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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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War in This Philippines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 3

The United States troops in the Philippines have defeated 1200 Filipinos at San Jacinto. Eighty Filipinos was killed in the trenches, and 220 were wounded. Major Logan, an American officer, and…

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Boer War Notes. Sydney, Monday, 10 p.m

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 3

The cables this afternoon are mixed with pleasure and anxiety, as "life is mixed with peace and works of war." The Boers are pushing hard their assaults upon the three well known places, with a…

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Transvaal War Boers Fire Upon a Hospital. Relief of Ladysmith Regarded As Urgent. the War Policy of the Government. the Attitude of Portugal. the Telegraphic Censorship. Command of Troops. Louis Napoleon and the Boers. the Surrender of the Irish Fusiliers. the Relief Fund. London, Nov. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 3

Despite a warning, the Boers on the 31st October persistently shelled the hospital and the women's larger at mafeking. There are indications that General Sir Redvers…

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The War. Siege of Ladyshith. The Enemy's Guns Silenced. Reported Heavy Beer Lasses. The Enemy Short of Word. Relief of Kimbersley. Beers Strongly- posted at Belmont British Advance to be Resulted. How Colonel Keith-Falconer was killed. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 2

General Sir Redvers 14. Buller, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces in South Africa, has definitely decided to relieve the Ladysmith…

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Transvaal War Topics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 3

Constable R. C. Bray, of Albion Park, Wollongong, received a letter from a brother at Capetown, dated the 10th ultimo, in which he states that another brother, employed in a bank at…

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The War. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 3
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

LADYSMITH reports that the Boer guns were sil need on the 9th inst., after four [?] fighting. It is believed that the enemy lost heavily. The…

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The Progress of the War. a Chat with Major-general French

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 4

GENERAL FRENCH as an old soldier and a keen student of the present war naturally follows each phase thereof with the closest attention from day to…

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The War. the Siege of Ladysmith. Colonial Produce and Meat. Bombardment of Kimberly London, November 4

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 2

Further particulars of the bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers under General Jonbert have been received. On the 9th instant the enemy's guns were silenced after…

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Transvaal War Reported Death of General Joubert. General Buller's Plans for the Relief of Ladysmith. the Condoba Incident. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 3

The Natal Times publishes a telegram from Delagoa Bay stating that General Joubert, the Boer Commander, was killed in an action at Ladysmith on Thursday last…

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The War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

NOTHING very sensational is presented in the war news to be found elsewhere. The Boer forces have made no successes against the beleaguered British camps, and it would…

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The War Balloons

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 8

Fifty vats, cash containing a ton of materials for making gas for captive balloons, have been despatched with a number of balloons sent from…

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The War. London, Nov. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 2

The forces of the Orange Free State have captured Ventersted, a village near the northern frontier of Cape Colony, and about 30 miles south of Bethulie…

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Late War News. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 4

The Natal Times publishes a telegram from Delagoa Bay stating that General Joubert, the Boer Commander, was killed in an action at Ladysmith on Thursday last…

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The Transvaal War. Latest Cables. London. Thursday

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 3

A telegram to the Natal Times states that General Joubert, the Commander in Chief of the Boer forces, was killed in action on the 3th instant The London Standard has been…

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Boer War Notes. the Pall Op Joubert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 3

The urgency wanted in the relief of Ladysmith and Kimbericy will not abate one hour through the desth of the old hero, yet treacherous Boer commander. The return of several Free State…

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The Transvaal War. Latest Cable News. LONDON

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 2

A large Boer force with heavy artillery has surrounded Kimberley. General Conje the Boer commandant, demanded the surrender of the town before…

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News by Cable War in the Philippines. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 3

The United States troops in the Philippines have defeated 1200 Fillpines at San [?]. Eighty [?] were killed in the [?] and 220…

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