The War
A GERMAN-EAST AFRICAN steamer has been captured in Delagoa Ray by a British c[?]uiser. he captured vessel, it appears, carried contraband of war, end her…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
309 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 16
The War
INTELLIEGENCE has been received from South Africa to the effect that MajorGeneral French has surprised, out-man-oeuvred, and completely routed the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Story of the Last Boer War
Sir James Sivewright has told a little story of the last Boer war which affords a graphic illustration of what might have been. The story was told to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A South Coast Pressman Off to the War
Mr. D. J. Stewart of the Illawarra ''Mercury,'' has volunteered for the war and will probably go with the Australian contingent. Mr. Stewart has resided at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes
IN view of expressions of [?]-Beer sympathy manifested in the Bal[?]district the Municipal Council has received not to employ any person k[?] to be…
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Heat wave at Ladysmith, Heavy rains filled the Boer trenches at Magersfontein. 5000 men in New York offered to…
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The South African war is still proceeding slowly. Latterly the British troops under Major General French have been giving the Boers a bad time of it in the direction of…
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Intermittent fighting is proceeding in the vicinity of Colesburg. The New Zealand Contingent is engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Transvaal War. Battle at Sunnyside
THE Queensland contingent (Lieut.-Col, Ricardo), and the Canadian contingent (Colonel Otter) were hotly engaged on Monday last at Sunnyside, 20 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ladies and the War. Comforts for Wounded Soldiers
ACCORDING to announcement, a meeting of ladies, convened by his Worship the Mayor of Kiama on the suggestion of the ladies connected with the local Benevolent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Battle at Colesberg
WITH a view to re-opening communication with the Orange Free State by means of Botha's Drift some 20 miles north of Norval's Pont, and about the same distance…
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MAJOR WESTON sent away about a dozen horses for South Africa last week. ELEVEN Kangaroo Valley residents have volunteered for service in the…
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Widespread suspense has now been relieved in regard to an imcomplete report that severe fighting had taken place at Ladysmith, the War Office publishing…
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GENERAL Button, stationed south of the Tugela River, with headquarters at Chievely, seven miles from Colen's, now commands a column of 33,000 men…
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The campaign in South Africa is no much more than at a standstill in a really war sense. The War Department in England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
HOSPITAL criticims are being made in the British press at the evident unpreparedness of the British army, and the deadlock that has taken place in the active conduct of the…
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Lintenant - General White and Major-General French have successfully repulsed Boer attacks at Lady-smith and Colesberg…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Late War News. Friday Morning
Newspaper correspondents have heliographed from Ladysmith a few details of the last fight. The place swarms with spies, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Women's Work Guild. an Enthusiastic Meeting. Garments for the Wounded Men at the Transvaal
A MEETING of the recently-formed Kiama branch of the above Guild was held in Miss Swindells' School Hall (kindly placed at the disposal of the Committee by the Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
THE Imperial Parliament has been summoned to meet on the 30th inst. All the Unionist newspapers continue to essail the Government. It is alleged that the military…
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