The Transvaal War. London, Dec. 27
THE rapidity with which Lord Kitchener has moved the troops to combat the invasion of Cape Colony, the announcement that reinforcements are on…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
929 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 47
The Transvaal War London, Dec. 24
A SMALL mobile detachment of British shelled a force of 300 Boers south of Standerton, in the Transvaal Colony, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China. Engagement with Imperial Troops. French Force Victorious. Massacres by Soldiers and Boxers. London, Dec. 27
Field-Marshal Count von Waldersee, the Commander-in-Chief of the Allies, and General Voyrou, the Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in China,…
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A big Boer commando is in the Vrybur[?] of Cspe Colony. A Boer attack on[?] held by police, was sucessefully ropalsed[?] severe fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Vaal War. [?]Ting Farms. London, Jan. 2
[?] reinforcements have reached Middelburg Som[?]set West, and Beaufort West. The British cavatry is hemming in the invading commandos on the north and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. the Raiders in Cape Colony. London, Jan. 3
Martial law has been proclaimed at Fraserburg, Prince Albert, Worcester Ceres, and Sutherland. Lord Methuen Is pursuing Boer convoys past Vryburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. the Boer War. Reinforcements. Lord Kitchener on the Burghers. London
IN eight weeks 6500 regulars have been recruited, and 5000 have gone to the front. At latest advices troops were starting for Worcester and Ceres to protect the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Soldiers Wanted Men to Proceed to the Front
MR. Philp, the Premier, has telegraphed to Lord Lamington, stating that the Queensland Government is prepared to send to South Africa any men required by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London. Jan. 2
NUMEROUS small commandos are operating between the Orange River and Rosmead. They have no definite plan, nor have they gained any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, Dec. 29
GENERAL KNOX is holding the country in a north-westerley line between Ladybrand and Winberg, and he has frustrated the attempt of Commandant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Reform of the War Office. London, Jan. 5
By the terms of its reference the committee appointed by Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, to consider arrangements of the War Office with a view of expediting business is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Governors of South Africa. London, Jan. 5
It is officially announced that Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa, has been appointed Governor of the Transvaal and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Martial Law Near the Capital. London, Jan. 7
Four hundred troops having arrived at Malmesbury, 48 miles north of Capetown, martial, law was immediately proclaimed in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Pursuit of De Wet. Disloyalists Joining the Boers. London
The force pursuing Commandant de Wet has been divided into three columns, and is marching via Hammorsia, Commando Nek, and Wolmaran's Hock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. a British Success. a Part of General Knox's Force Suffers. Recruits for the Boers. London
General Babington defeated Commandants Delarey's and Steenkamp's commandos at Naauwport, forcing them to retire to the north-west, and capturing Commandant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Invasion of the Cape. Great Excitement at the Capital. Naval Guns Landed. Thousands Volunteering London January 4
The Boers' invasion of tho Cape is exciting great, interest. The raiders are reported to bo within three days of Capetown,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returning Soldiers. the Orient's Contingent. Welcome at Melbourne
Melbourne, Sunday.—The Australian troops who returned by the Orient from .'South Africa landed yesterday morning at Port Melbourne, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers Welcomed in Melbourne. Melbourne, Saturday Night
The returned soldiers lauded from the Orient to day. They marched through the city to the Exhibition Building, and were cheered .all along the route. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts' Thanks. Appeals for Soldiers, Families
Lord Roberts publicly returned thanks to the British people for the magnificent reception which had been accorded him. He says he takes it as a praise for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Memos Returned Soldiers
THOUSANDS congregated at Woolloomooloo Bay yesterday morning to welcome the New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand troops, who had arrived about 8 a.m. on board…
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