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

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Boer War. Capture of Clothing. Spies in Pretoria. Greasing the Railway Inclines Lord Roberts's Precautions. a Serious Loss

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 4

In the recent attacks on the railways Commandant de Wet captured and burnt the winter clothing of the first division of the British Army…

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War Cinematograph

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

THE attention of our readies is directed to our advertising columns, in which appears an announcement of the visit to Yass of Ford’s Cinematograph. The…

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War News. in China

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

The causalities sustained by the Pekin expedition were 62 men killed and 228 wounded. The latest report received by the Imperial…

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War in South Africa. Continued Crushing Movement. Condition of Hospitals. Fighting in Orange River Colony. London, June 29

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 4

THE combined movement by the British to crush Commandant do Wet, now raiding in the northern portion of the Orange River colony, has…

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The War Fever. —Trouble in China, and Suggested Australian Contingents. — Reasons Why the Suggestion Should Not Be Sanctioned by Our Parliament

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

WE notice that there is some idea here of offering a contingent for service in China. The government of New Zealand have, it is said, already made…

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The War in China

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

The Boxers are attacking the Russian railway (the Chinese-Eastern line) in Manchuria. Fire in New York.—Eighty People…

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The War in China. Colonial Offers

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

A LARGE number of volunteers are coming forward offering their services in connection with any troops from Now South Wales which may go to China. Both the Premier (Sir William Lyne) and Mr. See…

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The Transvaal War. London June. 27

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

The decoration of the Victoria Cross has been bestowed on Major E, J. Phipps Honby, Sergeant Parker, Gunner Lodge, and Driver Glasscock, all of Q Battery,…

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The War in China. Colonial Offers of Help

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

SIR. W. J. LYNE, the Premier, speaking at a military church parade held at Chatswood Park on Sunday, said the soldiers of the colony had done their duty in assisting British arms in South Africa,…

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Boer War. the Enveloping Movement. London, Sunday Afternoon

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

The enveloping movement in the Orange River Colony is proceeding apace, the latest addition to the ranks of the British leaders engaged in the movement being…

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The Boer War. Condition of the Hospitals. Boers Still Raiding. British Recapture Lindley. London, June 29

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

Mr. Julian Ralph, the war correspondent, strongly supports the charges made by Mr. W. A. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., as to the condition of hospitals in South Africa…

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The Boer War. Hunter in the Orange River Colony. London, June 30, 10.45 a.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

Field Marshal Lord Roberts reports that General Hunter is advancing on Frankfort, about 40 miles north-east of Kroonstad and 20 miles south-west of…

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War in South Africa. Operations in Orange River Colony

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 4

MAJOR-GENERAL CLEMENTS has seized and burned the Boer camp near Lindley. Two men were killed and thirteen wounded…

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The Boer War. at Pretoria.the Military Hospital.in Orange Biter Colony. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 2

A flying column of 800 men under Colonel Grenfell. which was proceeding towards Roinburg in the Orange river Colony, encoun[?]ered a strong force of Boers with artillery a few miles west of…

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Exhibition of War Pictures

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

THE exhibition of War Pictures by the Rev. S. M. McDade attracted a good attendance on Monday night, and the entertainment offered was greatly appreciated…

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War News. in China

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

THE British casualties at Tien-tain were four killed and fifty wounded, including six officers. The latest information from China…

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Boer War. Boer Camp Destroyed. London, July 2

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

Major-General R. A. P. Clements has seized and burned the Boor camp near Lindley. In the action he lost two men killed and 13 wounded…

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The Transvaal War. Enveloping the Raiders. Scarcity of Provisions at Pretoria. London, July 4

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

Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter and Major-General Macdonald are at Frankfort. Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery is at Greylingstad. Lieutenant General Lord…

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The China Trouble. War Not to Be Declared. Grave Position at Pekin. London, Tuesday Afternoon

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

The ambassadors at Berlin have conferred with Count von Bulow, German Minister for foreign Affairs, and agreed not to declare war against China, but rather to consider the present as a…

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The War in China. Rebellion in Peking. German Ambassador Murdered. Massacre of Foreigners. Destruction of Legations. London, July 2

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

MR. L. C. HOPKINS, the British Consul at Chefu, has telegraphed to the Foreign Office that the Chinese troops at Peking on June 18 murdered Herr von Ketteler, the German Minister, while proceeding…

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