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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The Boer War. De Wet Overtaken. Engagement Proceeding. LONDON. Friday. i

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 4

The Cape Colony rebels believe that if captured lighting in the late republies they will be shot; also that surrender in Cape Colony makes them amenable to the treason…

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The Boer War. Several Engagements. The Boers Blow a Train Up. Reported Advice from Kruger. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 3

The Boers have quitted the Philipstown district, and crossed the Western railway near De Aur. General Knox is holding the country north…

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The Boer War London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 2

The "Daily Express" states that Lord Roberts has appointed General Pole Carew to command the Australian Federal forces…

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Mr. Steyn. Severely Wounded. London, December 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 34

The report is confirmed that Mr. Steyn, ex-President of the Orange Free State, now the Orange River Colony, who accompanied General De Wet in his movements in the…

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A Horror of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 15

One of the greatest horrors of the battlefield, and one which amongst the multitudes of items we receive from the seat of war is not much noticed, is the…

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The Boer War. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 2

The Boers who invaded Cape Colony are now southward of Middleborg. Large British reinforcements are hemming in the enemy. The latter looted every farm from…

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Another British Reverse. 50 Killed and Wounded. 200 Prisoners Taken. London, December 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 34

News of a serious reverse to the British in the Eastern Transvaal, between Pretoria and tho border of the Delagoa Bay settlement, has been received…

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The Boer War. De Wet's Operations. Losing Many Horses. London, December 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 34

General De Wet, who was last reported to be near Senekal, 35 miles north-west of Ficksburg, on the Basutoland border, refuses to make a stand against the British…

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The Boer War. in Pursuit of De Wet. Knox Occupies Senekal. London, January 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 21

General Knox, who is in pursuit of the Boer forces under General De Wet, Commandant Haasbroek, and Mr. Stein, and who frustrated their attempt to break…

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The Boer War. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

The Standard, describing the fight at Rhonoster Kop, states the behaviour of the Australians was one of the finest features of the war…

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The Boer War. Latest Particulars. General Knox Meets a Superior Force of the Enemy. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2

Krugger is suffering from weakness of the heart's notion. Sir Alfred Milner has asked the Imperial Government for a special grant of £100,000…

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The Boer War. London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 2

400 troops having arrived at Malmesbury, 48 miles north of Capetown, martial law was immediately proclaimed in the district…

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The Pursuit of De Wet. a British Reverse. 40 Killed and Wounded. London, January 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 34

A serious reverse has been met with by a detachment of General Knox's force, which has been engaged in the pursuit of General De Wet in the south-east of the Orange River…

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The Boer War. Invasion of Cape Colony. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

Advices received from Capetown concur that the Boer invaders of the Cape Colony have plenty of arms and ammunition, which hurl been cunningly buried ready for use on…

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The Boer War. the Cape Raiders. London, January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 34

The Boer raids in the worth of the Cape Colony are causing a good deal of excitement at Cape Town. The opinion there is general that strong reinforcements of mounted troops…

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Traveller. German Soldiering

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 1

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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The War in South Africa. Continued Boer Activity. Precautions at Capetown. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

Semi-official reports from Capetown with respect to the raiding commandos of Boers who have invaded Cape Colony with a view to promoting a rising of the Dutch…

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The Boer War. The Invasion of Cape Colony. Movements of the Forces. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 4

General Botha and Commandant Viljoen, whenever pressed, retire north, and recruit. General Lyttleton, at Belfast, is unable to follow the Boers in force…

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The Boer War London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

Fourteen hundred Beers at daybreak on January 12th attacked Quurfontein and Kaalfontein, on the Johannesburg. Pretoria line. The enemy, who were…

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The Boer War. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3

One hundred and twenty German farmers have joined the Cape suburban guard. The Cape cyclist corps now numbers 300…

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