Our Singleton Soldiers. In the Land of the Beer
BY the last mail we received the following Interesting letter from Troopers A. Sheeban and W. William, who departed lately for the theatre of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
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The Transvaal War
Colonel Rochfort fought an engagement with the Boers on Tuesday last. Field cornet Bekker was killed and Field cornet Geldenhuis was wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Australasian Casualties. London, May 6
Private A. L. Day, of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent, has been injured internally by a fall from his horse at Vaalbank. The injury is dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. Peace Negotiations. LONDON
THE London Daily Telegraph states that, an emissary from Mr Steyn and General Schalk-Burger has brought despatches to Utrecht, in the Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Peace Negotiations. the Prospects Are Favourable. Lord Kitchener's Report. Australasian Casualties. London, May 7
Information has reached Pretoria that the Boer delegates to the commandoes have been successful in securing their consent in favour of surrender now that the opportunity is favourable. One commando…
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A decree of the President of Argentina grants Boer delegates land in the Chubut Valley for colonisation purposes…
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LONDON, Sunday afternoon.—The advance of a Namaqualand column has practically relieved the British garrison at Ookicp, in the north-west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. the Siege of Ookiep. London, May 5
Particulars relating to recent events in the Western Province of Cape Colony show that Commandant J Smuts, of the Transvaal forces, de…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Peace Negotiations. Movements in the Orange River Colony. London, May 8
Lord Salisbury, the Imperial Prime Minister, speaking at a meeting of the members of the Primrose League in London last night, said that in the negotiations that were proceeding in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers as Colonists
Only those traitorous Britons who wish to see their countrymen expelled from South Africa object to the notion of establishing soldiers thera as colonists after the war…
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Information has reached Pretoria that the Boer delegares to the commandos have been successful in securing their consent in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later War News. London, May 8
Lord Salisbury, the Imperial Prime Minister, spanking at a meeting of the members of the Primrose League in London last night, said that in the negotiations that were proceeding in South Africa…
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INFORMATION has been received at Pretoria that the Beer delegates have been successful in securing the consent of a majority of the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. More Boers Captured. Australian Casualties. London, May 9
[?] is Edition to the captures reported yesterday. [?] Boers were captured in the sweep in the [?] of the Orange River Colony. Thirty-four men the Beyers Commando in the north of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Natives Attack the Boers. Australian Troops at Durban. Australasian Casualties. London, May 11
Natives, whose kraals the Boers have burned, discovered a Boer laager. The natives attacked the encampment, and killed 30 Boers, a majority of the commando. They brought three prisoners into…
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IN addition to the 208 Boer irreconcilenbles captured during the recent drive in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, 13 more prisoners have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. OVER 200 Boers Captured London, May 8
Lord Kitchener reports:—"Major General Elliott on Tuesday held the line from Lindley to Liebenbergsvlei, while Major-General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Peace Negotiations. Demands of the First Conference. Independence Refused. Maximum British Terms. London. May 12
The correspondent of Reuter at Pretoria, writing on April 19, gives an account of the progress of the peace negotiations up to that date. He says that at the first conference of the Boer delegates with Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Australasian Officers and Casualties. London, May 13
Captain Elder (of the Ninth New Zealand Contingent), Captain G. Osborn (Now South Wales), and Lieutenants J. Shorn and Quinlan (New Zealand) are convalescent, and have resumed duty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. the Peace Conference. London
REUTER'S correspondent at Pretoria writing on April 19 gives some par: ticulars regarding the conferences recently held nt Pretoria between the…
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