A Welcome Home. Trooper Black's Return
HIS follow members of the Murrumburrah-Harden troop of 1st Australian Horse, and the public generally, gave Trooper William Black a very…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,602 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 51 of 81
The Boer War. British Troops Captured. Railway Line Severed. London
The Daily Telegraph announces that the Natal-Transvaal railway line has been repeatedly cut by the Boers between Greylingstad and Standerton, thus necessitating Lieutenant-General Sir C. F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. a Useless Struggle. Bushmen at Rustenburg. London, July 11
ALL the members of ex-President Steyn's Government of the late Orange Free State have surrendered to the British. The ex-members of his Government are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters From the Front. the Australian Horse in a Tight Corner. the Seamy Side of War
Mr. J. F. Heazlett, Jeir, has received another letter from his brother, Private H. Heazlett, of the Australian Horse. From Kroonstad, May 19th, Private Heazlett writes:—I am still in the land of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in China. Position at Peking. Internal Strife Continues. Superiority of the Chinese Guns. London, July 12
Chinese advices state that Li Hung Chang has been urgently summoned from Canton to Peking. Internal strife in the capital continues. Since June 25 nothing has been heard of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. in China
Prince Tuan has directed the Chinese Ambassadors to inform the Powers that he did not participate in the bloodshed at Pekin, and that be did his utmost to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Influence of the War on Australian Character
A CORRESPONDENT writes as follows to the Leisure Hour :— In a former letter I told you with what enthusiasm the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. 200 British Captured. Fight at Nitral's Nek. Further Details. Australian Bushmen. a Dashing Capture. London, July 13
THE Boers have captured at Nitrals Nek, eighteen miles from Protoria, 200 British and two guns. The Kipling Absent-minded Beggar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. London, July 11
ALL the members of ex-President Steyn'e Government of the late Orange Free State have surrendered to the British. The ex-members of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonial War Reserves. Proposal by Major-general French
MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH, Commandant of the New South Wales Defence Forces, has written a letter to "The Times," outlining a scheme for the maintenance of war reserves in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer War. a British Advance. Mr. Schreiner's Proposal. London, Sunday Afternoon
Lord Roberts intends to send the Boer prisoners to Ceylon. The British are advancing through Van Reenan's Pass into the Orange State,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. the Nitrals Nek Mishap. Australlan Bushmen at Work. London, July 14
Information of the surprise of the five squadrons of the Lincolnshire Regiment, the squadron of Scots Greys, and the battery of Horse Artillery at Nitrals Nek, 18…
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In consequence of representations made to him a few days ago, to the effect that invalided New South Wales troopers were not being well cared for at Capetown, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
It is reported that Commandant Christian do Wet has imprisoned ex-President Steyn, who wished to surrender, after his flight with 3000 Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Fighting Near Pretoria. 200 British Killed. Reverse at Nitral’s Nek. London
The Boers have captured at Fitral’s Nek 18 miles from Pretoria, 200 British and two guns. Further particulars have been received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. in China
China has officially declared war against Russia. The report of the massacre of the whole of the foreigners at Pekin has been officially confirmed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. the British Advance
The cavalry and mounted infantry colums commanded by Generals Ian Hamilton, French, and Hickman are forcing the Boers under Commandant-General Louis Botha eastward from the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Bushmen Active
A party of Australian Bushmen on the 13th encountered a party of Boers and punished them. Sergeant Ryan was wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chinese Crisis. Ambassadors Reported Safe. Europe Incredulous. Battle of Tientsin. War Declared Against Russia. London
A despatch dated the 16th, and signed by two of the Viceroys and Shong (Director of Telegraphs), informs Europe that the Ambassadors in Pekin were safe and were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in China. the Peking Massacre. How the Crisis Was Precipitated. Chinese Government Paralysed. Desperate Fighting. London, July 16
Among the Europeans massacred at Peking were:— Sir Claude Macdonald (the British Minister), Lady Macdonald, and two children…
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