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637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 32
The correspondent of the "Natal Times" writing from Ladysmith, gives a brilliant account of the determined attack made on the town on the 9th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE New South Wales Lancers, wi[?] were reported to have been well received at Naauwpoort, about 35 miles south of Col[?]sberg, proceeded to the western frontier of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major-General Sir Cornelius F. Clery, K.C.B., Commandant of the Second Division of the British Army Corps, has been appointed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great God of battles, with Thy shield Attend our armisto to the field, And in our causa be just and right Draw Then the sword and lead the fight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An armoured train with a half company of the Dublin Fusiliers, a half company of the Durban Light Infantry, and 10 Bailors passed Chievely , 7 miles south of Colenso, en the 15th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A successful sortie from Kimberley was made on the 16th instant. Several of the Boer positions were capture, and 20 of the enemy killed. Major General French, with 3030 troops, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir Alfred Mlilner [?]nly tried to bring President Steyn to a more reasonable frame cf mind, and the long correspondence concluded with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An important British movement is imminent in Natal. Six army divisions are mobilising at Aldershot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The operations connected with the relief of Sir G. S. White and his gallant army appear to be delicate. The British, like a few more nations, are paying a heavy penalty for not being ready, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An armored train has been partly wrecked by the Boers while reconnoitring near Colenso. The British troops left the train and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In compliance with a request, we print the words of this now popular song : I. Britons once did loyally declaim…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →News has been received from South Africa that a decisive battle was fought at Belmont on Thursday between the British forces under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen and the Boers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE British relief column, under Major- General Sir Cornelius F Clery, which is marching to the relief of Ladysmith, numbers 14,000 men…
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →SINCE we last commented on the campaign in South Africa, several important developments have presented themselves. In Natal the Boer advance continues, and is somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some people (says the St. James Budget) seem to be sather concerned about the cost of thin war with the Tra[?]vasl; and, no doubt, it is not possible to make omelettes without breaking eggs. For our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further details hare been received of the action fought at Belmont on Thursday morning. On the eve of the battle a force of infantry and a detachment of the New South Wales Lancers, occupying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Official intelligence has been received that Colonel Sir F. R. Wingate, the British officer in command of the Angle-Egyptian force operating against the dervishes in the Soudan, has achieved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the troopships Kent and Aberdeen have arrived in South Africa, Singleton will bo well represented in the campaign. The New South Wales Lancers are well on to the front…
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