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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
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LONDON, Tuesday,—The casualties among the Australian Mounted Rifles in the engagement at Slingersfontein on Friday were:—Killed, Trooper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The Marquis [?] Lansdowne, Secretary for War, speaking in the House of Lords, and Mr. George Wyndham, Under-Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON Monday. — Thirty-eight. French soldiers, who were sent to reinforce the troops under Major March-and, have arrived at Khartoum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Modder River battlefield is still an interesting study. Every three, shrub, and iron building over the whole of the wide area is maimed, bruised,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now, in future the public must cease leaving, things solely to the experts. That is the chief lesson of the war. Woe (the public) cannot do much now but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is well known that the members of the Schreiner family do not see eye to eye on the question of the hour in South Africa. Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the Cape Premier, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday.—General Sir Redvers Buller reported that it was found impossible to entrench his croops at Vaal Krantz, owing to the rocky…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Severe fighting has occurred in the neighbourhood of Colesberg, where the Boers out-number the British by five to one. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The details given in our cables regarding the movements of troops point to but one conclusion—that a notable forward movement is being made on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There can be little doubt, that the presence of another scientific instrument, the balloon at Ladysmith, has saved the situation. A moment's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"I saw in Plevna," says Mr. David Christie Murray, "one of the most extraordinary bits of human valour I ever beheld, an act that, to my mind, deserves to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Cato" in a certain disloyal Australian weekly—why not caitiff" ?—has a lot to say of the alleged characterless character of Tommy Atkins and the absurdity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—The Victorian casualties in General French's force are: Burrows, severely; Gifford, slightly wounded. They are prisoners in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—M. Leon, the French representative of the Creusot gun manufacture, was seriously wounded while watching the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tide of battle has at last turned in favour of the British. General French's advance to Kimberley with a body of 7000 mounted men seems to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—In the House of Commons last night, Mr. George Wyndham, Under-Secretary for War, stated that the expenditure incurred in the training…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As illustrating the keenness of Australians to get to the war, it may be noted that each application for troops calls forth a large number of responses. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Premier, Mr. Lyne, has very considerately sent £100 through Colonel Bell, the United States Consul in Sydney, to the American Consul at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Acting on a suggestion made by Colonel Roberts, Mrs. C. J. H. King, Miss Fearby, and other ladies have completed 50 small cushions for the use of the wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Commandant Pretorius, who was made prisoner at Elandslaagie and recently had a leg amputated in Capetown, has been…
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