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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Transvaal War. London, Thursday Kruger flees to Delagoa BAY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

President kruger has fled to Delagoa Ray. The Boers admit their last army is broken up. General Buller is…

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The Transvaal War

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 6

THE British have o[?]ted Ladybrand. in the south-east of the Orange River colony The Boors besieging the place were…

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Soldiers from the war

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

The steamship Wilcannia reached Sydney to-day with seventeen invalided Soldiers from South Africa for New South Wales, in charge…

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The War in China. London, Saturday Women Missionaries tortured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

Many women missionaries in China have been subjected to unspeakable barbarities, eclipsing those committed at the Indian…

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The Transvaal War London, Saturday Buller's capture of provisions

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

General Buller captured at Spitskop 300,0001bs rice, sugar, flour and coffee, ammunition…

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Invalided soldiers from South Africa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

The steamship' Ninevah with twenty-one invalided soldiers returned to Sydney to day…

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An old soldier Suicides

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

A pensioner, Charles Graham, aged 70, shot himself in the head at North Sydney yesterday, Deceased had been very depressed…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 2

Mr. Banset Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports that he went to Delagas Bay for the purpose of…

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

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 5

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

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 8

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

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The Transvaal War London, Lord Methuen's "haul."

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1900 · page 2

Lord Methuen routed the Boers north-east of Hart's River, and recaptured the fifteen-pounder fieldguns lost at Colenso, He took 26…

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The War in China. London, Saturday Massacre of Chinese by Russians

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1900 · page 2

The Moscow correspondent of the London "Standard" states that massacres were perpetrated by Russians at Blagovyaschensk on…

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Transvall War London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

Five hundred men of the commando under Government [?] early on [?] shelled the Eland's River station, 29 miles…

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The Queen and the War

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 4

There have been 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 in China. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

Prince Ching has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that the Chinese Court will not return to Pekin until China, including Shanghai, is free…

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The Transvaal War

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 5

MR. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports that he went to Delagoa Bay for the purpose of seeking and interview with…

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The Queen and the War

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 10

There have been a number of [?]leading 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 Transvaal War London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1900 · page 2

The natives in Zoutspansberg district, north-east of the Transvaal Colony, are preparing to resist Boer incursions…

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Fastest War Vessel in the World. London Express

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1900 · page 2

The Chinese are the possessors of the fastest war vessel in the world. His Imperial Chinese Majesty's ship. Hal Chi can boast a speed of…

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The War in China. London, Saturday. Russia and the Empress Dowager

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1900 · page 2

M. De Giers, the Russian Minister in China, has sent a memorial to the Empress Dowager urging her to return to [?] and promising…

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