The Transvaal War. London, July 19
LORD ROBERTS reports that 1500 Boers, with five guns, broke through the cordon of Hunter and Rundle near Bethlehem, and that Broadwood and Ridley were…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,602 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 53 of 81
The Boer War. Action Near Lindley
The action fought by Colonel Little near Lindley was with 1500 Boers who had broken the British cordon. Colonel Little' casualties were slight. ADDITIONAL TROOPS…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Difficulties of the Medical Service. London, July 23
Dr. W. W. Cheyne, professor of surgery at King's College, London, in a letter to the "Times," condemns the absence of independent transport for the Army Medical Service in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Opening of the Cape Parliament. London, July 21
The Parliament of Cape Colony has been opened. Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor, read the Vice-regal speech, which anticipated the early close of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in China. Denial of the Peking Massacres. Emperor Appeals to France. Date of Allies Advance. London, July 21
In response to the dent and of the United States Government, Wou Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, on July 11 despatched a cypher message from Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chinese Crisis. the Peking Massacres. War on the Manchurian Frontier. Chinese Defeated at Aigun. Looting at Tientsin. London, July 23
Responsible Chinese officials admit that it is possible to communicate with Peking in three days. The officials of the telegraph office are threatened with death if they make any disclosures regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Tragedy near G[?]gandra Three Persons Murdered Three Others Dangerously Wounded
SUPERINTENDENT SANDERSON, of Bathurst, telegraphed on Saturday morning the following information to the headquarters of the police department at Sydney regarding a horrible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. Good Work of the N.S.W. Field Hospital. Wounded Australians. Battle of Oliphantsnek. Fighting in Orange River Colony. Boers Capture 100 HIGHLANDERS. July 23
DR. CHEYNE declares that the New South Wales Field Hospital has done at the greatest amount of good work in the campaign, and that the medical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China. Telegraph Officials Threatened. Looting at Tientsin. the War in Manchuria. the Pekin Massacres. Japan and China
RESPONSIBLE Chinese officials admit that it is possible to communicate with Pekin in three days. Officials of the telegraphs office are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman and Child Killed. Another Woman Wounded. Merriwa
A tragedy occurred near here to-day about 11 a.m. at the residence of Mr. Michael O'Brien, selector, at Poggy, about 18 miles from Merriwa. Mrs, O'Brien and a woman named Mrs. Theophilus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Boers Expelled From the Mountains. London, July 24
Lieutenant-General hg. M. Rundle, after engaging the Roses for seven hours, expelled them from the mountains around Rooikrantz, where they were holding a strong position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. In[?]full Retreat. Khaki-clad Boers. a Warm Skirmish
The Boers under ex-President Steyn and the two De Wets crossed the railway line south of Serfontein (six miles north of Honingspruit) on Saturday night. They are trying to join another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in China. the Peking Massacres. Official Announcements. London, July 23
All the Governors of China's provinces and the Chinese Ambassadors to the Powers announce the receipt of the same news, namely:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Battle Near Rustenburg. the Treatment of Rebels. Highlanders Captured. London, July 24
Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen on Saturday completely dispersed the Boersat Oliphantsnek, seven miles south-west of Rustenburg. Lord Methuen inflicted severe loss on the enemy…
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LORD METHUEN on Saturday completely dispersed the Boers at Oliphantsne[?]. Major General Broadwood had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, July 21
THE Parliament of Cape Colony has been opened. Sir Alfred Milner read the Vice-regal speech which anticipated the early close of the war. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Stiff Action at Rietvlel London, July, 21
The attack made by the Boers on Lieutenant-General Polo Carew's division was at Ristvlei, near Pretoria, and was a stiff action…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in South Africa. Success by Lieut.-general Rundle. Pursuit of the Boers. Mrs. Kruger. a General Advance. Bushmen's Victory
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR H. M. RUNDLE, after engaging the Boers for seven hours, expelled them from the mountain around Rooikrantz, where they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Estimates
In Committee of Supply in the House of Commons last night Supplementary Estimates on account of the war in South Africa and of the war in China, amounting to £11,500,000, were submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Cape Politics
Sir Gordon Sprigg's new Ministry at the Cape has a very small working majority. During an incidental division in connection with the High Treason Bill, which the…
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