Boer Mysteries. How Many Men are Left to Keep the War Alive ?
It needs but a little arithmetic, although the figures are merely approximate, to convince one of the latent possibilities of resistance yet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1901
1,276 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 64
Soldiers' Wills. Are Sometimes Found in Queer Places
How does the soldier, killed in battle or fatally wounded, dispose of his property—providing he has any to leave behind him? The list of casualties reported regularly from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Soldier The Story of His Mignonettes
One dreamy, drowsy afternoon toward the end of June, having nothing particular to do, I sauntered in the direction of the Chelsea College…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldier and Obedience
Once when I was military attache in Paris, I was holding a conversation with Gainbetta, and he said to me, "In these days there are only two things…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Married Soldiery
The black is an extremely uxorious man, and in the Egyptian army they were allowed to marry, and a certain percentage were placed on the married strength and received an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Returned Soldiers
Colonel Burns, the officer commanding the New South Wales Lancers, his presented to each member of his regiment that has served in the South African war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. British Forward Movement. Sweeping Onward with a Broad Front. Advance From the North and the South. Good Work of Australians. Through Almost Impregnable Passes. London, Feb. 8
Reuter's correspondent at Capetown states that operations on a large scale against the Boers have commenced. The British troops have a large front in the Orange River Colony, and are sweeping the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messages From the King. the Royal Visit. Queen Victoria's Desire. Shared by His Majesty. the Colonies' Aid. Gallantry of Colonial Soldiers. London. Feb, 9
His Excellency the Governor-General has received the following telegram from the King through the Bight Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— " His Majesty the King has decided that the visit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Me Transvaal War. Publication of Despatches. Lord Roberts's Difficulties. Fighting in the Transvaal. Commandant De Wet Being Deserted. London, Feb. 9
The War Office publishes two volumes of despatches from South Africa, covering the period during which Lord Roberts was commander-in-chief. The despatches graphically reveal the terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milner and the Irish Soldier. Arrest As a Prisoner of War
It is not generally Known (says the London " Daily Telegraph") that the High Commissioner in South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, was once on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late War News. LONDON
The Boer invasion of Portuguese territory is intended to facilitate the landing of an Austrian cargo of co[?]raband of war at Kozi. British and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Boer Movements
LONDON, Saturday Morning.—Commandant De Wet was to the northwards of Smithfield, 35 miles northeast of Aliwal North, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. London Feb. 7
The War office states that the imperial authorities are sending promptly 30,000 mounted in addition to those already landed in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paying Returned Soldiers
With regard to the dissatisfaction amongst the returned soldiers from South Africa, who are not pleased with the way in which they have been paid, the Colonial Secretary says no injustice will be done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Trnsvaal War. Encounter with De Wet. a Hopeless Struggle. Fighting in the Transvaal. Admirable Work by New South Wales Rifles. London. Feb. 11
Lieutenant-Colonel T. D. Pilcher and Major C. P. Crewe, commanding the Border Horse, on January 31 engaged a large force of Boers under Commandant de Wet, on opposite sides of the Tabaksberg Range…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. Money Wanted and Quickly to Wet's Deserters. 6000 Boors Retiro. Guns Useless and Dangerous. The Colonial Contingent. Local Difficulty. LONDON
There, is abundant evidence that General Lord Kitchener has planned and is now carrying out a scheme for enveloping the Boer invaders of Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
ALTHOUGH for some time past the Boors still under arms in South Africa have made no great stroke on the whole they are just now having the better of the situation. For they…
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