The Boer War
A blockhouse opened fire and created a panic among forty Boers attempting to cross the railway line. Viljoen's commando has crossed northward…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
929 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 20 of 47
Binoculars in War
We fancy it is not generally known that in the Chino-Japanese War all the Japanese soldiers were supplied with binocular glasses. That, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Troubles That the Victors Secure
Sham Relics Are Plentiful Just Now. There is no country in the world richer in mementoes of the battlefield than England. Besides those in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. London, May 22
Private H. Black, of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry, has succumbed to his wounds received at Grobeiarrecht. May 23…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. London, Friday. Boer War. a Surprise
The Highland Light Infantry surprised a laager in the Brandfort district of the Orange River Colony, killing 12 Boers, wounding 13, and capturing 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Reported Big Fight. London, May 24
It is reported at Delagoa Bay that there was a big fight near Barberton, in the Eastern Transvaal, on the 16th instant. The British are reported to have had 61…
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General Viljoen is between Bethel and Ermelo, in the Eastern Transvaal. Field-Cornet Viljoen sustained losses in attempting to cross the railway line towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China. Loot of War Material. London, May 24
The Daily Mail states that as the result of special inquiries it has learned that Russia secured over £2,000,000 of war material in the arsenals at Hsi-ku, which the British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Strong Speech by Lord Milner. London, May 27
On Saturday Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertained the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lady Gwendoline Cecil, Earl and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War
When Colonel Bullock entered Ermelo, commandants Both, Meyer, Reits, and Schalk-Burger were nearly captured. The King will invest Colonel Kelly as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer War. Boer Losses. London, May 28
Theo speech delivered by Lord Milner at Mr. Chamberlain's private luncheon on Saturday has exhilarated loyalists in South Africa, many of whom, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. a Railway Raid. London, May 29
Commandants Erasmus and Pretorius, with 500 men, crossed the Pietersburg railway near Waterval. 15 miles north of Pretoria, and proceeded north…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. Boer Rep[?]s
General Viljcan is between [?] and Er[?], in the Eastern Transvaal. Field-Cornet Viljcen sustained losses in attempting to cross the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in South Africa. London May 26
ONE hundred Boers attacked 20 Border Scout at Narropas, near Kenhart. They approached within 100 yards. Fighting lasted five hours. The Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. London May 22
FIVE hundred Boer prisoners have been landed at Bombay, on route to Ahmednugger. May 23…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer Prisoners in Ceylon. a Visit to the Hill Camp. Comparing War Notes
I had seen the Boer in action, and admired him often, even while suffering from his pertinacity and his slimness, but nowhere is be seen to greater…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal War. London, May 31
Mr. Bennet Burleigh the war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has reported that he has received trustworthy information that General Botha, the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cost of the Boer War
The Daily Telegraph's special correspondent in London writes:—The Budget has brought home to use more clearly than ever the fact that the cost of the war in South Africa will fall entirely on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boer War. Fighting in the Eastern Transvaal. London, May 30
A list of the casualties in the Eastern Transvaal between may 20 and May 25 is published. "The total easulties, together with minor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded War Horses
A meeting under the auspices of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals was held on Wednesday, April 17th, in the Town Hall,…
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