War News. in China
Li Hung Chang declares that peace on Germany’s terms is impossible, and that China will be compelled to fight the world…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,602 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 67 of 81
War in South Africa. Garrison Believed. Review of Troops. Kruger and State Property. London, Sept. 28
BIGADIER-GENERAL H. H. SETTLE, with 7000 men, has relieved the British garrision at Schweizer Reneke, in the Transvaal Colony, 40 miles E.S.E., of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Ships and Wireless. Telegraphy
The cable announced recently that the British Admiralty had ordered 30 sets of Marconi's wireless telegraphy. Writing upon this subject recently "St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, Sept. 27
LORD ROBERTS has granted Commandant Erasmus an armistice for five days. It is expected that Erasmus will surrender…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the Boer War. Unsuccessful Attempt to Surprise. London
The Boers, advancing under cover of thick bush, approached within 200 yards of Pienaar's railway station, and vainly attempted to surprise the British defenders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Battle at Ptnaars. Two Bushmen Suffer. London
It is officially announced that portion of Major-General Paget's Horse was attacked at Pinaar's River Station on, Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Homeward Bound. 20 Gordon Highlanders Accidentally Killed. London, Monday Afternoon
Thirty-four militia battalions in Great Britain are being disembodied. The Grenadier Guards have left Koomati Poort on the homeward journey, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Letter From Mr. Kruger. More Munchausen Tales. London, Oct. 1
Mr. Kruger, in a letter to his wife at Pretoris, says that he knew after the British had occupied Machadodorp the struggle was hopeless, and he counselled the burghers to surrender…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Peace in South Africa. Formal Declaration of Peace Unlikely. London, Sept. 29
Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of a letter to an elector, states that as the former republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal have been annexed by Great Britain he does not anticipate that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of Lord Roberts Soldiers
An old soldier of the Queen, Staff-Sergeant J. Chalkley, late of the Bengal Commissariat Dept. and the 8th King's Liverpool Regiment, residing at Bunara…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pensions for Soldiers
The Marquis of Landsdowne, the Secretary of State for War, announces that those soldiers who are permanently disabled will be granted life pensions. The smallest of such pensions will be 1s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tragic Incident of the War
TROOPER Dal Campbell, has given us (COOTA MONDRA LIBERAL) the pleasure of a call, on his way from Wyalong to Sydney, whither he is proceeding to undergo an operation,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in South Africa. Mr. Kruger's Opinion. Deception. Review at Komati Poort. the End Nearing. London, October 1
MR. KRUGER, in a letter to his wife at Pretoria, says that he know after the British had occupied Machadodorp that the struggle was hopeless, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War
The 400 departing mercenaries from Delagoa include the Irish-American brigade. Lieutenants Dalrymple, Victoria, and Forster, Tasmania, have sailed for England…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News. in China
The Chinese decision to punish prominent anti-foreigners is attributed to LiHung Chang’s desire to avert Germany’s vengeance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in Manchuria
Kirin, in Manchuria, announced a few days ago as having been occupied by a Russian force, peacefully surrendered to the Russians as the result of negotiations between Russia and Prince Ching and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. 50,000 Cattle Removed
The Governor of Johannesburg is ready to receive refugees who desire to return to the city. Commandant Erasmus took advantage of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. the Gordon Highlanders. London, Oct. 2
In the explosion of ammunition at Komati Poort, only two of the Gordons were killed, and not 20 as was first reported. The other 18 were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Capture of a Convoy. London, Oct. 3
A bend of Boors raiding on the frontier of Natal captured a British convey, wounding several South African volunteer and capturing others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, Oct. 1
MR. KRUGER, in a letter to his wife at Pretoria, said that he knew that after the British had occupied Machadodorp that the…
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