The War The Battle of Elandslaagte. The Beer Prisoners. Colonel Chisholme Killed
LONDON, Monday.—During the engagement at Elandslaagte, a trumpeter of the 5th Lancers, 14 years old, shot three Boers with his revolver…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 23
Melbourne Gossip. October 20. Victoria's Soldiers
Exuberant, effervescent loyalty to the Empire is being manifested all over Victoria. The demonstrations in the country have been remarkable. Everywhere special…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The wounded British soldiers in the hospital at Dundee are considered safe, and they are reported to be doing well…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons last night, said that the surplus of £3,000,000 from last year was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Another Engagement. British Attack a Free State Commando. the Enemy's Guns Silenced. Glencoe Isolated
LONDON, Wednesday.—News from Natal states that General White, in order to cover the movements of the troops under Colonel Yule has engaged a large Free State…
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The gallant defence of Mafaking shows that Commandant Cronje, with his 6000 Boers, will catch a Tartar if he succeeds in capturing Colonel Baden-Powell. The…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The fighting which took place between the troops under General White and the Free Staters near Ladismith, when the latter were repelled, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Woes of the Wounded. Horrors of the Cuban War
Mr. Stephen Bonsal describes in the "Contemporary" "The Night after San Juan: an Episode of the Cuban War." It is a ghastly story. The sequel to a "glorious…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Why the Wounded Were Left at Dundee. a Satisfactory Reason
LONDON, Friday.—The War Office now explains that the reason why the British wounded from Glencoe and Elandslaagte were left at Dundee under British doctors…
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Messrs. A. B. Pursell and Company, insurance brokers, of 105 Pitt-street, to-day received a cable from their London agents to the effect that, on account of the possible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War That Never Ends
Throughout all of living nature (says a scientific writer) there is a [?] warfare going on, in which each animal or plant is endeavoring to obtain advantages for itself…
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The grave mistake of under-rating the fighting capacity of the Beers will scarcely be repeated (writes the military correspondent of "The Times"). Writing to Sir G…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Another British Victory. Against a withering Fire Heavy British Casualties. Brilliant Charges. The Boers Routed. Their Positions Taken
LONDON, Friday.—Particulars regarding the recent fighting at Reitfontein state that 6000 Boers occupied a strong position on a ridge of hills, which commanded the main…
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One of the "first lieutenants" of General Sir Redvers Buller is Sir Frederick Carrington (no relation to the Earl of that title). Sir Frederick, who has been in command of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in the Tran svaa Sermon by Bishop Stanton
To a large congregation in the Precathearal last evening, the Right Rev. Dr. Stanton, Bishop of Newcastle, preached an instractive and impressive sermon of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Serious Fight at Kimberley. a Splendid Defence. Another Boer Defeat. Brilliant Charge with the Bayonet. Treacherous Use of the White Flag
LONDON, Sunday.—There were four hours' fighting on Tuesday at Macfarlane's farm, seven miles from Kimberley. A thousand Boers, who were well posted, vainly…
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The war fever has grown strongly on Victoria of late, and it is anticipated that the demonstration on the anticipated of the troops for South Africa will be on an…
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LONDON, Monday.—Several outpost sidrmishes are reported. The Boers are working southward and threaten to cut communication with Maritzburg. A body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Sending Off of the Contingent.—smallpox Again.—the Scare of a Few Years Ago.—return of the Cricketers.—a Chinaman Gets the War Fever.—the Curse of "Talk."—a Steel Producing Plant for Eskbank. Sydney
Plenty of rain plenty of people, and plenty of enthusiasm. That was the sendoff of the South African contingent. The rest was cheers, umbrellas, bedraggled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Great Battle at Ladismith. Desperate Fighting. a British Mule Battery Stampedes. British Troops Go Out and Engage the Enemy
LONDON, Tuesday, 6.10 a.m.—General White on Sunday night sent out of Ladismith a mountain battery of artillery, the Irish Fusiliers, and the Gloucester…
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