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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
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Further particulars of the engagement at Sunnyside, near Belmont, state that the occupants of the enemy's laager were mostly colonial Dutch. During the advance four Queenslanders while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not many leagues from here, Strange as it may appear, Under tribute severe Lay a great city;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The latest news from South Africa states that Major General French made a rapid night advance with a body of infantry riding in waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING the operations carried on by Major General French north of Arundel he succeeded, by the mobility of his force, in outman[?] the Boers at every point. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nearly every native ruler in India has offered horses for South Africa. European adventurers are entering Delagoa Bay under the g[?]ise of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General French, after a sharp engagement, on Monday defeated the Boers and occupied Colesburg. By a rapid advance on Sunday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So much has been made during the present war of the reported firing by the Boers upon Bed Cross parties and places, and upon the white flag that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sergeant Peter M'Donal, of Lismore, R.R., writing to his brothers and sisters from the Modder River, under date November 30th, says:—"The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following is a translation from a letter written from Johannesburg, dated October 1 (says the London Chronicle.).—On Wednesday Mauser rifles were distributed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Daily Telegraph says that the Boers southwest of Colenso have re-crossed the Tugela River, and their laagers northwards have been removed Dearer Ladysmith, with the view of bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, now on his way to the Cape, has asked the War Officer for additional special service officers to be sent to South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It may be safely asserted (says the Australasian) that the political authorities, and not the military, are to blame for the backwardness of the British preparations in South Africa. Lord Wolseley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No man who boasts of British citizenship can be other than deeply disappointed at the progress of the war. Yet when we come to examine all the circumstances in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War correspondents of the London papers report that a great event is impending; at Chieveley. where General Buller has nearly 30,000 men ; also that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars regarding the Sunnyside engagement show that the Boer lander was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Without proper clothes a man cannot fight to the the best advantage, a fact which the military authorities have borne carefully in mind as regards the soldiers intended for service in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Private J. Thompson, of the King's Royal Rifles, who was taken prisoner by the Boers, wrote to his parents in England before his capture a long…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland contingent (Lieut.Colonel P.R. Ricardo), the Victorian (Colonel .J. C. Head), and the Canadian (Colonel Otter) were hotly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWS from the seat of war is beginning to be a little more cheerful. Successes have been achieved in the neighbourhood of Colesberg and…
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