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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The Transvaal War Reported Peace Proposals. London, March 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 4

The Brussels correspondent of the New York Tribune reports that a council of Boer commandants at Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal, authorised General Louis Botha,…

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[Reuter's Telegrams] London, Wednesday. Boer War. Hoping for the End

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitchener and Sir Alfred Milner are both at Pretoria. An optimistic, feeling prevails both in Capetown and Pretoria that an early end will be…

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Boer War. the Chase of De Wet and Other Raiders. London, March 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 2

Commandant de wet and Mr. Steyn, with 500 men, looted every shop in Petrusville on February 24, and smashed the telegraph instruments. Commandants Hertzog and Brand,…

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The Transvaal War. London, March 4

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 4

THE Times a correspondent reports that Colonel Bethune has occupied Ruckhoof, and is able to deal with the commandoes in…

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General Pole-carew on Tee War

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 1

REPLYING to the toast of The Army at the annual banquet of the Plymouth Mercantile Association, General Pole-Carew, whose name has been mentioned…

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The Transvaal War. London, March 5

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

A COUNCIL of Boer commandants authorised General Louis Botha to capitulate if the. prisoners now held by the British were…

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The War in South Africa the Invasion of Cape Colony

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitchener, telegraphing from Pretoria, reports that Commandant de Wet, who was last stated as being near Philipetown, heading for Norval's Pont,…

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The War in South Africa Bravery of British Troops. Attacks on Kaalfontein and Zuurfonfein

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 1

At Kaalfontein (says the Daily Mail's correspondent) a mere handful of men kept 1,000 Boers at bay. The station was guarded by 120 men of the…

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Boer War. a Repulse

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 2

The Boer attack on Lichtenberg failed. The British had 16 killed and 20 wounded. Among the Boers killed was General Colliers…

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A New War Terror

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 6

A recent cable message stated the American Senate had disoussed in secret the matter of a new gun which was able to penetrate any armour. The following brief account of…

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Boer War. De Wet Hard Pressed. London, March 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 2

Commandant do Wet is being hard pressed in the direction of Fauresmith in ho south-western portion of the Orange River Colony. He has no gone. Two hundred Boers occupy a position at…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] the Boer War. Willing to Surrender. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 1

Commandant Scheeper entered Aberdeen and forced the prisoners in the gaol to join has commando. In a fight witch ensued he was ultimately repulsed with heavy loss…

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The Transvaal War. How De Wet Escaped. London, March 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 4

Commandant do Wet after crossing the Orange River scattered his followers into groups. Six British columns are pursuing the Boars. The escape of Commandant de Wet over the…

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Boer War. London, March 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 2

Botheman's commando and Steenkamp's commando have crossed the Modder River north of Abraham's Kraal. Mr Steyn, Commandant de Wet, and Fronemann…

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The Boer War. Enemy Retiring

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 4

Fifteen hundred Boors attacked Lichtenberg and occupied a portion of the town, but retired during the night after a repulse. Private Bech, of the New Zealand Artillery, was…

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The Transvaal War. London, March 7

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 2

DE WET, after crossing the Orange River, scatterd his followers into groups. Six British columns are pursuing the Boers. During his invasion…

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The Transvaal War. Peace Negotiations. the Reported Terms. London, March 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 4

Reuter's Agency states that news has reached Delagoa Bay that Lord Kitchener has granted General Botha an armistice for seven days…

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The Boer War. Peace Maybe Declared in a Week. London, March 8

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 2

A despatch from Pretoria to-day states that Lord Kitchener and General Botha met this morning at Gunhill General Botha was alone, while Lord…

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Medals to Returned Soldiers. (To the Editor of the Goulburn Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 2

SIR,—It is evident that "Fair Play" has not resided at H, M. Gaol, Goulburn, at any rate during the last few years; otherwise he would have had no need to enquire who "'Waite" is. Trooper…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] the Boer War. Boers on the March. De Wet Will Not See His Brother. Burgher Against Boer. Canadians to Set Sail. Rebels Punished. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 2

Commandants de Wet and Fronemann, with four hundred men, are advancing northward at the rate of twenty-five miles daily. Do Wet declares that he will not see his…

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