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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 32
The foremost French newspapers' consider that the British disaster in Natal is a proof that Great Britain never provoked the war otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A force of 8000 Boers has seized a position midway between Ladysmith and Colenso. They shelled the town and fort. A force under Lieutenant-Colonel Wylie, C.S.I.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Boers continue the bombardment of Ladysmith. The British artillery replied to the fire. The action became a fierce artillery duel, which is still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The war is going on in the true spirit of Mars and the Knights of the Round Table. When we know all about it, poets, painters and historians will be kept busy, and the empire at large will feel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A hot engagement took place on Thursday at Tatham's Farm, at Besters, between Ladysmith and Van Reenan's Pass, between a British force and the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New South Wales Patriotic Fund has reached a sum of £2818. The steamer Kept has been delayed at Albnay but expected to leave about four o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boers have endeavoured by a ruse to ascertain the effect of their artillery fire at Elands Laagte. An artillery officer, disguised as an ambulance driver, during the truce on Thursday brought some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lieutenaut – General Sir George S. White has informed General Sir Redvers Buller, Commander-in-cheif of the British forces in South Africa,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, Monday.—The latest news from Kimberley, where Mr. Cecil Rhodes and a detachment of regular troops have been holding out for some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday, the Minister for Works (Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan) was banquetted at Miller's Forest, Hunter River, and in reply to the toast of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Estcourt reports that the British shelled Colense. The British column opened,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large Boer commando has captured aud burned Bremersdorpt, the capital of Zululand. A. Boer force has also occupied Ingwaonma, in Zululand. The investment of Ladismith by the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Off the Cape ! God bless them, Guard them in danger hour, The pride of many a heart and home, Of Australia's youth the flower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A force of 3000 Beers had seized a position midway between Ladysmith and Colenso. They shelled the town and fort…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported that the Boers lost 800 men in an engagement near Besters, west of Ladysmith, on Thursday, the and inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Kock, who was severely wounded at the battle of Elands Laagte, is dead. Speaking at the Feast of the Cuttlers' Company at Sheffield last night, the Marquis of Lansdowne,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I must send you some short pars merely to keep your readers up-to-date in grasping the events of the campaign. White has had two weeks of varied and magnificent fighting. No less than three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible battle is raging at Ladysmith. The Boers attacked the British with great vigor, and the British artillery replied fiercely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN view of the British loss at Ladysmith, brought about unfortunately by General White's eagerness and haste to secure some important advantage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →READERS are again reminded that a magic lantern entertainment, promoted by the Rev. W. Marshall for the purpose of liquidating the debt which still…
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