A Female Soldier
THE following epitaph, in Brighton churchyard, details a singular story : "In memory of Phoebe Hessel, was born at Stepney in he year 1713. She served for many years as a private…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
923 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 47
The Transvaal War
Eleven farmers have been arrested for inviting the Boers to invade Cape Colony. The commandos are advancing on…
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The residents of the Cape Peninsula with the exception of officials and soldiers, are forbidden to possess arms and ammunition after February 1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exhibit of Boer War Relics
At present there is displayed in one of the windows one Mr. Boos' store an exhibit of relics from the Boor war. These relics were gratuitously loaned by the…
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The steamer Canada has sailed from England for Cape Colony with 1300 regular troops and 520 men for General BadenPowell's Police Force…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Breed Horses for War
I have often wondered that our rich noblemen and owners of Marge parks do not more often than they do try their hands at pony-breeding, if only as an…
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Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, operating westward of Taungs, between Kimberley and Vryburg, attacked 4000 men under Commandant Delarey,…
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Brigadier-General Babington has expelled the Boors from Makorskraal. Picpietherg, 70 miles north of Capetown, is crowded with Dutchmen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. Sydney, Friday Night
The British scouts have touched the vanguard of 1200 Boers marching from Calvinia to Clanwilliam. Private J. Finnigan, of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Returned Soldiers
REGARDING the return home of Corporal S. E Martin and Private L. Marshall, a short account of their doings in the fight under the Union Jack should be of interest. Corporal Martin was one of…
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The southern march of the Boers in Cape Colony has been checked. The British are engaged in enveloping movements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Home from the War. Corporal Fallick in Armidale
Corporal Fallick, whose very interesting letters from the war appeared at frequent intervals in the CHRONICLE, returned home by the Orient recently. and paid a visit to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War London, January 28
The southern march of the Boers in Cape Colony has been checked. The British are engaged in enveloping movements…
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1335 Boer prisoners have been landed at St. Helena. Lord Kitchener with a number of troops proceeded by train on Wednesday in the…
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The southward march of the Boer commandoes operating in the neigh-bourhood of Calvinia, Cape Colony, has been checked, and has split. The…
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A strong German force, with thirty days' food supplies, has left Pekin for Shansi, preceded by a Japanese vanguard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. London
The Boers it Slypklip captured some Dublin Fusiliers. and then waylaid and captured a train with cattle and provisross sent frem Kimberley. The…
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The North Chira Daiiy News' announces that Prints Chnan and Ycbsien have been esecuted. Hsu-Chen-Yi. son of Hsu-teng, and…
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Field Cornet Van Heerden, a prominent Afrikander of Murraysburg, Cape Colony, has been fined 1.100 for the use of seditious language…
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