A War Story
The eagerness of Reservists to fight their country's battles is amusingly illustrated in the case of a soldier landed at Southampton from the Kildonan Castle, which brought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,602 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 41 of 81
War Correspondents Prisoners
Lord Cecil Manners, representing the Morning Post, and Mr. Donohue, the representative of the Daily Chronicle, have been taken prisoners south of the Rand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. to Pretoria. Heidelberg Occupied. Despatch From Lord Roberts. London, Thursday Afternoon
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has cabled to the War Office as follows:— "Germiston, Wednesday Night. "At the Commandant's request I deferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How a Soldier's Courage Is Tested in Battle
It is a striking fact that what is known at the theatre and music-hall as "stage-fright" has its counterpart too often in a campaign, even with hardened soldiers. The dash and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal War. Pretoria Abandoned. Flight of President Kruger. Boer Garrisons Dismissed. Surrender of Johannesburg. Australian Prisoners Escape. London, May 31
Pretoria has been abandoned by the Boer authorities. President Kruger has gone to Waterval Boven, a station on the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railway, 163 miles east of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. the War. Trying to Destroy the Railway. Capture of Locomotives. Small British Force Surprised. Kruger's Investment. London, Friday Afternoon. Johannesburg-pretoria Line
IRISH Americans made two unsuccessful attempts to destroy the railway between Johannesburg and Pretoria. The Delagoa Bay railway has been re-opened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Lord Roberts at Johannesburg. Disposition of British Forces. Congratulations From the Emperor William. Proclamation to Non-combatants. President Kruger at Middelburg. General Buller Outflanking the Enemy. Defeat of Rebels. London, June 1
On Wednesday Lieutenant-General Hamilton, with the Colonial Mounted Infantry Division, was at Florida, eight miles west of Johannesburg; Lieutenant-General French,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
Lord Roberts’ State entry into Johannesburg took place on Thursday, a number of foreign mercenaries having been previously ordered away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. Zola on War. — Conscription and Voluntary Service. — the Power of the Purse in War.—the Services of Lord Roberts in South Africa
IN an article on War in the North American Review, M. Zola glances at the system of conscription as prevalent on the continent and contrasts it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. Entry Into Johannesburg. Kruger at Middleburg. French's Movements. Boers Retreating Lindley Occupied. June 1
ON Wednesday Lieut.-General Hamilton, with the Colonial Mounted Infantry Division, was at Florida, eight miles west of Johannesburg;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trophies From the War
Melbourne, Monday.—Victoria is to have some of the armament taken from the Boers as relies of the first war in which she took an active part. Sir Alfred Milner has written…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, May 31
THE Boer garrison of the forts round Pretoria have been dismissed. Lord Roberts dispatched a force to Hatherley, 13 miles east of Pretoria. President Kruger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Roberts' Advance. Official Despatch. French Moving Northwards Opposed Throughout
London, June 2, 2.50 p.m.-- Lord Roberts cabled on Thursday morning: "Lieutenant-General French, with the Cavalry Division, on Monday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 2.5 p.m. Invalided Soldiers
THE New Zealand invalided soldiers left for their own land this morning by the Westralia. The Plague…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. "To the Bitter End." Around Pretoria. a Commandant Killed. Escape of a Trooper. London, Monday Afternoon. Continuing the Fight
President Kruger is telegraphing to America that the Boers will fight 'to the bitter end." The British cavalry, last reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. the Battle Near Senekal. Amidst Raging Flames. Boer Generals at Pretoria. Fiery Speeches Reinspire the Burghers. Surrender of Johannesburg. London, June 4
Sir H. M. Rundle on May 29 attacked the Boers in a strong position six miles from Senekal. As the shellfire from the British guns failed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Lieutenant-general French's March. Driving the Boers From Strong Positions. Enemy Demoralised and Exhausted. Panic in Pretoria. Preparations to Resist the British. London, June 2
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts cabled on Thursday morning from Germiston:— "Lieutenant-General French, with the Cavalry Division, was opposed througout the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London
The wildest confusion and panic prevails in Pretoria. There is a general collapse in the Government of ail functions since the stampede. The officials and foreign attaches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Money Spent on the War
UP to the end of March Great Britain spent on the war, roughly, the sum of £114,000,000. A writer in the Home Magazine has been making a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The war. News From Johannesburg. London
Lord Roberts cabled on Thursday morning “Lieutenant General French, with the Cavalry Division, on Monday and Tuesday, opposed throughout the march drove the Boers from…
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