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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The Transvaal War. British Administration. Speech by Lord Milner. Further Operations in the Transvaal. Recent Surrenders London, May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 3

On Saturday Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertained the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lady Gwendolene Cecil, Earl and Countess Robert and other Minister…

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The War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 2

It is reported that Lord Kitchener and the Home authorities are at variance. It is averred that the South African…

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The Transvaal War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 4

It is reported at Delagoa Bay that there was a big fight near Barberton, in the Eastern Transvaal, on the 16th instant. The British are reported to…

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The Transvaal War. Loyalists Exhilarated. General Botha. Retreating. Cape Raiders. The-enemy Being Gathered In. London, May 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 3

The speech delivered by Lord Milner at Mr. Chamberlain's private luncheon on Saturday has exhilarated loyalists in South Africa, many of whom owing to the expressed dislike of General Louis…

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An Old Story. Cleaning the War Office. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 2

The committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the administration of the War Office has presented its report…

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Japan Pacing the Bear. What Would Happen if Russia and Japan Went to War

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 4

Now when the President of the Japanese House of Peers, Prince Konouyi, stated that Japan was able to count upon the friendly neutrality…

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The Boer War. a Frontal Attack And Rearguard Action. Convey Attacked. Effects of Reinforcements. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 3

MAJOR WILSON, commanding a portion of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts, sustained six casualties, in making a frontal attack upon Commandant…

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The Transvaal War. Honours for Australians. Operations in the Transvaal: a Railway Raid. Collecting Remounts and Cattle. a Boer Ex-general Killed. London, May 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 3

The King will invest Colonel N. W. Kelly (Victoria) and Colonel W. D. C. Williams (New South Wales Army Medical Corps) with the insignia of the Companion of the Order of the Bath on June 3…

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Sketcher. Wells and Water in Time of War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

AGAIN and again the struggle in South Africa has illustrated the importance of water in time of war…

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The Boer War. a Book by Kruger. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 5

PRESIDENT KRUGER is preparing for publication a book of South African affairs The book will implicate a number of well-known Continental…

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The Transvaal War. Casualties in the Transvaal. Surrender of Boers. Heavy Losses by the Enemy. Attack on a Train. Australasian Casualties. London, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

Captain Gordon C. Wilson, of the Royal Horse Guards, Aide-de-camp to Major-General Baden-Powell, has been created a member of the fourth-class of theo Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)…

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The War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

President Kruger is preparing for publication a book on South African affairs. The book will implicate a number of…

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A Costly War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 15

England is not the only country that has to pay heavy war expenses. The "Washington correspondent of the New York Herald gives the following as the cost of the Phillipmes to…

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The Transvaal War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 1

The speech delivered by Lord Milner at Mr. Chamberlain's private luncheon on Saturday has exhilarated loyalists in South Africa, many of whom,…

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Presentation of War Medals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 3

Over one thousand Now South Wales soldiers paraded at Government House this morning, to receive their medals for service in the South African war from the Duke of York. Except for the…

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The War. London, May 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 4

No official details are available, but latest advices give the total killed and wounded with minor engagements in the Transvaal, Orange Free Stats, and Cape colony, as 30 killed and 58'wounded…

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The Boer War. Sad Death of a General. killed by Lyddite. Sick Soldiers Shot Down. Mild Punishment. [By Cable.] LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 5

THE death is reported from Pretoria of ex-General Schoeman, of the Boer forces, under exceptionally tragic circumstances…

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Modern War as Typified in South Africa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 6

A charge such as the Boors mako is robbed of all story-beak picturesqueness and glamour. The glitter of sword and bayonet, the smoke and flame, the bright uniforms, the inspiring…

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The Transvall War. General Botha's Condition. Casualties to an Attacked Convoy. the Cape Raiders. Speech by a Liberal Member. the Band Mines. ' London, May 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 3

Mr. Bennett-Burleigh the war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has reported that he has received trustworthy information that General Botha, the Boer Commander-in Chief, and the Boer…

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The Transvaal War. Cape Colony. Subduing Disafection. Suggested Abrogation of Autonomy. Fighting in the Transvaal. Heavy Casualties. London, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 3

A petition from the Midlands of Cape Colony has been presented to Sir W. Hely-Hutchinson, the Governor, nw on tour making certain suggestions as to the manner in which the present disaffection…

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