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451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 23
The Government is to be approached relative to a bridge to connect North Shore with Sydney. A meeting approving this was held at St. Leonards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Among the officers wounded at the battle of Modder River was Count Gleichen, whose injuries, a shot in the neck, are stated to be serious. The Count being a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The War Office is receiving many offers from ladies to nurse the wounded men who are being sent home from South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Russia the number of steps to the minute covered by soldiers on the march is from 112 to 116; in Germany it is 114; in, Austria, 115, in France and Italy, 120;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sheffield Corporation Tramways Committee have decided to keep open the places of all reserve men in their employ who are called out to South Africa, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery in command of the Second Infantry Division of the Army Corps, is endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Information from Natal states that Earl de la Warr, who recently went to South Africa as war correspondent of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—At the battle of Modder River the British troops were almost maddened by thirst. They could get no water because the water-carts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The Boers used explosive bullets, and also fired under shelter of the Red Cross flag. During the afternoon a party of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The humours of the South African war are of a grim and sanguinary character. Natives state that the Boers at Kimberley allege that they will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—It is understood that a Seventh Army Division will be shortly formed, and will be despatched to South Africa if needed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—News from Ladismith states that the garrison is greatly excited and cheered when informed of the prospect of relief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British public all the world over are far from satisfied with the manner in which the war news from South Africa is "censored." They know that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What are Tommy's chances of being shot? A War Office official speaks on modern warfare in the new number of "The Gem." Notwithstanding the terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Thursday.—The inhabitants of Ladismith amuse themselves at cricket, football, and rowing. The Gerdon Highlanders celebrated St…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—The Boers are missing on the heights in front of Spytfontein, near Kimberley. They are strengthening their position by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the course of the Queen's reign—to do no further back into the century—the home strength of the Army has been doubled; our soldiers are now much better paid,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Saturday.—A body of infantry with ten guns and a regiment of cavalry, stationed at the Orange River, have been sent forward to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capetown, October 26 (Special).—A gentleman, just arrived from the Transvaal, says that the condition of the poor Boer is deplorable. The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—A serious disaster is reported to have taken place at Stormberg, to the north of Queenstown, in the eastern district of the…
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