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

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

588 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 30

The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 3

GENERAL JOU[?]ERT, Commander-in-Chief of the Boer forces, died unexpectedly at Pistoria on Tuesday night from an internal complaint. President Kruger will now personally command…

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The Opposition and the War

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

LONDON, March 27.—The “Standard” states that the leaders of the Opposition recognise that the extension of British sovereignty over the whole of South…

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Max O Rell and the War

Forbes Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 6

MAX O’RELL, who is well acquainted with both England and the Transvaal, in an address to 1,500 people in the Massey Hall, Toronto, which took the form of an entertaining talk upon…

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The Boer War. Affairs at Mafeking. Boer Trench Captured

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

LONDON, March 27—Colonel Baden, Powell, at Mafeking, on the 13th inst., captured a Boer trench and killed twelve of the enemy…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. [Per Reuter.] Latest War News. London

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 6

General Joubert has died from an internal complaint and Kruger has assumed command Kruger, in an interview with the correspondent. of the “New York Herald,” says…

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Jews as Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

The first wound inflicted during the late Turco-Greek war was received by a Jew. There are in the English army 700 Jews, 144 of them being officers…

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A Soldier's Sensations in Battle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

People often wonder how one feels in battle. This depends to a considerable extent on the nature of the conflict, the kind of troops engaged, the weapons…

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The British Soldier. by an American at the Front

Forbes Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 5

MR. JAKES BARNES, who is acting as the special correspondent of the New York Outlook in South Africa, has sent [?] journal a most interesting [?]ccount of his impressions of Tommy A[?]kins in…

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The Irish Soldier

Forbes Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 6

AN officer writing in To-Day [?] of the Irish-[?] calls “Patrick Atkins,” relates two [?] “On returning [?] camp one…

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The War. London, April 1

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts reports that owing to the enemy's activity in the immediate front, a few miles north of Bloemfontein, and their hostility towards the…

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The War. LONDON

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 10

Commandant Oliver's forces have escaped, Lieutenant-General French's horses being in too poor condition to purse them any further…

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War Notes. [Australian Star.]

Western Champion · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 11

The Bushmen are to be sent to Rhodesia at once, via the Portuguese territory. The garrison of Mafeking have been…

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The War. LONDON

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 6

The two batteries, which were captured by the Boers, suffered severely for four hours under a heavy cross fire at 1200 yards…

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Transvaal War. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 5

General Joubert died suddenly at Pretoria. President Kruger takes full command…

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The War. London, Thursday. Death of Joubert

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 2

General Joubert is dead. The Boer Commander-in-Chief died unexpectedly of an internal complaint, at Pretoria on Tuesday, whither he…

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Transvaal War. Kornispruit Disaster. Desperate Fighting. Bloemfontein Threatened Sohreiner Hooted. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 11

At the Komspruit disaster, gallant attempts were made to rescue the guns of the "A" Battery, horses being continuously shot…

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A Weird War Story

Forbes Times · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 6

THERE are some timely Sebastopol stories in “At School and Sea,” an autobiographical book by “Martello Tower,'” recently published by John Murray. Here is one of the canniest and…

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The War in South Africa

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 5

The Imperial Government has offered ton artillery mid twenty infantry commissions to New Zealand, and two and five respectively to Tasmania…

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The War in South Africa

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

Many complaints are made in home and Cape newspapers with regard tn the undue leniency shown by the British towards tho rebels. Free State refugees at Maseru, the capital of…

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Cape OPinion. Annexation or Civil War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

London, April 2. In course of a remarkable speech at Claremont yesterday. Mr. J. Rose Innes, one of the members of the Cape House of Assembly for the Cape Division, insisted that…

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