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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The War. [Through Reuter.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 5

BOTHEMAN'S commando and Steenkamp's Commando have crossed the Modder River north of Abraham's Kraal.- Mr. Steyn, Commandant de Wet, and…

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Latest War News. LONDON, March 14

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 2

It is officially reported that Do Wet is now North of Brandford, and that continuous rains are impeding his movements. The some cause interferes with the…

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The Transvaal War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

De Wet and Steyn, with 500 men, looted every shop in Petrusville on February 24, and smashed the telegraph intruments…

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The Transvaal War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

Boer attacks on the British camps at Moselikatzenek and Hekpoort were repulsed. De Lisle scattered the enemy near…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 6

Fifty of the Boers under Commandant Trichardt hoping to capture provisions undermined the railway line near Heidelberg in the Transvaal…

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Cablegrams London Thursday the Transvaal War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

Kitchener and French's combinations frustrated an attempted dash of De Wet on St. Helena Bay to meet a vessel bringing arms and ammunition…

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Transvaal War LONDON, March 14

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 3

A meeting of the British Cabinet was suddenly convened yesterday, and although no information has been allowed to transpire, it is generally believed that…

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Latest War News. LONDON, March 17

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

The Boers are manufacturing ammunition at Pietersburg. Many Boers are daily surrendering at Premansoorp…

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"Banjo " Paterson. the Famous War Correspondent. Lecture in Tenterfield

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

ON Friday evening noxt Mr. A. B. Paterson, better known as " Banjo," will open in the School of Arts. Before becoming known to fame as a war…

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

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

De Lisle's plan to jam the Boers in a fork of two rivers failed by Kruitzinger forcing a passage at Leeuw Draft. De Wet's two chief scouts have been captured,…

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The Transvall War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 5

The Boers in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, are openly discussing the question of surrender. There is now a more hopeful feeling at…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 8

Lieutenant-General French reports that an additional 46 Boers have been killed and wounded, and 146 taken prisoners. Two hundred rifles,…

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Dogs of War in Reality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

To let loose the dogs of war is to be a veritable military manoeuvre, for dogs are now being trained by the German army to do actual battle. The bicycle is responsible…

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The War in China. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 8

The Russians at Tientsin are entrenching the railway siding The Hongkong Regiment is confronting the Russians with fixed…

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Kitchener and His Soldiers

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 7

It was in providing unusually good rations for his men that Kitchener made his first hit in the Soudan campaign of 1884, and his determination to have the…

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Transvaal War LONDON, March 18

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 3

In connection with the military operations during the month of February, it has been ascertained that 160 Boers were killed, 400 wounded, and 100 either…

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Latest War News. Transvaal. London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 2

Kruger states that Botha negotiated with Lord Kitchener in order to gain time to Collect all supplies…

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The Transvaal War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record, The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

Lord Kitchener has confirmed the sentences passed en three prisoners convicted of treason, murder, and train wrecking. The accused were…

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