Help for the Wounded
LONDON, Friday.—The Red Cross Society has accepted an offer made by the Duke of Newcastle to equip the Princess of Wales' hospital ship…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 23
War Notes
The Kock family lost heavily at the battle of Elandslaagte. Judge Kock, who was killed in the battle, joined his father's "Vecht-General," Kock's corps, as…
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Colonel Keith Falconer, commanding the Northumberland Regiment, was killed during a reconnaisance near the Orange River. Three other officers were wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anti-war Meeting.—a Fiasco. Sydney, Sunday Night
An anti-Boer war demonstration in the Domain was held this afternoon. The speakers included Mr. M'Namara, a wellknown Queen's statue orator and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Boer Agent in Paris. Spreading Infamous Slanders
LONDON, Saturday.—Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Agent, is now in Paris, and under his inspiration the French newspapers are fall of ludicrous fabrications about…
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It is no secret now that in 1895 Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, when Secretary for War in the Rosebery Cabinet, intended that Sir Redvers Buller should succeed…
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LONDON, Monday.—A bureau has been established in London for the purpose of finding employment for the wives and families of the men of the reserves who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Position at Ladismith. General Buller's Intentions. Reinforcements Coming Forward
LONDON, Monday.—General Buller has decided to relieve Ladismith at the earliest possible moment. It is expected that 4000 British troops will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Fighting in the Philippines. 80 Filipinos Killed; 220 WOUNDED
LONDON, Wednesday.—Intelligence from the Philippines states that the Americans defeated 1200 Fllipinos at San Jacinto, killing 80 in the trenches and wounding 220…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A "Moderator" on the War. Melbourne
Addressing the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria to-day, the newly-elected Moderator, the Rev. O. C. Wallace, M.A., made reference to the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War The Fighting at Ladismith. the Bombardment. the Garrison Confident
LONDON, Tuesday.—The bombardment of Ladismith by the Boer artillery is increasing in intensity. General Joubert hopes by this means to persuade the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer Reverse at Besters. 300 Killed and Wounded
LONDON, Thursday.—It is now revealed that three hundred Boers were killed and wounded in the second encounter at Easters on the 7th. The British casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Joubert Reported Killed at Ladismith
LONDON, Thursday.—The "Natal Times" publishes a telegram from Delagoa Bay stating that General Joubert, the Boer Commander, was killed in an action at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Boer Outrage. Nurses Wounded
LONDON, Thursday.—Despite the fact that the flag of the Geneva Convention was flying over the building, the Boers bombarded the Catholic Sanatorium at…
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Sir,—Is it a schoolmaster's duty in a public British school to be continually informing his class of boys that England is making unjust war on the Boers, and that…
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General Buller has taken to the Cape with him the flag he carried to the Transvaal in 1881, intending to hoist it on Pretoria. He proposes that it shall be utilised on this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fight at Estcourt. the British Wounded
LONDON, Friday.—The Boers state that three British were killed and nine wounded near Chieveley. The armoured train brought 13 wounded British soldiers into…
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It cost the British Government £400,000 to transport the Indian troops to South Africa. To be a millionaire has its disadvantages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boers and the British Wounded. Their Removal Refused
LONDON, Friday.—The Boers refused to allow Dr. Bristowe and the Estcourt Red Cross train to remove Wednesday's wounded before General Joubert consented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Fighting at Ladismith. A Crushing Boer Defeat. Terrible Slaughter. Kaffirs Burying the Dead. Two Trains Full of Boer Wounded
LONDON, Friday.—A native missionary who has arrived at Estcourt declares that the volunteers at Ladismith on the 10th inst. drew the enemy into the open. The…
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