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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Boer War. the British Capture Lydenburg. London

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts reports that on Tuesday last General Tan Hamilton, who was i sent to assist. General Buller, was on the Lydebure road…

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The Transvaal War. British Occupy Lydenburg. London, Sept. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 4

General Sir Redvers Buller has engaged the left flank of General Botha near Lydenburg. Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton, who is…

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Boer War. Theron's Scouts Routed. Wakkerstroom Occupied. London, Sunday, Noon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 4

The incessant attempts which have been made by the enemy to derail trains and dynamite the railway lines near Johannesburg have been promptly punished…

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The Transvaal War. General Botha at Spitzkop. President Kruger. London, Sept. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

General Sir Redvers Buller advancing from Lydenburg yesterday crossed Mauchberg, which is 10 miles east by south of Lydenburg, and his guns fired on the enemy…

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Wounded Horses on the Battlefield

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 4

THE Rev. F. Lawrence, hon. secretary of the Church Society for the Promotion of kindness to animals, was received at the Elysee Palace on 31st…

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War in South Africa. the British Advance. the Fight at Spitzkop. Enemy Dislodged. London, Sept. 10

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 4

GENERAL BULLER, advancing from Lydenburg, yesterday crossed Mauchberg, which is ten miles east by south of Lydenburg, and his guns fired on…

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War News. in China

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 1

The Parisian journal, La Debate, declares that Russia has designs of entering Pekin alone. The Emeror of China has authorised…

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The Transvaal War. Fighting Near Lydenburg. Boers Routed. Dalgety in a Corner. London, Sept, 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 2

LORD ROBERTS, who is now at Pretoria, reports that the road towards the position captured by General Buller on Saturday followed a spur, and was m s I exposed…

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The Transvaal War. Fighting in the Spitzkop-road. Mr. Kruger Urged to Surrender. London, Sept. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 4

The resistance by the enemy to General Sir Redvers Buller at Lydenburg was so feeble that General Botha taunted the Boers with being cowards, because they abandoned…

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The Cost of War

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 1

SOME idea of the cost of the South African war may be derived from the amount of war material sent out. It appears from an article in the…

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The Transvaal War. London, Sept. 10

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

NATIVES report that Kruger is collecting the arms of tho Boers with a view of surrendering. Correspondence which has been seized…

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War in South Africa. Guerilla War Declared. Lord Roberts's Report. Kruger's Flight. Treatment of Prisoners. London, September 12

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 4

Lieut.—General French is now near Barberton. The Boer leaders admit that their last army has been broken; and they…

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Richard Brice, Adventurer. Adventurer. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Iii. Contraband of War. Part1.—how We Stole a March on the Enemy. (Continued.)

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 6

THE Aunette proceeded noiselessly on her way. Coated as she was with a dull green paint, she was almost invisible on a cloudy night, under any…

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The Boer War. General Hildyard's Success. French Engaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 4

Lieutenant-General H. J. T. Hildyard, commanding a division of the Natal Field Forces, has expelled the Boers from Langwacht Pass, to the east of Utrecht, amid the…

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The Boer War. a Burgher Proposal Pole Carew's Advance. London, Friday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

Leading burghers in the Orange River Colony have petitioned Lord Roberts to banish the leaders of the war party and prevent the clergy from preaching a policy of resistance…

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The Transvaal War. Martial Law Proclaimed. Reported Resignation of Botha. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

Field-Marshal Lord Roberts reports that the British are gradually gaining ground, though the eastern advance movement is slow owing to the very difficult nature of the country…

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The Transvaal War. Flight of Mr. Kruger. Treatment of British Prisoners. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 4

Mr. Kruger and several officials are at the residence of Mr. Potts, the United States Consul at Delagoa Bay. There are indications that Mr. Kruger will sail by the German…

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War News. in China

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 4

The United States Government denies the report that the American. troops have been recalled from Pekin. The opinion is held at the Chinese…

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Back From the War

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

THE steamer Wilcannia, which arrived in Sydney on Saturday, brought a number of invalids from South Africa, amongst them being Private Charles…

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War in South Africa. Martial Law in Transvaal. Advancing Eastward. Resignation of Botha. Proclamation by Lord Roberts. Kruger Nominally a Prisoner. Peace Shortly to Be Proclaimed. London, Sept, 14

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 4

LORD ROBERTS reports that the British are gradually gaining ground, though the eastern advance movement is slow owing to the very difficult nature of…

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