The Boer War. London
A Parliamentary Blue Book shows that 634 farms, mills. and cottages have been burned in the Orange River and Transvaal Colonies for military reasons. Four…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
929 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 19 of 47
The Transvaal War. Further British Successes. London, May 14
Lord Kitchener reports that Lieutenant-Colonel Grenfell has occupied Louis Trio hardt. a village in the Pietersburg district. The village had been held by six British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. the Burning of Farms London, May 15
A Bluebook gives the reasons why the terms, mills, and cottages were destroyed. In 147 instances farms had harboured Boers who still maintained hostilities. 'Several forms had lured the British on…
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A COMMANDO, which is believed to be that of Christian de Wet's, consisting of 2000 men, with two guns, passed to the…
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LORD KITCHENER reports that Colonel Gronfell has occupied Louis Trichardt a village in the Pietersburg district The village had been held by six…
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The Boers have imprisoned Commandant Fourie on his own farm, suspecting that he intended to surrender. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, leader of…
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Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question in the House of Lords last night, stated that the sufferings of the Rand refugees at Capetown were much greater than were the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. the Peace Negotiations. London, May 16
A letter found at Roosenkal, addressed to Mr. Kruger, stated that during the peace negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Louis Botha, Commandant Viljoen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About the War. Arthur Neich Shot Right Through the Arm
W[?]ting from Piet Potgieterust on the 7th April last to his sister in Murrumburrah, Corporal J Ellis says:-Just a line or two to let you know I am…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Boer Surrenders. London, May 18
Ninety Boers, including Barend, Verster, and Heystek, the ex-Landdrost of Pietersburg, have surrendered to the British. Later…
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MR. CHAMBERLAIN stated in the House of Commons last night that the sufferings of the Rand refugees at Cape town were much greater than were…
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A LETTER found at Roosenkal addressed to Mr. Kruger, stated that during the peace negotiations between Lord Kitchener…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Boers' Determined Attacks. London, May 20
The Boers, with a 12-pounder, a Creuzot. two pom poms, and a Maxim, attacked Colonel G. M. Bullock's force three times between Ermelo' and Amersfcort. They made desperate efforts to capture…
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Mr. and Mrs. Barker, of Yarra, have received a telegram from the Colonial Secretary of the death at the front of their son, Thomas Barker. "Tom," who was a member of the lost contingent, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comparing War Notes
DURING his short [?]jodra in Geylon (ust prior to the arrival there of the Duke of Cornwall), Mr. D[?]ald Macdonald had the opportunity of comparing notes…
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MR. AND MRS. BARKER of Yarra have received a telegram from the colonial secretary of the death at the front of their son, Thomas. Deceased was a member of the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrors of the Cuban War
MR. STEPHEN BONSAL describes in the "Contemporary" "The Night after San Juan; an episode of the Cuban war." It is a ghastly story…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War in South Africa. Boers Defeated
Commandant Vilj[?]n, with 500 men, attacked Brigadier-General Beatson's camp, near Cariolins. The British opened fire with a pom [?] and a Maxim at class…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in South Africa. London May 21
COMMANDANT HERTZOG and Brand hold the country, round Petrusberg, west of B[?]emfo[?]tein. Do Wet, escorted by 40 burghers, made a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. London, May 20
THE Boers, with a 12-pounder, a Creuzot, two pom-poms, and a Maxim, attacked Colonel Bullock's force three times between…
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