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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The Transvaal War. Capture of Pietersburg. Bushmen Commended for Gallantry the Boers' New Capital. Cape Raiders. London. April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 3

Lieutenant G. A. Moore, of the Victorian Bushmen, is in the hospital at Wynberg, suffering from a fracture of the fibula, caused by an accident. Lieutenant-Colonel Byng captured 10 Boers, 50…

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The Killed and Wounded. American Supplies. Plumer Scattering Boers. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 4

Official returns have been published showing the casualties sustained by the British troops On active service in South Africa since the outbreak of the…

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The Boer War. Royal Irish Captured. Column Refitting. Boers Surrendering. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 4

On Saturday last Commandant Scheepers, who is operating near Aberdeen, captured 75 men of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers and…

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The Boer War. Boers Being Forced 800 of Them Yarded. General Plumer's Work. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

The Beers are still being forced towards the Zulu and Swaziland borders, the British effort being unrelaxed…

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The Transvaal War. Australian Casualties. Reported Resumption of Negotiations. Capture of Pietersburg. Retreating Raiders Drowned. London, April 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

The following Australian Bushmen were wounded at Dobery'B Pass and Piet Potgieter's Rust:—Privates T. Andel, dangerously; William Thomas, severely George Sanders, slightly…

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Sad War Story

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

The following is one of many very sad war relief stories: A Glasgow woman, with two of a family, received a notification from headquarters at South Africa…

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The War. London, April 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

The following Australian Bushmen were wounded at De Beer's Pass and Piet Potgieter's Rust:—Privates Zandel, dangerously; William Thomas, severely; George Saunders, slightly…

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Tommy's Pay in Time of War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

Many people are under the impression that when Tommy Atkins is ordered off to war his pay is stopped until all the fighting is over, when it is presented to…

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The Boer War. British Surrender. Colonel Byng's Work. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

After staying on a farm near Heilbron, in the north-eastern part of the Transvaal, with ex-President Steyn and General Christian Do Wet,…

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A Woman-soldier's Experiences

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

The death is announced at Vichy, where she was taking the waters, at the age of 73, of a famous wooden-soldier "la mere Ibrahim," as she was known in the 2nd Zouaves,…

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A Woman-soldiers Experiences

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 3

The death is announced at Vichy where she was taking the waters, at the age of 73 of a famous wooden-soldier la mere Ibra him as she was known in the 2nd zouaves…

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A Soldier's Thanks

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

The Mayor has received a telegram from Lieutenant G. H. Allan, dated Hobart, April 3rd, expressing grateful thanks for the address which had been sent on by…

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The Transvaal War. Administration of Justice. Reported Resumption of Negotiations. Position of the Boers. the Surrender of the British Troops. Australasian Casualties. London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 3

The purpose of the British Government for the administration of justice in the Transvaal colony has been published in full. Resident magistrates selected chiefly from local Afrikander barristers and…

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The Transvaal War. Belief of Bustenburg. Australian Casualties. the Capture of Pietersburg. Kitchener Developing a Big Movement. London, April 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 3

A strong convoy has reached Rustenburg, which has been loosely invested by the Boers since January. Nino hundred of the besiegers of the town have hurried to the north. When the news of Queen…

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The Boer War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—It transpires that the town of Rustenburg, in the western Transvaal, 55 miles from Pretoria, has been loosely invested by…

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The Boer War. De Wet Making for Pietersburg. Boers Beaten at Dewets Dorp. London, April 12

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

Do Wet has headed north, towards Pletersburg. Lord Kitchener's big sweeping movement is in progress…

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The Transvaal War. Brigadier-general Plumer's Movements. the Boer Leaders. Shipment of Stock From America. Australian Casualties. London, April 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 3

Commandant Beyers has mustered 1000 men at Haenertsburg, where he has mounted a "Long Tom." Reuter's correspondent reports that…

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The Boer War. Kitchener's Scooping Move. Botha and De la Rey in Danger. British Victories. Boers Lose Heavily. In a Fight near Jacobsdal. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 3

De "Wet has headed north, towards Pietereberg. Lord Kitchener's big sweeping movement is in progress…

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The Transvaal War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 3

THE purpose of the British Government for the administration of justice in the Transvaal colony has been published in full. Resident…

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The Transvaal War. the Transvaal Fighting. Capture of Guns and Ammunition. the Collapse of the Peace Parleys. Lord Kitchener's Mounted Troops Sir Alfred Milner on Leave. a Traitor Punished. London, April 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 3

During the operations conducted by Major-General Babington in the south-western Transvaal the column in command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. S. Rawlinson rushed the laager of Commandant Smuts,…

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