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,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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