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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 56 of 81

The Latest. the Boer War. More Surrenders. Baden-powell Hard Pressed. London, Friday Afternoon. Attack Repulsed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

Commandant Leibeberg on the 31st sent, under a flag of truce, demanding the surrender of Major-General Smith-Dorrien's force near Frederickstad, and threatening,…

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The War in China. Situation at Peking. Legations Wrecked with Shot and Shell. Immediate Advance on Peking. London, Aug. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 4

In a description of the situation in Peking published in the Times, Dr. Morrison, the journal's correspondent, writing under date of July 21, describes the unwavering…

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War News. in China

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 6 August 1900 · page 2

THE latest indications regarding the position at Pekin point to the possibility of some of the Ministers being saved, A message in the Japanese cypher,…

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War in South Africa. Further Surrender

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 August 1900 · page 4

General Louis Botha, the Boor commander-in-chief, has asked the British to put him in a position to obtain confirmation of the news of the surrender…

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The Boer War. a Boer Defeat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 2

So called disinfectants landed at Delagoa proved to be destined for the manufacture of explosives for the Boers. Colonel Gough with 500 mounted infantry…

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The Transvaal War. London, August 1

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 2

THE enemy removed the rails on the line near Frederickstad, from which place Lord Methuen is advancing on Potchefstroom…

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The War in China. Complicity of the Viceroys

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

Captain Wingate, of the British-Chinese regiment, has discovered in the Imperial offices at Pekin a paper proving the complicity of the Viceroys with the Boxers…

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Boer War. Explosive Bullets. Olivier Will Not Surrender. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

Seventeen prisoners taken by Major-General Hamilton at Megaliesburg had soft-nosed bullets in their possession. They declared that they received only that…

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The Transvaal War. 3348 Boers Capitulate. Enemy Active at Honing Spruit. London, Aug. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

Altogether 3348 Boers have now surrendered to Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter, together with 3046 horses and 3 guns…

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The Transvaal War. Reconnaissance by General French. Boers' Stubborn Resistance. Pretoria Residents Banished. London, Aug. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 2

Lieutenant-General French, whose right flank was reported on Saturday to be resting on the Komatie River, near Middelburg, has made a reconnaissance 30 miles to the north-east of Middelburg…

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Return of Invalided Soldiers

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. Harry Tonkin, son of Mr. F. H. Tonkin, of Yass, who is returning home from Africa, after having suffered from a very severe attack of enteric fever,…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 1.30 p.m. Invalided Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

ANOTHER detachment of invalided soldiers landed to-day, and were received in the same way as the others. The men were addressed by Major-General French at the…

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War in South Africa. the Fight Near Megaliesberg. British Prisoners Badly Treated. London, Aug. 6

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 4

Commandant Delarey opposed Lieut.-General Ian Hamilton's march to Rustenburg, in the Megaliesberg. He made a stubborn attempt to hold…

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Boer War. Garrison Relieved. Attempts to Destroy the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 4

Lord Roberta reports that there are indications that Lieut.-General Carrington has relieved the garrison at Elands River on his way to Rustenberg where Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell is…

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The War in China. Advance on Peking. a Severe Engagement. London, Aug. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 4

The forces of the Allies commenced their advance on Peking on Saturday. The Japanese discovered that large forces of Chinese cavalry and infantry were to the…

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The Transvaal War. Enemy Reoccupy Springs. Infamous Treatment of British Prisoners. London, Aug. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 4

The Boers have reoccupied Springs, and threaten to destroy the valuable coal mines which it serves. [Springs is the terminus of a branch railway line, and is situated about 20 miles east of the main line,…

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The Transvaal War. British Advance From Middelburg. General Hamilton at Rustenburg. London, Aug. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 2

A BRITISH column from Middelburg and another from the south are slowly advancing on Machadodorp, 61 miles to the east. The Boers are making only a feeble resistance…

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Our Returning Soldiers

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Mechanics’ Institute on Monday night, to consider the best means of entertaining the returning volunteers who went from…

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Returned From the War

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. Harry Tonkin got a grand reception yesterday He was met at the Junction and driven home…

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The Transvaal War. London, August 6

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 2

GENERAL FRENCH. whose right flank was reported on Saturday to be resting on the Komatie River, near Middelburg, has made a reconajesdnce…

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