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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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War Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

The proceeds of the garden fete promoted at Clovelly, by Mr. L. S. Gordon, total £41, not £31 as previously announced—a splendid result…

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The War. Sydney

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 5

The Ladysmith field was thick with the slain. The British losse were fourteen officers[?] killed and 34 wounded. Eight hundred men were killed and wounded. The Boer losses…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

The Ladysmith battlefield is thick with The British loss was: Fourteen officers killed, 84 wounded, and 800 men killed and wounded…

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War Notes

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 2

Taking advantage of the travelling concession made by the Railway Commissioners at the instance of the Military authorities, Captain Thomas and a number of men…

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The War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 4

IT is reported that Mafeking was safe on January 6. The bombardment of the town has been resumed. Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington,…

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The War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 2

FIELD-MARSHALL LORD ROBERTS telegraphed on Sunday that Major-General French had failed to outflank the Boers at Colesberg…

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Transvaal War London, January 16

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 2

A somewhat amusing incident is reported in connection with the reconnaissance. The Queenslanders surprised a dozen Boers who were dining at a farm…

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The War. Some Frightful Experiences

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 3

SENIOR-SERGEANT MOYLAN, of Singleton, on Friday received a letter from his son Bede, who is at the front in South Africa. It is from the Modder River, and dated…

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The War. By Cable. Storming a Hill. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 5

ON Monday the Boers tried to storm a hill held by a company of the Yorkshire Infantry Regiment and a few New Zealanders, near Rensberg, south…

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The Transvaal War. the Battle at Ladysmith. 2,500 Boers Killed and Wounded

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" estimates that at the battle of Ladysmith twenty thousand Boers were engaged, being five to each Britisher. The Boer…

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War Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
Also in The Armidale Chronicle, The Armidale Chronicle

The Boers are offering £50 per head for Australians. Gordon Fleming, writing, from Tuli Fort (Baden Powell's force) to his…

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The War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

"What's the latest news of the war?" "Are our boys doing well at the front?" These are daily questions. Yes, we are pleased to report "Our…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

The NSW. Mounted Rifles, with Major Remington's corpa, drove a party of Griqualand West rebels from Preieka Drift, chasing them from…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 5

The 'Times' correspondent with the British forces in Natal gives particulars of the British advance westward from Colenso to Springfield…

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The War. Sydney. Wednesday, 10 a.m

The Inverell Times · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 5

The New South Wales Mounted Rifles with Major Rennington's corps, drove a party of Griqualand West rebels from Priesca Drift, chasing them from hill to hill across the river,…

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Latest War News. Sydney, Friday Night. Australian Ambushed. Five N.S.W. Lancers Killed. Eight Taken Prisoners

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

A patrol, consisting of sixteen men of the New South Wales Lancers and Australian Hoise got into a Boer ambush near Rendsburg. Five of the…

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In Time of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2

THIS hymn, specially written by the Rev. Walter J. Mathams, F.R.G.S., author of "Comrades All" and "Jack Ah[?]" sung at a second concert [?]…

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The War and After

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 6

IN the Nineteenth Century for December Mr. Sidney Low contributes a pessimistic paper on South African problems. He tells us that when the…

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