The Transvaal War. New Plan of Campaign. the Free State to Be Invaded. Colonials at the Front. an Important Share in the Operations. the Spion Kop Incident. Buller's Column Exasperated. London, Feb. 1
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 4
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, intends to assign the Colonial troops an important share in the military operations, preparatory to an…
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Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 2
The British doctors report that there was awful artillery carnage at Spion Kop, which they describe as a real shell trap. The reason of the withdrawal from Spion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Those Who Die in War. a Noble Utterance
Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 2
ON the general subject of war relief for widows, orphans, etc., a correspondent. “H. Br.,” wrote to the Pall Mall Gazette from Eton as follows :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. British Forces in South Africa. Heavy Reinforcements. General Buller's Advance. Victoria Crosses. Reinforcements for Lord Methuen
Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 4
THE number of men missing in connection with the Spion Kop reverse is now estimated at 215, chiefly from the Lancashire Fusiliers…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4
The Times announces that Supplementary Army Estimates are to be brought down making provision for £20,000,000 to cover the military operations in South Africa until…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4
There is an entire absence of news from the seat of war in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Buller's Advance. Continental Opinion. London, Monday. for Ladysmith
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 3
The Natal Commander-in Chief, General Sir Redvers Buller, is preparing an immense convoy of stores for Ladysmith. TO THE FRONT…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Boer Casualties at Tugela. the Enemy Despondent. London, Sunday Afternoon
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4
Native deserters report that in the recent fighting near the Tugela River five field cornets were killed, and the casualties on the Boer side numbered 1000. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Yass Boy to the Front. News From the Seat of War
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2
THE following very interesting letter has been received by Mr. John Grogan, a local resident, from Private W. Murphy, a popular member of the Australian…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2
By the English mail to hand we received a copy of a circular letter issued by Cardidal Vauhan to the Roman Catholic clergy of England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. General Buller's Advance. a Fresh Movement Begun. Scarcity of News From the Seat of War. Lord Roberts Conferring. Heavy Reinforcements for Lord Methuen. Mafeking Resolves to Hold Out. London, Feb. 3
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4
THE correspondent of the Morning Leader affirms that General Sir Revers Buller has begun a fresh movement with the intention of turning the Boer positions at Onderbrook,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. General Buller's Movements. Position of the Forces Indefinite. All to Be Staked on the Battle. Boers Massing Near Ladysmith. London, Feb. 5
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2
Definite statements have reached Durban to the effect that General Sir Redvers Buller's column has crossed the Tugela. Some accounts allege that the forces have gone…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 4
ESTCOURT is 145 miles distant from Durban. This town is the market town and contra of Wcenen county. Its buildings are strong and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. Sir Redvers Buller's Movements. News From Ladysmith. Raids in Zululand. Attempt to Seize Norval's Pont. London, Feb. 5
Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 4
DEFINITE statements have reached Durban to the effect that Sir Redvers Buller's column has crossed the Tugela…
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Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2
It is definitely stated at Durban that General Buller has crossed the Tugela, either in the direction of Acton Holmes, or east of Potgicters…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 4
MOLONG, Tuesday.—News reached here to-day of a fatal stabbing affray at Cumnook, about 17 miles from Molong. It appears that a heated argument was in progress in an hotel bar concerning the Boers…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2
The Maharajah of Jaipur has given a donation of a lakh of rupees (£10,000) to the War Fund initiated in India…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is the War a Just One. Resolutions of the Durban Church Council
Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 4
IN view of the circumstance that in certain quarters it has teen stated that the war in South Africa, so far as England is concerned, is an unjust one, it is an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Roberts to the Front. Boer Movements. London, Wednesday. General Buller's Advance Confirmed
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2
General Buller's crossing of the Tugela has been officially confirmed. He holds a good position, and his forces are advancing to the relief of Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Seizure of Strategic Positions. Lord Roberts and the Colonials. London, Feb. 7
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2
The Standard states that Major-General Hector MacDonald's Highland Brigade, with a field battery, and the Ninth Lancers occupied kopjes and a dam to the north-west of Spytfontein, with scarcely…
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