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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

53 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 3 of 3

[?]alian Soldiers Invalided Home

Camden News · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 1

[?]stralia, Mad and brave! our homes, our homes to save, [?] part a message bear [?]ly hearts of women here…

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The Chinese War

Camden News · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 7

The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary ,of State for War. said that despite the number of troops in South Africa, there were now under arms in Great Britain 50,000…

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The War. South Africa War. State of Affairs

Camden News · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts estimates that it will be necessary to maintain a permanent garrison of 80,000 troops in South Africa. Fifteen thousand of the colonial troops…

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The Boer War. with the New South Wales Troops. Action Near Pretoria. the Mounted Rifles Distinguish Themselves. From F. Wilkinson, Special War Correspondent

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 3

PRETORIA, June 10.—Last Tuesday saw one of the biggest battles yet fought; it also saw the final rout of Botha's Commando, and our occupation of Diamond Hill. The New…

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The Bear War. Invalided Home

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1900 · page 2

PRIVATE—M. BOU[?]K[?], invalided member of the New South Wales Mounted Rifled, forming part of the first contingent which went to South Africa, returned home on…

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What the Enlisted Men Got

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1900 · page 5

One of the returned [?]ors from Manila— a gunner's male and much [?]worn at afloat, a gentleman and a wheek[?] dre—was sipping amb[?]er refreshment in a roadhouse,…

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The Bear War. Letter From Pritate Axam

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

IN a letter to his parents at "Mon[?]t Gilead," Campbelltown, dated Pretoria, June 8, Private Frank [?] says:—"I have n[?] received any ma[?] the [?] April, and there is…

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War Noveltics. These Things May Turn the Scale in the Next Great War

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 6

Whether or not the art of battleship construction is destined to be revolutionised by the newly patented invention of William Weegar, of…

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The Quzen and the War

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 6

There have been a number of misleading paragraphs in the newspapers with regard to the attitude of the Queen towards the impending war. It is quite true that her…

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The War. Letter From Private Butler, of Camden. at the Front. The Kopjes, South Arrican. Sept. 20th 1900

Camden News · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 1

Dear Parents—We are in the Orange River colony again, and are going after De Wit. We marched in to Pretoria and packed our waggons, horses baggage, etc. on the train and travelled…

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The South African War

Camden News · Thursday 15 November 1900 · page 2

A severe engagement has taken place near Bothaville, resulting in the defeat of 1000 Boers, and the recapture of two British guns…

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The South African War. New Republic Started

Camden News · Thursday 22 November 1900 · page 2

General Botha has formed a new Republic westward to Lydenburg, amid the mountains. The Roer leader, Erasmus, with 2000 men…

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Back from the War

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 12 December 1900 · page 2

TROOPER C. G. SPOONER, a member of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, returned to his home at Campbelltown on Friday evening last after an absence of nearly twelve…

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