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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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Boer War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 2

Swiss women to the number of 43,715 have signed a Christmas letter, addressed to the women of Great Britain and Ireland, protesting against the extermination of women…

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The Boer War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 4

In the course of an. interview Dr. Kuyper, the Netherlands Premier, said that the Courts and aristocracy of Europe were all friendly to England. The Boers had no friends in…

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Boer War. Desperate Fighting. London, Dec. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 5

Major Damant's and Colonel Rimington's columns, marching in parallel lines three miles apart reached Tafelkop, near the Wilga River in the north of the Orange…

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Boer War. De Wet in Force. London, Dec. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 2

Lieutenant-General Sir H M. L Rundle reports that Commandant De Wet, at the head of a considerable force, made a successful rush on the camp of the Imperial Yeomanry, under Colonel R B…

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The Australian Contingent.— Australian Scouts. — Badenpowell.—boer Foolishness.— a Guerilla War. — War Destined to Become a Matter of Police. — Australian Horsebreeding As an Important Industry

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 December 1901 · page 2

THE members of the contingent about to be despatched, a thousand strong, there is no doubt will be made up as rapidly as on previous occasions, and with the forces about to…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 December 1901 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the state cabinet was held on Friday afternoon, when the question of the pay to the troops that have returned from South Africa was considered. Mr. See…

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The Boer War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 4

The Cologne Gazette in what is believed to be an inspired article strongly protests against the settlement of Boer refugees in German South-west Africa…

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The War in South Africa. London, Dec. 24

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 4

SHARP fighting during three days has taken plane in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony between Major Damant's and Colonel Rimington's…

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The War in South Africa. London, Dec. 26

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 2

SEVERAL hundred more burghers who have surrrendered have joined the corps of National Scouts. The detachments commanded by…

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Boer War. the Fighting with De Wet. London, Dec. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 3

The men who were taken prisoners by Commandant de Wet, in his attack on the Imperial Yeomanry camp at Tweefontein on Christmas morning, have been released, and…

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The Boer War. De Wet's Attack. Heavy British Casualties. Boers Lose Many Men. London, Dec. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 4

Details of the fighting at Tweefontein, east of Bethlehem, where Commandant do Wet attacked four companies of the 11th battalion of Imperial Yeomanry, state that Major G. A. Williams, of the…

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