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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Late War News, London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 2

De wer has again broken through the cordon and goue north. The guerilla leader quietly cut the antanglements at West Lindley. The blockhouses opened…

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The Transvaal War. LONDON, February 21

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 2

Major Gilbert Hamilton reports having matched on the night of the 18th inst., and engaged the Boers at Klidden. His force was unable to dislodge the enemy,…

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South African War. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 5

IT is roughly estimated that there are more Transvaalera disposed to surrender than there are Free Staters. The influence of Steyn with the…

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Commercial War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 4

THE stand taken by the Armidale Chamber of Commerce, with reference to the disposal of goods locally by the representatives…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 8

Commandant Hans Grobelaar, with 150 men, made repeated unsuccessful attempts to traverse the lines held by Colonel Garrett's force, and then fled…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday, the Transvaal War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 5

The Rebel Commandant, Van Heirden, and Judge Hugo were both captured in a skirmish near Beaufort West. Hugo has since died of his…

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Alcobol in War. Sootch Whisky as Manufactured in Egypt

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

"War's Aftermath' is the title of a paper contributed to the "Forum" by Sir. W. K. Rose, Reuter's correspondent in the Soudan campaign. After…

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Sensational Shooting Case. Three Persons Wounded

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL shooting incident occurred shortly before 12 o'clock on Tuesday night at Marrackville when Charles Henry Lukins. 54. years of age,…

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Late War News

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 2

LONDON, February 26 Commandant Vilonel, in charge of the National Scouts has recruited 1500 men, who evince a patriotic desire to end the…

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The War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 2

TWENTY of the commando surrendered at Middleburg, and Colonel Williams captured 28 others on Saturday. The account of the death of Colonel…

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South African War. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 5

WHEN Grobelsar's Leager was surprised the Commandant escaped, but two influential Boers were captured…

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The Transvaal War. London, February 24

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 2

Chris. Botha, a prominent Natal rebel who was captured at the begining of November last, and is a cousin of General. Both[?], has been sentenced to ten years…

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The Answer to the Anti-war Brigade

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 4

THE great meeting held in the Town Hall, Sydney, last Monday week, was the plainest and the most irrefutable answer to the wild and unpatriotic statements of…

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Shooting Case at Marrirkville. Three Persons Wounded

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

A sensational shooting incident occurred late on Tuesday night at Marrickville, when Charles Henry Luteins, 34 years of age, attempted to…

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The Transvaal War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

A force of Mounted Infantry, with [?] national scouts, surprised a commando at N[?]t, and captured 162 Boers, including several…

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Christian Endeavourers at War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 4

The "Roll Call" (the official organ of the Christian Endeavor Society) publishes the following letter from the…

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The Boer War. London

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 3

THE rebel Commandant, Van Heirden, and Judge Hugo were both captured in a skirmish near Beaufort West. Hugo has since died of his wounds…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

Commandant Malan, with 200 men, in the Fraserburg district of Cape Colony, has been driven eastward across the railway…

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The Sketcher. Adventures of a War Correspondent

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 5

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, of the "Daily Telegraph," is the most notable of the war correspondents accompanying the Ashantee expedition. He is a…

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The Transvaal War. London, February 28

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 2

Reuter's Ageney reports that the "Free States" Commandants, Alberto and Ross, and the two Both[?], and some Transvaalers, totalling about 700 inon,…

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