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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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The Transvaal War. the Continental Press. Boers Offer to Take the Oath of Allegiance. Great Fire at Cape Town. SURrounding De Wet. Captures in the Teansvaal. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

The comments in the Continental press on Britain's policy in South Africa are moro moderate; now that it has been definitely clear that all iden of settling the war by negotiation instead of by…

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The Transvall War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 6

The blockhouses number 5000, and they require 50,000 troops for their garrisons. Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of…

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The Spanish war

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 3

Semi-official newspapers on the Continent are trying to discredit the statement by Viscount Cranborne as to the friendly attitude of Great Britain to…

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Later War News. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

The comments in the Continental press on Britain's policy in South Africa are more moderate now .that it has been definitely clear that all iden of settling the war by negotiation instead of by…

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THE [?] War. Driving in De Wet. Kitchener's Scouts Active After the War. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 5

THE block-houses, which have been almost completed in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, constitute a parallelogram 140 miles in length…

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Austria-Hungary and the War. Statement by the Prime Minister

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 7

THE Vienna correspondent of the Times, wiring to that journal on De cember, 12, said:—The following is the text of the…

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The Americal Spanish War How Britain Befriended the States The Powers' Proposals. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 5

IN a statement made to the House of Commons yesterday, Lord Cranborne, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, referred to the attitude that…

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The Transvaal War. the Execution' of Scheeper. American Motion for Intervention Withdrawn. No Peace Proposals Since July. Mr. Kruger. British Foragers Surprised. the Blockhouses. Italian Recruits for the Boers. Miss Hobhouse. Casualties. London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 3

Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that Commandant Scheeper, who was executed last week, had been guilty of the cold-blooded murders of seven…

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The Transvaal War. Large Captures of Stock. Seizure of a Concentration Camp. a Burgher Corps. the Colonies Sacrifices Casualties. London, Jan. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 3

Lord Methen captured at Boschpoort 136 waggons, 19011 cattkem 28,750 sheep, and thirty-five families. Commandant Beyers, on January 22, seized the…

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Blunders of War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 5

It would appear that a considerable portion of the history of active warfare is a record of blunders. There was a savage little battle down in the Northern Arkansas, in the days of…

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Off to the War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

We learn that Mr Alphousus Norman Sheeban, latterly employed at the Singleton Telegraph Office as a switch attendant, has been acepted as one of the newly…

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The Boer War. Circumventing De Wet. London, January 25

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 3

Latest news from Pretoria states that the British operations in the Orange Colony are creating intense interest…

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The War. Shop by an Infant. Boer Attack Repulsed. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 3

While some Dragoon Guards were skirmishing near Harrismith, Orange River Colony, a Boer boy, aged 6, approached, and suddenly drawing a…

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The Boer War. shot by an Infant. Boer Attack Repulsed. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 3

WHILE some Dragoon Guards were skirmishing near Harrismith, Orange River Colony, a Boer boy, aged 6, approached, and suddenly drawing a…

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The Transvaal War. General Viljoen Captured. Important Captures of Boers. Harassing De Wet. a Protest. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

Lord Kitchener reports that General Ben Viljoen has been captured in the neighbourhood of Lydenburg, in the north-eastern Transvaal. Lord Kitchener says, "Doubtless the capture will have a…

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Scheepers' Brutality. Experiences of a Parramatta Soldier

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 4

TROOPER C. Taylor, son of Mr. John Taylor, of Parramatta, had an exciting experience with Scheepers, the Boer commandant, who has just been…

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The War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 3

Lieutenant Colonel Sir H. S. Raw. linson and Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Keir, by a night march from Tafelkop to Alleenkopje, captured 30 men be…

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The Transvaal War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 4

Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, stated in the House of Commons on Thursday that Commandant Scheeper, who was executed last week,…

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The Transvaal War. More Captures. a Casualty. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 3

Brigadier-General Plumer has captured thirty-six Boers. Major-General Bruce Hamilton captured a larger at Neespan and 32 of the enemy. Major-General…

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Supplementary War Estimates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 3

There were laid on the table of the House of Commons last night Supplementary War Estimates for the war up to April, amounting to £5,000,000…

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