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

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Transvaal War. To the Editor Yass Tribune

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2

SIR,— He’s an absent-minded beggar, it seems so very plain. Or grab and greed would have a job…

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The War. Fighting at Wepener. Springfontein in Danger. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

The Boer attack on the British position at Wepener, where Colonel Dalgetty is in command of the British troops, was continued throughout Monday…

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The Latest. the War. a General Rising Intended. Losses at Wepener. Gatacre Returning to England. London, Wednesday. Plans of the Enemy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2

CORRESPONDENCE between President Steyn and Mr. Fischer which has been discovered at Bloemfontein shows that as soon as Ladysmith should have fallen a general…

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The Transvaal War. Affairs at Mafeking. a Concealed Mine. Message From Lord Roberts. Wepener Isolated. Boers Still in Force. London, April 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

Colonel Baden-Powell on April 1 reported Mafeking "safe and cheerful. Colonel Baden-Powell also reports "On March 23 the enemy abandoned its advanced…

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The Transvaal War. Mr. Fischer's Peace Mission. Acceptable Terms or a Truce. Difficulties of the March to Pretoria. Lod Methuen Advancing on the Transvaal. Reinforcing Lord Roberts. London, April 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2

Mr. A. Fischer, of the Orange Free State, has arrived at Naples from Delagon Bay. In the course of an interview Mr. Fischer said that he would ask for acceptable terms…

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War Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 1

The artillery experiments at Poona and Sikandarabad show, says the Calcutta correspondent of the London Times, that the 15-pounder field guns…

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The War in South Africa

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

SAVAGES are accustomed to hold cunning and craft in as high estimation as courage. The game of war has to be played under very similar conditions,…

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Latest War News. London, April 11

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

Colonel Plumer was within six miles of Mafeking on March 31st, but was cuthumbered by the enemy, and compelled to retire, with the loss of [?]…

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The War. a British Force Captured. London, April 7

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 3

It is officially introduced that [?] Wednesday, a strong Boer force surrounded three companies of the Royal Irish Rifles and two companies of the…

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The War. Mafeking. Mining and Counter Mining. a Boer Move

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

London, April 10.--Matching was safe and cheerful on April 1. The enemy on March 23 abandoned the advanced trench to the eastward…

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The War. the Battle of Spion Kop. How the Summit Was Reached

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 1

An account of the brilliant movement conducted by Sir Charles Warren, with the able assistance of Colonel Thorneycroft, and resulting in the…

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More Soldiers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 4

ORDERS have been issued for the embodiment of Royal Reserve Regiments of Dragoon Guards, and of Dragoons, Hussars, and…

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War in South Africa. Peace Mission. Lord Methuen's Advance. Enemy Recieve New Guns. Entrenching Bloemfontein. Investment of Wepener. General Gatacre Recalled. Other Changes. London, April 11

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 4

Mr. A. Fischer, of the Orange Free State has arrived at Naples from Delagoa Bay. He said that he would ask for acceptable terms of peace, or…

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The Latest. the War. the Terms of Peace. Buller in Praise of the Soldiers. Australian Meat. London, Friday Afternoon. the Boers' Terms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2

DR. LEYDS, the Transvaal Plenipotientiary, met the Boer delegates at Milan and opened their sealed instructions. German journals state that Messrs. Asher and Fischer, the…

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Telegrams. the War. Italy Will Not Interfere. the Boer Army. British Casualties. London, Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

The Government of Italy has officially assured the members of the Boer Peace Commission that Italy would not interfere in the present South African war unless…

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The Transvaal War. Entrenching Bloemfontein. Investment of Wepener. Changes in Commands. Treatment of Rebels. London, April 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

Lord Roberts is entrenching Bloemfontein. This is interpreted to mean that a large British force will soon be liberated for the march northwards…

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The Transvaal War. the Campaign in Natal. the Projected Advance. Landing Troops at Beira. Sir Alfred Milner's Speech. London, April 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2

The Boers on Sunday's River, north-west of Elandslaagte, under General Louis Botha, the Commander-in-Chief, have tried to isolate Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery…

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The Goers and the Wounded. Chaplains Official Report

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 4

THE following is reprinted from the DAILY NEWS of February 28, having been sent through Laffan’s Agency:— General Buller’s Headquarters,…

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The War. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 3

The siege of Wepener continues. During the four days fighting the British lost 18 killed, 132 wounded. The Boers are fatigued and despondent and fear that they will be…

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The War. Wepener Besieged. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 2

Thousands of Boers, which eight [?] “ pom-poms, ” and [?] Maxims, have [?] Lieutenant-Colonel Dalgety at [?] making a gallant resistance…

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