The Returned Soldiers. Reception at the Railway Station
THE scene at the local railway station on Saturday afternoon last was, we believe, the liveliest that has ever occurred in that vicinity, the platform…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1901
1,276 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 64
Stabbing Affray at Kiama. Two Aboriginals and a Constable Wounded. Kiama
A serious stabbing affray occurred at Shellharbor last night, when a man named William Thomas stabbed two aboriginals named William Broughton and William Bond, both in the back between the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Continuation of the War Urged. Australians Eulogised. Boer Losses. Australasian Casualties. London, May 8
General Louis Botha, after the failure of the peace negotiations in March, wrote a letter which was published in the Ermelo Post. In this letter General Botha urged the Boers to continue the war. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. De La Rey's Force. A Battle Imminent. Sir Alfred Milner. LONDON
GENERAL ADRIAN DELA REY commands 6000 Boers in the Hanrtebeeatefontein district of the western Transvaal. Strong British columns, commanded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. The "St. James' Gazette," re-echoing "The Times," states that England has made inadequate efforts to end the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Enemy's Fastnesses Invaded. Boers Disheartened. Doings of South Australian Bushmen. Great March of Colonials. the War Must Go On. London, May 9
The Times correspondent states that Brigndier-General Planer marched from Pretoria north wards, and held the drifts over Olifant's River for ten days, imprisoning many Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murderous Assault. The Aboriginal Wounded
ON Wednesday night a slaughterman named William Thomas attacked two aboriginals at Shellharbor with a large knife and wounded them both. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
It is not to be wondered at that The Times and other leading newspapers are urging the Government to finish the war in South Africa. Millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London, May 9
The Times correspondent states that General Plumer, marching to Pretoria, held the drifts over Olifant's River for ten days, imprisoning many Boers in densely wooded, waterless district within a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stabbing Affray at Kiama. Two Aboriginals and a Constable Wounded. Kiama
A serious stabbing affray occurred at Shellharbor last night, when a man named William Thomas stubbed two aboriginals named William Broughton and William Bond, both in the back between the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Why it is Prolonged
AN idea of the delusions current among the fighting Boers, and held largely by the pro-Boer press is furnished by a dispatch from the Times correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Contraband of War. Part I.—how We Stole a March on the Enemy
Seen from the forecastle bead, through the binoculars, the island was enchanting. Above, standing in impressive relief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Sir Alfred Milner Speaks Botha's Letter. British Captures. LONDON
Sir A. Milner, at a corporation banquet, at which be was entertaiued at Capetown, denied the possibility of weakening the Imperial policy, since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. a Boer Transport Abandoned. Captures by Queensland Cyclists. Returning Australians. Further Australian Casualties. London, May 10
Commandant Viljoen, with 500 men, attacked Brigadier-General F. C. Beatsou's camp, near Carolica. The British opened fire with a pom-pom and a Maxim at close range, and killed six of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pay of South African Soldiers
It has been known for a long time past that a dispute has arisen in connection with the pay of the soldiers who went to South Africa, especially in the earlier contingents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome to the Returned Soldiers at Muswellbrook
On Saturday night last the returned soldiers Troopers Yates, Sweeney, Allwood, Dowse, and Granville were accorded a public " Welcome Home," of the heartiest description in the School of Arts,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Operations in the Transvaal. Raiders Again Defeated. Victorian Casualties. Release of Australian Prisoners. Boer Losses. London. may 11
Reuter's correspondent says that Lord Methuen at Buisfortein re-captured a gun which the Boers took from the British in the Nitrals Nek surprise. Four Boers were killed, and several were captured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War
LONDON, May 11, 2p.m.—The Tasmaman Bushmen, under Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Wallack, engaged Commandant Scheeper's commando…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women as War Correspondents
The journalistic enterprise and personal pluck exhibited by Lady Sarah Willson, who was taken prisoner by the Boers while acting as war correspondent for a London daily paper,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boer War. Enemy Fastnesses Invaded Boers Disheartened Great March of Colonials. London May 9
The Times correspondent states that Brigadier General Plumer marched from Pretoria northwards, and held the drifts over Olifant's River for ten…
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