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

The wars & local soldiers, 1901

223 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 12

Transvaal War

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 2

Ex-President Kruger states that Commandant Botha has negotiated with Lord Kitchener in order to gain time to collect supplies…

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The China War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

On hearing that the British and Russian generals in China had received instructions from their Governments with regard to the Tientsin Siding, Count Von Waldersee replied that diplomacy must…

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The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

Commandant Kruitzinger, reported to have crossed the Eland’s River, has now been driven north. On Sunday last he lost, 40 men killed and…

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The Boer War. Wolmaranstad Murders. the Late Mr. Boyd

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 2

LONDON, March 18.—Mr. Boyd, the Englishman who was shot by order of Commandant De la Rey at Wolmaranstad, was a son of Mr. John Neill…

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War News

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 2

The Transvaal Executive Council has been formed, under the Governor and High Commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner…

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Transvaal War

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

Three regulars at Capetown are suffering from plague. The particulars of the defeat at Delaroy, shew that the Beers suffered…

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The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

General French has arrived at Vryhcid. Since be commenced his sweeping movement in Eastern Transvaal, 1200 Boers have been killed, wounded, and captured, also seven guns, 1000…

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War News. the Terms of Peace

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 3

An official statement, giving par tiealars of the recent correspondent and negotiations between General Lond Kitchener and Commandant Botha,…

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The Boer War. De Lisle’s Column. Joined by the Australians London, March 25

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

The Australians who have newly arrived in South Africa are strengthening Colonel De Lisle’s column…

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In a Boer's Home. an Australian's Victory. Love and Hatred. Incident of the Transvaal War. in Two Parts. Part I.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 1

'I CANNOT do this thing, uncle. I have tried to please you, and I am grateful for, the home you have given me so long. But I cannot…

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Soldiers with a Past

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 7

The most remarkable army division in the world is, probably, the Foreign Legion of France, fully 50 per cent. of which are foreigners, adventurers and refugees. A…

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Our Soldiers' Clothes. a Smart Newsboy

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 7

It costs the British Government £1,250,000 Annually for the clothing furnished to our army nil over the world. Each of the foreign possessions, however, has to pay A banker who counts his wealth by seven figures, and an exceptionally well-known figure on the streets of, came out of his office about dusk the other evening…

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The War in China

Western Champion · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 11

The President of the Japanese House of P[?]rs, in a warlike sp[?]ch declared that, Japan could easily drive Rus[?] from Manchuri[?],…

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The Boor War. LONDON

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 5

Generals Botha and De Wet, with 13,000 men, are combining against Lieutenant-General French. Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell…

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The War in South Africa Latest Cables. London

Western Champion · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 11

One [?]udered Boers, including two prominent l[?]aders, have surrondored to General Phumer at Warmbad. An advance party of Victorian…

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The Transvaal War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

General Plumer has occupied Warmbad and Nyls[?]room, capturing a number of Boers. The Boer laager at Boschberg, in Orange River Colony, was surprised by the British at night and…

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The China War. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

A German force has been encountered by a band of 1000 robbers seven miles north of Tientsin. Eleven of the robbers were killed and 50 wounded…

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The Boer War. in the Transvaal. a Sharp Attack. London, March 30

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Commandant De la Rey, on the 22nd instant, suddenly swooped and tried to interrupt the rear portion of 200 British. who were returning from…

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In a Boer's Home. an Australian's Victory. Love and Hatred. Incident of the Transvaal War. in Two Parts. Part Ii

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

But it was not to be to-morrow after all that she was to see him. It was with a sinking heart Vivien heard her uncle arranging with Ivan to be busy near…

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Soldiers and Peerages

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

Soldiers, unfortunately, are seldom rich, and it had been wisely decided by our late Queen that it is against the interests of the State to confer peerages…

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