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

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The War. at Karree Kopjes. Actual British Losses. Next Battlefield. Threat to Bombard Bloemfontein. London, Sunday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 4

Fuller information which has arrived with regard to the battle of Karree Kopjes states that the British forces which took part numbered 10,000 men and 42 guns, while…

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The Transvaal War. Battle of Karee. Gallant Frontal and Flank Attacks. New South Wales Troops Participate. a Feigned Movement. London, March 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 4

Lord Roberts has sent the following despatch to the War Office: "On Friday, owing to the enemy's activity in our immediate front, and the hostility they displayed towards…

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The Transvaal War the Battle of Karee. Colonials in the Charge. Almost Impregnable Trenches Captured. British Force Ambushed. Boers' New Commander-in-chief. London, April 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

Commandant Sinuts was in charge of the Boer forces, largely composed of Johannesburg police, at Karee. The defeat of the Boers is ascribable to the…

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The War. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

Upon learning of the approach of a large Boer commando, Colonel Broadwood’s force fell back from Thabauchu on Saturday morning at Bloemfontein Waterworks. The…

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A Young Volunteer at the Seat of War. a Letter From Private Huffman

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

MR. MARTIN HOFFMAN bas received a letter dated Arundel, February 19, from his son, Private Hoffman, who left with the New South Wales contingent in the Aberdeen. Although, as stated,…

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War in South Africa. Battle of Karee. How the Boers Were Defeated. Louis Botha the New General. Doorn Spruit Ambush. British Surrounded by Invisible Foes. Seven Guns Lost. New Zealanders Suffer Severely. Guns Recaptured. London, April 2

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 4

COMMANDANT SINUTS was in charge of the Boer force, largely composed of Johannesburg police, at Karee. The defeat of the Boers is ascribable…

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The Transvaal War. Engagemenet at Karee Kopjes

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 2

The New South Wales Rifles rushed a Boer position at Karree Kopjes, turning the enemy’s left. The Boers abandoned almost impregnable…

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The War. Bushmen for Rhodesia. Message to Mafeking. the Ambush. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 4

The Bushmen's Corps, a portion of which under Lieut.-Colonel Airey has already arrived at Capetown in the steamer Atlantian, will proceed to Rhodesia via Beira, in…

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The Transvaal War. the Doorn Spruit Ambush. One Gun Gallantly Rescued. New Zealanders Suffer Severely. Colonel Broadwood's Heroic Defence. London, April 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 4

LORD ROBERTS explains that when the enemy came up with Colonel Broadwood's force at the Bloemfontein Waterworks the commando commenced shelling the British from three sides. Colonel…

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The Transvaal War. the Koorn Spruit Ambush. How the British Were Decoyed. Fifteen Thousand Boers in Action. British Communications Threatened. London, April 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 2

LORD ROBERTS attributes the delay in the reception of details of toe Koorn Spruit ambush to interruption on the telegraph wires and to the signalling being delayed owing to the cloudy nature of the…

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Latest War News. London, April 5

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 3

General Galacre is co-operating with the British force at Bloemfontein, and protecting the lines round the eastward of the town adapted to Boer…

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The War. the Battle of Karee. London, March 31

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts has sent the following despatch to the War Office:—"On Friday, owing to the enemy's activity in our immediate front, and the hostility they…

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The War. Bombardment of General Cronje. a Terrible Artillery Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 1

The London Daily Telegraph of February 23 has the following:— "Throughout yesterday there was the keenest anxiety to ascertain the…

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War in South Africa. the Ambush at Koorn Spruit. the British Decoyed. 15,000 Boers in Action. Explosive Bullets Used. Demand for Annexation. Late General Joubert. Prisoners Go to St. Helena. London, April 4

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 4

LORD ROBERTS attributes the delay in the reception of details of the Koorn Spruit ambush to interruption on the telegraph wires and to the signalling…

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About the War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 1

LAST Monday night some excellent lime-light pictures of the Transvaal war were shown in Murrumburrah by Miss Hilda Temple and Mr Montague…

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The War. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

Gatae[?]re is co-operating with British force at Bloom fountain and protecting the lines found eastward of the town adapted to the Boer tactics…

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Stories From the Seat of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 5

A Soldier Who Ran Away: A correspondent describing the Battle of Colenso writes: "A man of the Dublins (he had been one of the first up the hill at Elandslaagte, and his was…

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The War. Fate of Mafeking. Boers Breaking Camp. Heroic Fusiliers. London, Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 4

Colonel Baden-Powell reported Mafeking "All well" on Tuesday, the 27th March. The investing Boers are breaking up their main laager to the west of the beleaguered…

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The War. the Ambushed Convoy Mafeking. Officers Escape From. Pretoria. the Bushmen’s Contingent.the Ambush. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts explains that the-enemy occupied. Bloemfontein Waterworks, and commenced shelling the British-from three sides. Colonel Broadwood sent the cavalry with two batteries,…

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The Transvaal War. Prisoners for St. Helena. Boers at Bushmen's Kop. Commandant Pretorius Again Fighting. Ill-treatment of Surrendered Burghers. London, April 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 4

Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre is at Springfontein, and is co-operating with the British forces at Bloemfontein in protecting the lines…

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