For Colonial Soldiers. a Benefit Concert
LONDON, Friday.—The Queen has consented to become patron of the concert organised by the Empire League to be held in the Albert Hall in aid…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 23
War Items
The "Natal Witness," of the 17th November, contains the following items:— The "Volksstem" (Boer organ) announces that Colonel Blake, of the Irish Brigade,…
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Prior the Household troops leaving Windsor, they were reviewed by the queen, who addressed the regiment in the following simple and touching words:—…
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LONDON, Saturday.—His Eminence Cardinal Vaughan has directed that a united supplication should be made in all Roman, Catholic Churches in…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Herbert Gladstone, speaking in London last nigh, declared that the hearty respouse by the volunteers to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Buller's Reverse. The Boers Using Smokeless Powder. Our Scouters Outwitted
LONDON, Saturday.—The use by the Boers of smokeless powder at the battle at the Tugela River largely contributed to Buller's reverse, as it rendered…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The firm of Burgoyne and Co, wine merchants, have presented 300 dozen of Tintara wine to the American hospital ship…
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The "Natal Witness" of the 17th November contains the following:— The Rev. Oliver Carey only removed from Durban to Kronstad in July, but,…
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LONDON, Monday.—Major-General French, who is operating from Naauwpoort, in the direction of the Orange River, shelled the enemy's position,…
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Speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet at the London Guildhall recently Lord Salisbury said: The great subject that occupies an…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The "Spectaor" this week advocates the mobilising of the navy, the formation of a territorial army of 100,000 men who have seen…
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LONDON, Monday.—A third of the British soldiers who were wounded at Magersfontein have recovered, and rejoined the forces at thef front…
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A "Standard" telegram from Ladismith dated November 6, says: Bread was then selling at three shillings a loaf…
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LONDON, Monday.—Major-General French's force shelled the enemy near Naauwpoort on the 19th instant. The Major-General, after the action,…
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The meanest historian owes something to truth. His wonderful industry, his undisturbed patience, his noble perseverance, are qualities too…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Teralba. Welcome Home
On Friday last a pleasant party was held in Hudson's Hall, at Which place about 150 persons assembled at the invitation of Mr. J. O'Neil, to welcome…
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Notice has been given the home military districts that in every case in which the death of a soldier in South Africa is notified from the War Office, the officer…
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Sir,—Your report of my case against Karanges makes my English friends believe that I wished the Boers would beat the English. All the witnesses…
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Referring to the heavy cost thrown upon newspapers in war times in order to keep their readers well informed upon events at the front, the London…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The New Zealand troops attached to Major-General French's division got into a tight corner in the action near Arundel,…
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