The Boer War. Shifting Delarey
Commandants Delarey, Steenkamp, and Boshoff with 5000 men after a successful cattle raid in Klipriversberg and Reitfontein evaded Generals Clements' and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1901
929 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 47
The Boer War. Raid Near Kimberley. London
The Boers have raided do Beer's farm, near Kimberley. Residents of the district are flocking into town. Eight hundred mounted men have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Boer Peace Movement. London, Jan. 8
An influential Boer peace commission is being formed an Bloemfontein to explain to Commandant De Wet and Mr. Steyn the leniency of Lord Kitchener's terms to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Invasion of Cape Colony. London, Jan. 8
A. force of invaders has reached Calvinia, 250 miles north of Capetown. Other forces are east and south of Richmond, 490 miles north-east of the capital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. London, Jan. 7
A CITY guard is being formed at Capetown. By this means 4000 troops will be released for operation in the field. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. London, Jan. 8
A force of invaders has reached Calvinia, 250 miles north of Capetown. Other forces are east and south of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returning Soldiers
C. Jones, W. Murphy and F. Allman, arrived in Sydney last Tuesday from South Africa. Jones and Murphy will arrive in Yass in a few days when we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Preserve Peace Be Prepared for War.—the Last Days Are Not Yet.—envy of Great Britain the Cause of Hostile Feeling.—herhonorable Foreign Policy.—territories Annexed Are Benefited.—" We Fear No Foe."—the Colonies Make Common Cause with England.—the Military Spirit to Be Encouraged
WE are told that the best preservative of peace is to be prepared for war. It has been prophesied that nations "shall beat their swords into loughshares,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Verestchagin on War
I well remember talking of war with Verest[?]chagin, the great war painter who has taken part in the ware he has painted. "War, " said Verestchagin, "makes beasts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News from the War
TROOPER W. J. Simpson, writing to his parents at Harden, on 26th, November, says :--Just a line to let you know I am quite well and enjoying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back from the War. Local Volunteers Return
ABOARD the troopship Orient, which arrived is Sydney on Tuesday with her living freight of officers and men who have seen service in South Africa, were two of our local volunteers—Lancer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Cape Invaders Moving Westward. London, Jan. 10
Major the Hon. A. H. Henniker, in command of a force which includes the second battalion of the Coldstream Guards, holds an extended line south of Sutherland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War Activity in the North. London, Jan. 11
General Botha and Commandant Viljoen, whenever they ore pressed, retire to the north end recruit. Lieutenant-General Lyttelton, who is at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Heavy Fighting. Escape of West Australians. Concealed Ammunition. London
By a well conceived plan the Boers simultaneously attacked the military posts at Belfat, Wonderfontein, Nooitgedacht, and Wildfonteinpan. A dense fog enabled them to creep close to the British lines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. the Boer War. Hoopstad Re-provisioned. Raiding Near Pretoria. Boer Movements. London
General Bruce Hamilton has re-provisioned Hoopstad, which had been surrounded for two months, the defenders repulsing numerous attacks of the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Returned Soldiers
THE Australian soldiers returned from South Africa by the troopship Orient landed in Sydney on Tuesday and were marched, with a good deal of display, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London January 12
THERE is no disguising too fact fact the South African situation is now more serious. Although the Capetown authorities are taking all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, Jan. 10
MAJOR the Hon. A.H. Henniker, in command of a force which includes the Goldstream Guards, holds an extended area line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Cape Invaders Advancing. London, Jan. 12
The vanguard of the force under Commandants Hertzog and Brad is now west of Calvinia, and is proceeding towards Vanrhynsdorp, about 50 miles west of Calvinic A portion of the same commando…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Boer War. Fighting in the Transvaal. London, Monday Afternoon
Some particulars have been received of the attacks on Zuurfontein and Kealfontein. Boers wearing khaki and British bandoliers surprised the sentry en guard at Zuurfontein and got within seven…
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