

Detaile continue to come through [?] the [?] of Tugela. Previous to the engagement the Boers dammed the river, times…

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The Transvaal War. Ladysmith Can Hold Out. Joubert Recovered. Colonial Troops in Action. Boer Position Shelled. Boer Reinforcemens. London, Dec. 27

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 3

A HELIOGRAPH signal has been received at Chieveley from Ladysmith, intimating that the garrison can hold out indefinitely. The British casualties, as the result…

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Stories of This War

The Yass Courier · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

Nothing more has been heard of the threat to shoot six British officers, prisoners at Pretoria, if Nathan Marks, spy, is executed. It has been pointed…

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The War's Bright Side

The Yass Courier · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

A nursing sister in the Ladysmith millitary hospital, in a letter to the Lord Mayor of London, written a day or two after the battle of Elands Laagte,…

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Gain and Loss of War

The Yass Courier · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

THERE is only one topic to-day. It is ! with us morning and 'night. In the churches on Sunday we cannot escape the sound of battle. When the cannon…

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War News. Battle of Graspan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

THE Cape Times of November 28 publishes the following account of the battle of Graspan:— The division left Thomas's farm on Friday…

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The War. Christmas Festivities. Ladysmith's Supplies. Offer From India. Latest From Mafeking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

The soldiers at the front held Christmas festivities. Sports took place at Ladysmith, and 200 children were treated to a Christmas tree…

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The Transvaal War. Reinforcements for General Buller. Cape Colony Quiesoent. London, Dec. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

Most of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren's division of 11,000 men, who lately arrived in batches at Capetown, have arrived in Natal. The force under the command of General Sir…

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The Transvaal War. the Enemy Near the British Camp. Enemy's Guns Unmasked. London, Dec. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

Lieutenant General Sir G. S. White's artillery at Ladysmith on Tuesday shelled Isimbulwana Hill, about five miles south-east of the town, where the Boers were…

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The War. Heat in Ladysmith. the Boers Depressed. Boers Recruiting in America. American Volunteers for the British. London, Friday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

Following upon the recent heavy summer rains which have recently fallen throughout the highlands of Natal a spell of exceptionally warm weather is being experienced. At…

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