War Notes
The following Items are taken from recent files of the "Natal Weekly Mercury": All stores in Swaziland arid the mines have been looted by Boer commandoes,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 56
Honouring a War Correspondent's Memory
The Melbourne "Age" and Sydney "Daily Telegraph" are going to honour the memory of the late Mr. Lambie, their war correspondent, by erecting by erecting a suitably inscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Disaster to Australians. Party Caught in a Trap. a Fight to the Death. General Buller's Advance. Assault on Monte Christo. Cronje's Rear Pressed. Great Capture of Boer Stores. a Desperate Fight. A Body of Australians Trapped. Hundreds Against Thousands. the Australians Fight to the Death
LONDON, Tuesday.—A troop of Inniskilling Dragons and Victorians defended several kopjes west of Bastaard's Nek, south-west of Rensburg,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Wounded at Kimberley include Lieutenant Brassey, of the 10th Lancers, and Captain Inson, of the 16th Lancers, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Generals with Lead Soldiers
A general officer on the retired list, and one who bears a family name glorious in the annals of the British Army, the other day said to a contributor whom he chanced…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—An appeal has been received at the War Office from former officers and privates to join the new force of Royal Reserve…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Lord Roberts reports that the casualties among his officers to Sunday night are:—Colonel Aldworth and eight others killed and…
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The advance of British troops into the heart of South Africa is now producing effects which are visible to the least observant. Up to a recent period…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Roberts' War Shield
Lord Roberts, in accepting one of Miss Stormont-Murphy's clever "war shields" for use in South Africa, replied through his daughter, on the day previous to sailing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roberts' Casualties. the War Office Silent
LONDON, Thursday.—Lord Roberts' casualties relate only to the advanceguard. The battle still raged yesterday along the line of Gronje's retreat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Looking After Soldiers' Families in London
The London papers, at the request of the Princess Louise, president of the London branch of the Soldiers and Sailors' Families Association, have published the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Call to Ex-Soldiers to Rejoin the Colours. Large Bounties Offered
LONDON, Thursday.—A bounty of £22 is being offered to ex-soldiers rejoining the Reserve for one year, and £6 for rejoining the Militia. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buller's Rapid Advance. the Enemy in Full Retreat. the Pursuit of Cronje. Efforts to Intercept His Flight. Prolonged Severe Fighting. Serious Loss of British Officers. General Macdonald Wounded. Cronje Strongly Reinforced. Buller's Advance. Driving the Boers Before Him. The Enemy in Full Retreat. Panic in the Boer Laagers. the Advance Visible at Ladismith
LONDON, Thursday.—General Buller on Wednesday crossed the Tugola River on a pontoon, and drove the enemy's rearguard before him, a body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Wounded
Mrs. R. St. Vincent Heyes, of South Maitland, has forwarded to Colonel Roberts a second case of, pyjamas for the British wounded in South Africa the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorians Wounded and Ill. Melbourne
Lieut, Gore received a cable from Sir Alfred Milner, announcing that Privates Williamson and Gamble, of Victoria, were wounded at Rensburg, and that Corporals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dead and Wounded in British Battles
In the past century British has added immensely to her tarritory and resp[?]lities. She has spent vast some upon f[?]t armaments and forces in the field. In…
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The secretary of the Brisbane Hospital has received £25 from "X."—"a thank-offering for the relief of Kimberley." A member of the First Queensland…
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What appears to strike every business man who communicates with us, more especially hard-headed men of the North of England and the Midlands, is that any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Is War Justifiable?
There are some people who hold that the South African war is unjustifiable. Others say the reverse. As to which party is in the right we do not intend to inquire, but we…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australians at the War
Although our men at the war constitute but a very small proportion of the armies in South Africa, the inevitable death-roll is coming home to…
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