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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 30 of 30

A War Yarn

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 4

Presiding over the gathering which thr[?]nged St. James'-hall, London, to [?]ar Mr. Winston Churchill's second lecture on Monday evening, Dr. Con[?]…

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The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 4

Numerous tributes have been paid to the New South Wales Army Medical Corps for the magnificent work they did under heavy fire. The hills of Megaliesberg, near Krugersdorp,…

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The Boer War. LONDON, December 18

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 2

The khaki-clad Boers at Nooitgedaet crept to within 40 yards of Major-General Clements’s force before they were recognised…

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Two War Yarns. Dr. Conan Dotle on British Prisoners and Boer Gaolers

Forbes Times · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 8

PRESIDING over the gathering which thronged St. James’-hall to hear Mr. Winston Churchill’s second lecture on Monday evening, Dr. Conan Doyle made an excellent little speech packed full of illustrative…

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German Soldier-cyclists

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 2

In Germany soldier-cyclists have a special course of cycling drill to go through, and they are supplied with thoroughly good and reliable machines. Each man must be able to…

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War Losses. LoNDON,Sunday

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1900 · page 2

The British casualty lint at Nooit-gedacht was heavier than was antici- pated, many nice being dangerously wounded. The Northumborland Fasi…

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A War Story

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 December 1900 · page 4

Here is a quaint but perfectly well authenticated story of the American Civil War. At Antietam, just after the artillery had been hotly engaged,…

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The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 29 December 1900 · page 2

A mixed British force with seven guns has expelled the Boers from the kopjes north-west of Steynesberg. The enemy went northwards to Z[?]urberg…

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