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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

186 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 10

The War in South Africa

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

The Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild has volunteered for service. The Boers are mustering at Naauwpoort in remarkably strong force…

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Roman Catholic Priest on the War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

The following letter recently appeared in the ALBANY BANNER from the Rev. Father Dunne.— SIR,—I am glad you called attention in…

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Who are the Greatest Heroes of a War?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 5

'I saw in Plevna,' says Mr. David Christie Murray, ' one of the most extraordinary bits of human valour I ever beheld, an act that, to my mind, deserves…

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England and France at War. Forecast.-How France Would, Fare

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 5

Not many leagues from here, Strange as it may appear, Under tribute severe Lay a great city;…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. .[Per. Reuter.] Latest War News. London, Dec. 28

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 7

No important operations are reported from the front. General Cronje has been reinforced, and is throwing up entrenchments within…

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The Boer War. the Action Near Arundel. New Zealand Troops in a Tight Corner

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

LONDON, December 26, 3.30 p.m.—The New Zealand troops attached to Major-General J. D. P. French’s division, got in a tight corner in the action near Arundel…

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