War in the Transvaal Johannesburg Captured
A cablegram dated London, May 29. 9.40 p.m, states that it is officially reported that the important town of Johannesburg, in the Tranusvaal, has…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
309 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 16
A War Story
A retired military officer who went through the Boer war of 1881 tells the following story of a curious incident which he witnessed during the campaign:…
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News of the crossing of the Vaal by the main army of General Roberta came as a surprise to those who had been carefully watching the progress of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Johannesburg Captured. Pretoria Abandoned. War Practically Over
ON Tuesday it was officially reported that Johannesburg had been captured by the British troops under Lord Roberts, On Thursday the even more welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. Sydney
The Netherlands, railway is blocked with Boers and good going to Lydenburg. Two wounded Executive Councillors…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Money Spent on the War
UP to the end of March Great Britain spent on the war, roughly, the sum of £114,000,000. A writer in the "Home Magazine has been matting a Calculation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Johannesburg in the Hands of the British. Pretoria Abandoned by the Boers. War Practically at an End
THE news from the coat of war during the past few days is very satisfactory from a British point of view. As already announced, the British forces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Practically Over. Flight of President Kruger. Surrender of Johannesburg
Pretoria has been abandoned by the [?] authorities. President Kruger has goes to Waterval Boven, a station on the [?] Delagoa Bay Railway, 163 miles east of the…
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THE War Office is in receipt of the following despatch from Lord Roberts:—"Johanesburg, Thursday morning.—Lieutenant-General French, in his advance…
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On Sunday the Boers were retreating from before Lieutenant-General French in a demoralised and exhausted condition and have traversed Pretoria, going…
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PRESIDENT KRUGER is at Machadderp, on the Delagoa Bay line, and declares that, by guerilla warfare, the Beers will necessitate a standing army of 100,000…
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It is officially stated that the Guards Brigade is close to the southernmost fort of Pretoria. Lieutenant-General French and Major-General Hutton are to the north of the city,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. Pretoria Occupied by the British
IT is officially announced that Pretoria, the late capital and principal city of the Transvaal, is now occupied by the British troops. The Guards Brigade,…
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Smith's Hill was, on Monday evening, the scene of the postponed outburst of Wollongong's rejoicing at the relief of Mafeking. A large concourse…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boer War Notes
Events in South Africa at the commencement of the present week indicate that the war will not be brought to a conclusion nearly so quickly as the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Priest and Press. or Boer War at Shoalhaven
When the clergy take to gun-ing, There is something in the air, Which the fox sniffs with his cunning While the boar makes for his lair…
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PRESIDENT KRUGER is living in a specially made railway car on the Delagoa Bay railway line, about 55 miles east of Middleburg. He announces that his…
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Not only is Great Britain now engaged in one of the most important and costly wars which that Empire ever waged, but the signs of the times indicate the…
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In an engagement near Roodewal, north of Kroondstad, on Thursday Lieutenant-Colonel Baird Douglas, of the Militia Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron…
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With the British flag floating above the Transvaal capital, we have entered upon a new phase, and the final one, of the war. The Boer Commandos which…
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