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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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British-boer War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 3

A Pretoria despatch reports that Colonel Grey, with New Zealanders and Australian Bushmen, made a vigorous attack upon. 800 Boers a little to…

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Latest Boer War. London

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 4

Sixty seven Dutch colonists at Aberdeen have joined the raiders. Eleven farmers have been arrested for inviting Boers to invade Capo Colony…

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British-boer War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 6

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, states that the majority of the members of the Afrikander Bond have commissioned Mr. J. X. Merriman to counsel Mr…

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South African War News

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 6

FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cables received at the beginning of the week:-- Commandant Kruitzinger's…

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The Transvaal War. LONDON, Jan. 18

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 3

The residents of the Cape Peninsula, except officials and soldiers, are forbidden to possess arms and ammunition after February 1st…

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The Transvaal War. LONDON, Jan. 20

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 5

Lord Brethnen, operating westward of Taungs, which is 84 miles north of Kimberley, attacked 1000 men under Commandant Delarcy, and drove them northward. The British lost two men killed…

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Traveller. German Soldiering

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 4

Germany has no regular army in the sense in which that term is used in America and in England. There are no regular soldiers who enlist for long…

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British-boer War. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 2

The Grenadier Guards, now with the Imperial Contingent in Melbourne, have been ordered to proceed to South Africa immediately…

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British-boer War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 7

Lord Kitchener announces that the Boer raiders in Cape Colony are doing little harm, and are daily becoming unpopular. They hare not been joined…

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South African War News

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 12

FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cables received at the beginning of the week:-- The southward march of the Boer…

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How to Breed Horses for War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

I have often wondered that our rich noblemen and owners of large parks do not more often than they do try their hands at pony-breeding, if only as an…

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British-boer War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 3

Lieutenant General French's column of cavalry and mounted infantry is sweeping the country east of the Pretoria-Johannesburg Railway, and…

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Sad War Story

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 7

The following is one of many very sad war relief stories: A Glasgow woman, with two of a family, received a notification from headquarters at South Africa…

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British-boer War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 6

Brigadier-General Brabant and his staff are in the eastern provinces of Cape Colony organising a defence force…

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Latest War News. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 9

Commandant Blake, with 2000 Boers, has invaded Delagoa Bay, hoping to release the Boers confined in the colony. The Portuguese…

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How to Breed Horses for War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 9

I have often wondered that our rich noblemen and owners of large parks do not more often than they do try their hands at pony-breeding, if only as an…

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Tommy's Pay in Time of War

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 7

Many people are under the impression that when Tommy Atkins is ordered off to war his pay is stopped until all the fighting is over, when it is presented to…

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British-boer War. the Drag Net Plan

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Capetown states that the British troops, extended in a broad front in the north, are sweeping the enemy towards Cape…

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Sad War Story

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 7

The following is one of many very sad war relief stories: A Glasgow woman, with two of a family, received a notification from headquarters at South Africa…

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Latest Boer War. London

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 4

Piet De Wet, in his appeal to his brother, said if they did not yield the Borra would be impoverished and degrade. Major Brereton, commanding at…

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