The Boer War
The Boer delegates, Tobias Smuts and General Botha's secretary, have arrived at Standerton…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
929 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 21 of 47
War Medals for Yass Boys
ON Saturday last the Duke of York presented medals to the troops who fought in South-Africa. We are pleased to report that several Yass boys appear on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. the Vlakfontein Battle. London, June 2
The consensus of opinion with regard to the Boers attack on the British at Vlakfontein is that the Boers in the district were in desnerate straits and that the cordon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. London May 30
COLONEL ALLENBY on Saturday surprised Commandant Prinsloo in his larger near the Wilge River. The British captured many Boers, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in South Africa. London May 31
COMMANDANT DELAREY attacked Colonel Dixon's column at Vlafontein, 30 miles west by north of Krugersdorp. The Boers were repulsed, Laving 35…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. Fighting in the Transvaal. Heavy Casualties. London, June 1
A petition from the Midlands of Cape Colony has been presented to Sir W. Holy- Hutchinson, the Governor, now on tour, making certain suggestions as to the manner in…
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A memorial services to the late Mr. The. Barker, a member of the last contingent from New South Wales, and who was killed in his first engagement, was held at Yarra on Tuesday evening in Tuchin's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. London, June 4
Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, with a large convoy, has relieved Zeerust, in the Western Transvaal. The local defence force at Willowmore, Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. the Battle of Vlakfontein. London, June 5
Lord Kitchener reports in reference to the battle fought on May 20 at Vlakfontein, which is 30 miles west by north of Krugersdorp, that a force of 1450 British with seven guns were returning to camp at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →China. Foreign Soldiers Fight. Fracas at Tien-tsin. French and Germans Attack British
London, Monday Afternoon.—A serious affray has taken place at Tien-tsin between men belonging to the foreign contingents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. a Stubborn Battle
Commandant Delarey attacked Colonel H. G. Dixon's column at Vlskfontein, 90 miles west by north of Krageradorp. The Boers were repulsed, tearing 35…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. London June 8
THE concensus of opinion with regard to the Boers attack on the British at Vlak[?]is that the Boars in the district were in desperate straits, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in South Africa. London, June 4
LORD METHUEN, with a large convoy, has relieved Zeerust, in the Western Transvaal. The local defence force at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. the Battle of Vlakfontein. Heavy British Losses
London, June 5.-- Lord Kitchener reports that 1450 British troops, with seven guns, were returning to camp at Vlakfontein, near Krugersdorp, about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War
Mr. Bennett Burleigh, was correspondent, says the surrenderers are angry at the folly of the small official gang in prolonging the war, and they ask for arms to defend their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. London
All classes are signing a petition to Sir W. Holy-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony, praying him to suspend the, Constitution of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. the Victoria Cross. London, June 5
Captain Neville Reginald Howse, of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps has been gazetted to receive the Victoria Cross. The Gazette notice states that during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Lieutenant-general French. London, June 5
Lieutenant-General Sir J. D. P. French, K.C.B., has been placed in charge of the forces in Cape Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Returned Soldier. SARGEANT P. CLARK
A Yass native turned up in town on Thursday morning, back from South Africa on furlough, in the person of Percy Clark, son of Mr. Edward Clark, a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Return of More Soldiers
Despite the heavy showers which full during the morning many thousands of people assembled in the streets to welcome 600 odd soldiers who returned to…
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