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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
2,219 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 111
THE movement planned by FieldMarshal Lord Roberts, leading to the relief of Kunberley, and causing the Boers to retreat from their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Sir Redvers Buller telegraphed yesterday:—"The enemy practically abandoned Colenso, and Major-General Hart occupied the position after only a alight resistance. The enemy was seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In reference to the cablegram, stating that the New South Wales Lancers held the extreme right flank of the British troops in the action between the Riot and Modder rivers, being frequently under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN reply to an interview with Mr. A. B. Patterson (the Herald's special correspondent at the war), Olive Schreiner, the well-known South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Australasian troops, stationed at Orange River, Belmont, and Modder River, participated in the movement, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Ballet on Wednesday crossed the Tugela River on a pontoon, and drove the enemy's rearguard before him, a body of sailors with twelve-pounders silencing the Boer guns. Many evidences…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CABLE has been received stating that General Buller is gaining ground and capturing important positions. Brabent's Horse inflicted a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE battle near Paarderberg with Kelly-Kenney's, Kitchener's and Macdonald's advancing forces, was very severe. In the casualties among the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The movement planned by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, leading to the relief of Kimberley, and causing the Boers to retreat from their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Roberts is now at Paardeberg, thirty miles east of Jacobsdal. It is persistently reported that General Cronje has been intercepted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty prisoners, who arrived by railway from Ladysmith two days ago, state our recent losses were two officers and four men slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The casualties on Sunday night were: Colonel Aldworth, eight other offcers killed, and 39 wounded, including Major-General [?]ector…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MATTERS in South Africa have materially altered alike in aspect and in prospect since we wrote a week ago. The plans which Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener had been silently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following story in told of Dr. Conan Doyle, the novelist:—On January 22 Alfred Austin, the poet laureate, and Dr. Conan Doyle were the guests of the Authors' Club. In response to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I read the war news through and through With all-absorbed attention, And little has escaped my view That you, I think, can mention…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The N.S.W. Bookstall Company has issued a very apropos war souvenir in the shape of a collection of pictures, in book form, giving about 60 views of the N.S. Wales troops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There are some people who hold that the South African war is unjustifiable. Others say the reverse. As to which party is in the right we do not intend to inquire, but we have, no hesitation in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A letter from a resident in Capetown says: "Some devil sent a lot of eigarettes to the wounded troops out at Wynberg with poison in them; they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A troop of the 6th Inniskillings Dragoons and a body of Victorians defended some kopjes near Bastard's Nek until a 40 pounder opened fire…
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