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

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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Transvaal War. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 7

A patrol of 16 New South Wales Lancers and Adelaide mounted men fell into ambush near Rensburg. Five were killed and one wounded. Two…

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Transvaal War. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 10

General Buller cables that Lieutenant-General Warren was in the same position on Tuesday, with the enemy about 1400 yards in front. The…

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Boer War Notes. Specially written for the "Champion." (All Rights Reserved.)

Western Champion · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 5

We cannot wonder at the stern measures taken to prevent the British plans leaking out, for the underground engineering, and skilful espionage of…

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The Cost of War

Forbes Times · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 4

The Washington Bureau of Ordnance recently issued some interesting statistics of the details of the cost to the United States of annihilating the Spanish navy. Admiral Dewey spent some…

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The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 3

THE British Government has accepted the Bushmen’s Contingent, and will send horse transports from the Cape to take the Bushmen to South Africa…

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The War in South Africa

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 5

LONDON, January 19. -The War Office has received a cable from Field-Marshal Lord Roberts:he Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, stating ,hat Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren…

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The War in South Africa

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

LONDON, 22.-Turning of the main Boer position successfully begun. The enemy extreme right east­ward of Action Homes is occupied, the ridge extend­ing; four miles west of Trichard's Drift…

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The Cardinal on the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

SPEAKING on Sunday evening to a representative of the Daily Telegraph, Cardinal Moran said:" I have heard it stated that I myself am such a deadly enemy of the British Empire that I…

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Some Incidents of the Boer War of 1881

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 1

In view of tho present crisis it may not be uninteresting (says the London "Globe" military correspondent) to recull some experiences of the Boor War…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. [Per Reuter.] Latest War News. London, Jan. 24

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 7

Sir Redvers Buller cables that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren is in the same position, and that the Boers are entrenched 1400 yards from him…

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Mr. Holman in Trouble. Loyal Hobart. Pro-boer References to Transvaal War. Resented by the Public

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

MR. W. A. FOLMAN, one of the Labor repre­sentatives in the New South Wales Parliament, attempted to address a public meeting at the Rialto last evening. The subject to be dealt…

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The Boer War. the Enemy, Driven Back. Infantry Under; Heavy Fire. Enemy’s Guns Silenced. Boer Positions Occupied

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

LONDON, January 22,—The turning of the main Boer positions has been successfully, begun. The enemy’s extreme right, to the…

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An Irish Soldier's Furlough

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 3

In the autumn of 1825, some private affairs called me into the sister kingdom; and as I did not travel like Polyphemus with my eye out, I gathered a few samples of Irish…

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About Soldiers' Wives

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 3

The wife of an American soldier-when he happens to be married-has comparatively happy time of it. But it is different else where and the condition is at its worst…

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The Soldiers of Russia

Forbes Times · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 4

Although there, are immense social differences between the classes in Russia, observes the Italia Militare [?] Marina in an article on the Russian Army, it would be a mistake to imagine…

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Australians in the Transvaal War. Two Killed and Several Wounded

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 4

Two Sydney men, Trooper Sergeant. Major G. A. Griffin (1st Australian Horse) and Trooper F. Kilpatrick (of the New South Wales Lancers)…

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The War. London, January 26

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

The British have abandoned Spion Kop. The news caused intense disappointment in England, and Consols fell ten shillings…

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SNAPSHOTS. "Give me leave to speak my mind." About the War, Things in General, and Nothing in Particular

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

Some interesting matter on page 4. Our Generals have started blaming one another. This is a bad sign—a very bad sign…

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Wounded Australian

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

The Premier has received a cable from Sir Alfred Milner, stating he regrets to report that Trooper G. H. Hereford, of the first Australian…

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War Wires

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 3

OWING to interruptions on the line between here and Barmedman, and between Temora and Cootamundra, our press wires did non reach us in…

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