Late War News. London, July 18
President Kruger has been greatly discouraged by the surrender of Rustenburg, in the Western Transvaal General Louis Botha, the Boer…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,602 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 52 of 81
Local & General News. the War News
THE news that war has been declared between China and Russia will no doubt startle the world, for there is no saying where it will end or what powers will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, July 15
THE enemy who surprised Nitral's Nek numbered 2000, with four guns and were under Commandant De La Rey. The Soots Greys and the gunners lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Work of the Bushmen
Lord Roberts sent troops to dislodge the Boers who occupied the kopjes to the north and north-west of Pretoria. The kopjes were evacuated without a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Declaration of War! China and Russia. London
The startling news arrived that China had officially declared war against Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Two Hundred British Captured. London, July 13
The Boers have captured at Nitral's Nek. 18 miles from Pretoria, 200 British and two guns Father partionlars have been received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. Boers Escape. Kruger Discouraged. Australian Bushmen. London, June 17
LORD ROBERTS sent troops to dislodge the Boors who occupied kopjes to the north and north-west of Pretoria. The kopjes were evacuated without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News. [By Telegraph.] China. Fate of Ambassadors Uncertain. Officials Deny the Massacre. China Declares War Against Russia. London
THE fate of the Foreign Ambassadors at Pekin is still uncertain. The Viceroys at Nanking and Wachung and their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China. a Commander-in-chief. Pekin Massacres. Report Denied by Viceroys. War Against Russia. the Fight for Tientsin. Shanghai Threatened. 1,000 000 Chinese Troops
Mr. St. John Brodrick stated in the House of Commons on Monday that the Powers were taking concerted action with a view to the appointment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Officially Declared
It was the Chinese leader, General Tzuen, who at Hailar, in. Mongolia, near the Manchurian frontier, officially declared war against the Russians in Manchuria…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War British Cordon Broken. London, July 19
Lord Roberts reports that 1500 Boers, with five guns, broke through the cordon of Lieutenant. General Sir A. Rundle and Lieutenant-General Sir H.M. Rundle near Bethlebem, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Latest. Horrible Tragedy Near Mudgee. Three Persons Killed. Three Others Dangerously Wounded. Outrage by Aboriginals. Sydney
It is stated that the Premier has received a telegram that some aboriginals have murdered three white women beyond Mudgee. No particulars are available…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Cape High Treason Bill. London, July 19
THE bill relating to high treason, introduced into the Capo Colony House of Assembly by the Premier, Sir, J. Gordon Sprigg, provides for the creation of a special court, consisting of two Judges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in China. Conflicting Reports. the Army at Tientsin. the Russian Impression. London
Advices have been received from Chee-Foo to the effect that Nishii, the Japanese Minister at Pekin, writing under date June 29th, stated that the Chinese soldiers were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chinese Crisis. the Battle of Tientsin. War Preparations by China. Destroying Warehouses. London, July 19. the Battle of Tientsin
Further details of the battle of Tientsin state that most of the Chinese guns having been silenced, a force of 1500 Russians with smaller German and French contingents assaulted the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Tragedy Near Gilgandra. Four Persons Killed and Two Wounded
A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted at Breelong about ten miles from Gilgandra on Friday night. On reaching home on Saturday morning Mr. Mawbey, a well-to-do farmer, found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. in China
BEFORE leaving Centon, Li Hung Chang promised that the tranquility of of Southern China would be preserved, Li Hung Chang has expressed a hope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. High Treason Bill. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Action Near Lindley
THE bill relating to high treason, introduced into Cape Colony Assembly by the premier, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, provides for the creation of a special…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China. Reported Safety of Foreigners. Compensation for Lives and Property. Denial of the Massacres. War in Siberia
LIHUNG CHANG states that he has had definite news from Peking to the effect that all the ministers of the powers, except Baron von Ketteler, and all the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dogs and War
DOGS play a not unimportant part in the military system of Germany. The idea originated in the fertile brain of Herr von…
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