War News. LONDON, March 25
Mr. Brodrick, in the course of his statement in the House of Commons, said that the application of Mr. Schalk Burger for a safe conduct through the British lines was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
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Mr. Kruger. His Views on the War. London, March 20
The Paris jonrnal Le Matin publishes a remarkable statement respecting the war in South Africa which was dictated by Mr. Kruger. The statement shows that the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →An Episode of the War. Two Australians Shot. Charged with Killing Unarmed Boers
A remarkable story was told on Tuesday to general commanding the forces (Sir Edward Hutton) and to the Prime Minister, by a returned soldier, namely, that two…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Boer War. Boer Leaders at Pretoria. Conference with Lord Kitchener. London, March 24
The announcement has just been received from Pretoria that the principal members of the nominal Government of the Transvaal arrived in that city by train yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Tales of South Africa. Into a Boer Death-trap. A Story of the Present War
People tell father that this terrible war was begun for the sake of the English people who live in the Boer country, and do not get equal rights. We had lived in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Ideal Soldier, As Pictured by the Kaiser
Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son of the German Emperor, has formally received at Potsdam, his commission as an officer in the 1st Regiment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. London
Sleyn and De Wet have returned to Parys. The peace negotiations, it is said, have proved unsuccessful. M. Wessels is reported to have said that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horses for War. Suggestion to the British Government. London, March 31
Mr. Charles Cowper, of Sydney (ex-sheriff of New South Wales), has written a letter which is published in The Times, in which he urges the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The Boer War. the Transvaal Sweep. a Successful Movement. London, March 27
The details of the sweeping movement directed against General Da la Ray's forces, in the South-western Transvaal, show that it was carried out in almost exactly the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Local Soldiers
On Wednesday the third battalion of the Federal Contingent left Sydney on the Manhattan for South Africa. The Carrington Contingent of Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troubles of Spain. Civil War at Barcelona. Artillery Used Against Rioters
A message to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Barcelona, via Perpignan, France, on February 21, said that a fierce battle had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer War. London
Sergeant Major May, of the second, local mounted rifles, and Private McKen, of the third local bushmen, were killed near Bethal on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Australian Soldier's Story
An ex-Bushveldt Carbineer says:— I was orderly to the Bushveldt Carbineer's mess. I saw in the papers the other day that someone at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Anti-war League
At the monthly meeting of the Cooma municipal council a letter was read from the committee of the Anti-war League, Sydney, requesting the council to exhibit…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Anti-war League
When the anti-War League some weeks ago decided to forward a petition in connection with the Boer war to local bodies with a request that it be placed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Naval War of the Future
The war of the future is bound to become more and more a war of individuals, an affair of initiative, in which doing the best thing, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor in War. an Armoured Car. London, April 7
The firm of Vickers, Maxim, and Co. Ltd., the well-known gun makers and shipbuilders, of Sheffield and Barrow-on-Furness, have submitted to the War Office an…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →War Office Statement. Twelve Cases of Murder. London, April 5
The War Office has issued the following statement of the events leading up to the trial and conviction of the condemned officers:—…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Boer War. W. F. Kitchener and De La Rey. a Severe Engagement. London, April 4
News has just been received that a severe running fight has taken place in the Western Transvaal between the forces under Major General Walter Kitchener and…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Boer War. Fighting De La Rey. the Recent Engagement. a Complete Account. London, April 9
The correspondent of the Standard at Klerksdorp has given full particulars of the engagement at Boschbult on the 31st ult. between the forces under General Walter…
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