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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 32
President Kruger is suffering from Bright's disease. He is seriously ill. All the Boer com mandos are reported to be in a starring condition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British under General Methuen attacked the Boers at Belmont, on the Orange Free State border, recently occupied by the Boors, fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the very last Uitlannders able to get away from the Transvaal before hostilities actually began was Mr. George S. Taylor, of Station-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A successful sortie from Kimberly was made on the 16th instant. Several of the Boor positions were captured, and 20 of the enemy killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars of the battle at Belmont state that the Sydney Lancers checked the enemy's advance on the eve of Thursday's fight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mothainer's Kimberloy relief column scored a complete victory over the Boers at Belmont on Thursday. The Boars occupied a strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News has been received from South Africa that a decisive battle was fought at Belmont on Thursday between the British forces under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HON. ROBERT LYGON, a brother of Earl Beauchamp, Governor of New South Wales, was slightly wounded at the battle of Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The recent battle lay ten miles to the east of Belmont, not on the railway line north of Witte-puts, and was fought on Free Stare soil. On Saturday night I anticipated the nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports received from Ladysmith are quite cheery. Major-General Hildyard commands 10,000 men at Frere, midway between Estcourt the and Colenso. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegraphic despatch has just come to hand stating that the British forces under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, who is advancing on Kimberley, met and defeated 8000 Boers on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER the British victory at Kallir'skop on Thursday, the 23rd Inst., the defeated Boers were understood to have withdrawn to a strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is highly improbable writes the Army and Navy Gasolle, that Sir George White will forward the execution of any crude projects for an advance. Should an appreciable concentration of the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ninth Lancers have returned to the camp. They were compelled to abandon the pursuit of the Boers owing to heavy firing from the hills…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GREAT battle has been fought between the force under General Methuen advancing to the relief of Kimberley and the Beers posted at Modder River, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →President Kruger is suffering from Bright's disease. He is seriously ill. All the Boer commandos are reported to be in a starving condition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some particulars are now to hand regarding the decisive victory gained by the British on Tuesday on the Modder River, which was much swollen by the recent heavy rains. On Tuesday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The twelfth Lancers inflicted great loss to the Boer relief forces under Commander Weenan, after the battle of Grasspan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Ladysmith the town hall and churches, as well as feats, are [?] up with he[/]. Cecil Rhodes fully equipped a…
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