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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
57 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 3
SIR HENRY LOCH, the British High Commissioner in South Africa, has officially reported to the Home Government that Major Adams shot by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great battle has been fought between the Matabeles and the British forces. The Matabeles were defeated with great loss, 3000 being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is expected that a decisive engagement will shortly take place at Hope's Fountain, towards which all the British South Africa Company's forces are pressing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Later news from South Africa states that Lobengula, the general, who was wounded, hanged, himself in chagrin at his defeat. The Matabeles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FURTHER particulars of the operations against the Matabeles show that on October 22 the British South Africa Company's forces bivouacked on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LATE news from South Africa is to the effect that included among the British who were killed during the engagement with the Matabeles, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A TERRIBLE dynamite outrage is reported from Spain. During the performance at a theatre in Barcelona on Wednesday night two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Details have been received of the further fighting between the British force under Major Adams, and the Matabeles under King Lebengula…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JOHANNESBERG (Transvaal), Nov. 9.—Another great battle has been fought between Lobengula's forces and the British South Africa Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LOBENGULA, with the leading Matabele chiefs, is very near the Guay River, tributary of the Zambesi and the north-west boundary of Matabeleland,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM South Africa it is reported that King Lobengula has treated the [?] with great consideration and kindness during the war between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN my last letter (says the Herald's English correspondent) expressed considerable sc[?]pticism as to the supposed excitement among the French people…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS received From the Cape announce that further fighting has taken place between the British South Africa Company's forces and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DESPATCHES form South Africa state that King Lobengula fled from his camp near Bululwaye to the forest country. His warriers were deserting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS from South Africa state that a report has been received to the effect that a body of 4000 Matables is camped at Baluwayo under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE latest, advices from Capetown state that the reported capture of Lobengula is premature. A detachment from Major Forbes's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PRIVATE telegrams received in London from South Africa state that Captain Wilson's force which pursued Lobengula across the Shangani River has…
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