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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 56

The War Buller's New Plan of Advance. Fresh Movements Begun

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The "Morning Leader" affirms that General Buller has begun fresh movements with the intention of attacking the Boer…

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The Sinews of War. £20,000,000 Provided Up to April

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The "Times" has announced that the supplementary army estimates include £20,000,000 to cover the cost of operations until April…

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Soldiering As a Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 7

During the past year, says "Chambers' Journal," all addition has been made to the army of 9980 men, so that in the Estimates for 1899-1900 the number of men of…

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War Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The "Daily Telegraph" Shilling War Relief Fund now amounts to £115,000…

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A Courtesy by Lord Roberts. the Wounded Commandant Pretorius

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.— Field-Marshal Roberts wrote General Joubert proffering to release Commandant Pretorius, "a bravo soldier," whose leg had been…

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War with the Boers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

May the Australians have as great success in South Africa as the Montpelier Tailoring Company's Branch (No. 2) at 73Hunter-street, opposite the Y.M.C.A. building…

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The War The Relief of Ladismith. General Buller's Third Advance. a Decisive Battle Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON,, Monday.—Definite statements made at Durban declare that General Buller has crossed the Tugela River. Some allege that he crossed in…

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The War in South Africa. With-buller's Force. New Year's Day, 1900. With British Field Force. Natal (Frere Camp)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 5

The proceedings of the last week in Chieveley and Frere Camps have been of the most commonplace Aldershot-camp order, and with the exception of the unsuccessful…

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The War Buller's Advance. the War Office Silent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The War Office does not confirm the report of General Buller's advance. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon…

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The "Philosophy of War."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 5

Is war so very terrible in its results as the casual onlooker imagines? Max Nordan, who writes on the "Philosophy and Morals of War'" in the "North…

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War with the Boers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 4

May the Australians have as great success in South Africa as the Montpelier Tailoring Company's Branch (No. 2) at 73 Hunter-street, opposite to Y.M.C.A. building…

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The Battle of Colenso. a Soldier's Description

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 7

A bandsman in the First Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers writes from Frero Camp on December 21 to his relatives in Melbourne as fellows:—…

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War with the Boers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

May the Australians have as great success in South Africa as the Montpelier Tailoring Company's Branch (No. 2) at73Hunter-street, opposite the Y.M.C.A. building…

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Greece and the Boer War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Sir Edwin Egerton, British Minister at Athens, in the Queen's name has thanked the Government of Greece for their friendly…

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A Patriotic Indian Prince. Magnificent Gift to the War Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Maharajah of Jeypore, has subscribed a lakh of rupees (about £10,000) to the War Fund…

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The War the Imperial Parliament The Motion of Censure. Triumph for the Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—During debate in the House of Commons last night upon Lord Fitzmaurie's motion of censure on the Government…

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The War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 4

Fighting is reported all along the line in South Africa. Some news of Buller's, advance towards Ladismith has now come forward. On Monday the…

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War with the Boers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 5

May the Australians have as great success in South Africa as the Montpelier Tailoring Company's Branch (No. 2)at 73 Hunter-street, opposite the Y.M.C.A. building…

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Soldiers on Skates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2

The Norwegian army has organised a corps of infantry which can cover a distance of 80 miles in a day's march. This extraordinary record, which equals the…

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The Dundee Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 7

Information has been received (writes the Delagoa Bay correspondent of the London "Times," under date 2nd January), that Major Daly and 41 men of the Royal Army…

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