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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 3

The majority of the Fifth Division of the Army Corps have reinforced General Boiler, whose command will soon number 30,000. He has decided to await the arrival of the…

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Transvaal War London, December, 30

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

The majority of the Fifth Division of the Army Corps has reinforced Buller who command will soon number 30,000. He has decided to await the arrival of the…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) the War London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

The warship Magicienne has captured the German steamer Bundesrath at Delagoa Bay for having contraband of war on board. Her passengers included 3 German officers and 20…

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The War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 1

Mr Quash, an Australian, has been arrested at Johannesburg for refusing to assist in the making of shells for the Boers. 200 Chinese have been killed by a French…

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War Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

The N.S.W. Patriotic Fund now amounts to £10 223 19s 4d which amount does not include several of the country collections. The 'Daily…

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The Transvaal War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

There are 16,000 Boers between Coleuso and Springfield and 8000 south of Ladysmith. The railway line has been destroyed…

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The South African War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 7

The Rev. Father Fagan of Coraki lecturing on the war recently said South African politics are a tangled skein. An outsider generally fails to…

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Off to the War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 1

Mrs. J. Clare has received a letter from her son Willian who left Sydney on hoard the steamer Warrigal on Saturday for Smith Africa. He describes the trip to Melbourne…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

Further particulars of the Sunnyside engagement show that the Boer Laager was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

Following up the success at Reasberg General French rapidly advanced on Sunday night and at dawn on Monday discovered the enemy…

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Latest War News. Sydney, Friday Night

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

Another German steamer has been seized by the British at Delagoa Bay. The Imperial Government intends to spend £5,000,000 on artillery…

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The War. Sydney. Saturday, 10 a.m

The Inverell Times · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 6

A majority of the fifth division of the Army Corps has re-inf[?]ed General Bu[?], whose command will soon number 30,000. He has decided to await the arrival of the [?] train…

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War Notes

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

We understand that Staff-Serg. Fraser will proceed to the Transvaal with the second Contingent. Staff-Serg. Lacey will also go, but he will be in the…

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Necessaries for the Wounded. The Ladies of Drake Thoughtful

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

MESDAMES Hunter Smith, Wells, and other ladies of Drake, have evidently not been unmindful of the wants of the sick and Wounded in the Transvaal. They have…

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Transvaal War London, January 4

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

Further details of the engagement at Sunnyside state that the occupants of the Boer laager, which was the principal point of the attack by the Queensland and…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) the War London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

Further particulars of the Sunnyside engagement show that the Boer laager was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch. The Queenslaaders behaved magnificently,…

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War Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3

The doctors examining the volunteers for the contingent at the Randwick camp have so far rejected 157 on the ground that they wore physically unfit,…

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Vaccination and the War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4

An interesting letter from Mr. F. Wilkinson, the 'Daily Telegraph's' South African correspondent, shows that the vaccinator's lancet had so far been much more efiicaoeous…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3

The Sydney Lancers at Rensberg, under Major Lee, who were sent to prevent the Boers looting and wrecking a Commissiariat train were exposed to heavy shell musketry…

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The War. the Modder River Battle

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

The special correspondent of the DAILY CHRONICLE describes the above battle as follows. The account is taken from files received at Albuny last Friday and wired to…

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