War Medals
The King yesterday personally distributed three thousand South African medals at the Horse Guards. Lord Roberts was decorated first,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
223 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 12
The Transvaal War. London
The King presented at the Horse Guards 3000 South African war medals. Lord Roberts was the first recipient. The Duke of York’s children were interested…
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It is announced there is a proposition for the German, French, Japanese and Russian troops to remain in China till the negotiations are quite settled…
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Private A. Tiver, a Kentish man, serving with the Medical Staff Corps in South Africa, writing to a friend from Middelburg in November, gives an extraordinary…
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Mrs. Botha has retained to Brossels, and after two hoars interview with ex-President Kruger authoritatively stated that Commandant Botha…
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A largely attended pro-Boer meeting was held in the Queen’s Hall, London, on Wednesday night. 800 foreigners were hired to keep out opponents, Mr. Labouchere. M.P., presided, and said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Private George Carpenter Returns from the War. Enthusiastic Welcome
On Thursday night upwards of 400 citizens—among whom. were a number of ladies—assembled at the railway station and extended a hearty and enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War in South Africa Treatment of Refugees. Debate. in the House of Commons. Victory for the Government. London, June 11
Mr. St, John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, in reply to a question in the House of Commons last night, said that there were 37,738…
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THE decision of the War office to send nearly a thousand Volunteer cyclists to the front is a striking instance of prejudice overcome…
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On Friday evening last Sergeant J. Christie, late of the Mounted Rifles, and Private Lowing of the Rhodesian Field Ambulance Corps, delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Soldier and Anthill
Only the other day (wrote the Manila correspondent of Leslie's Weekly) the Kansas volunteers got under a fire so heavy that, after spreading out in line of skirmishers, the…
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The British column has cleared the eastern part of the Orange River Colony, capturing great quantities of [?] grain and flour. They also took a number of horses, cattle and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Battle of the Peninsular War
On Easter Sunday, April 10th, 1814, was fought the last battle of the Peninsular War. After his defeats at Nieville, Nive, and other places, Marshal Soult…
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Only the other day (wrote the Manila correspondent of Leslie's Weekly) the Kansas volunteers got under a fire so heavy that, after spreading out in line of skirmishers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Brave Soldier's End
Regarding the death of Trooper James Finnegan, who enlisted from Forbes with the Australian Bushmen, and was killed at Yalkfontein, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Submarine War Vessel
In conection with the [?] manoeuvres, while the squadron was starting from Taulon a submarine boat was submerged and torpedoed with dummies two warships without being detected…
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NERVOUS persons expressed much disgust at the way the Russian Warship was left right in front of Sydney at the Royal Arthur's anchorage…
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At a meeting of returned Australian soldiers it was decided to issue a writ against the Government for back pay. The British War Office has promptly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home. to Trooper A. Ratten
If there is anything the Forbes people have delighted of late in, it is the welcoming home of those brave boys who went to South Africa to uphold the supremacy of the “old” Union Jack. The…
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