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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Cablegrams. London. Wednesday. the Transvaal War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 5

The combined movement against De La Ray in the western Transvaal, resulted in the capture of one hundred prisoners, two pompoms, and three…

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[?]Elegrams. Sydney, Thursday. An Incident of the War. Alleged Execution of Two Australians

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 5

An official report has been made to General Hutton by Major' Leneham, with regard to the alleged execution of two Australians in South Africa,…

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Tales of South Africa. Into a Boer Death-trap. A story of the Present War

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 6

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…

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Australian Soldiers. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 5

THE steamer Aberdeen, from London, with 50 time-expired Australian soldiers from the Cape, arrived to-day…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 8

The operations against De la Bey extended from Commando Drift through Swart bank, Gestoppfontoin and Geluik to the Liohtenburg…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 3

A brisk correspondence has passed between Sir Redvers Buller and. Sir. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, regarding the Spion Kop…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. the Tbansvaal War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 5

Wesselr, one of the Boer delegates to paris considere that negotiations are about to be commenced, which will result in an honorable and satisfactory,…

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Late War News. London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 2

Among the reinforcement leaving for South Africa are 500 of the Grenadier Guards and 250 each of the Coldstream and Scots Guards…

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The Transvaal War. LONDON March 28

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 3

Great [?] [?]sions are [?] to have taken [?] among the [?]gates on the Continued. Ex-President Kragerand his henchman,…

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The South African War. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 5

THE Picton and Cooma Municipal Councils have emphatically declined to support the petition designed to be presented to the House of Commons,…

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Sport and War

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 6

The present war (says " Land and Water") is an illustration of the value of games and sports to soldiers. For not only the brave and the dashing but also the most…

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The Transvaal War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3

The Boer delegates, Messrs Wessels and Wolm[?]s, have returned from America, and are in Paris. Mr. Wessels, on being interviewed,…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 7

During the recent drive in the Transveal what appeared to be a British column moving into line proved to be Liebenberg's commando, clad in…

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The Boer War. London

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3

WESSELS, one of the Boer delegates to Paris, considers that negotiations are about to be commenced, which will result in an honorable and satisfactory, if not ideal, peace termination…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3

The Daily Express says that Lieutenant Witton, of the Bushveldt Carbineers, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life on a charge of…

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Cablegrams. L O N D O N, Thursday. The Transvaal War. Capture of Addresses

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 5

The British captured a waggon belonging to Commandant Beyer. Several soldiers who were injured in the Barbeton railway accident, have…

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Late War News, London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

An Aberdeen solicitor writing from Pretoria, says that Lieutenants Morant and Harcount were both Convicted of a number of charges of murder, and…

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The Transvaal War. LONDON, April 3

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

Several of the soldiers injured in the recent railway accident at Barberton have since died. It has transpired that the guard saved the civilians, who were in a…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 3

An Aberdeen soldier, writing from Pretoria on February 27, said that Lieutenants Morant end Handcook were convioted on thirty charges of…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 8

A heavy running fight has taken place in the Western Transvaal between the British column under Major-General Walter Kitchener and…

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