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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 56
LONDON, Saturday.—With the view of re-opening communication over Botha's Drift by means of a waggon bridge, a body of 1000 Boers at five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At. Elandslaagte (writes the London "Daily Telegraph" correspondent) the Devons had gained the crest on the steepest side, and the Gordons, with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A pathetic incident at Elandslaagte is described (says the "Dally Mail") in "a letter from one of the bearer company:—"We were out looking after the wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The seizure of the Herman steamer Herzog on a charge of conveying contraband of war intended for the Transvaal to Delagon Bay makes the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—News has been received from Kuruman Mission Station, in Bechuanaland, that a large body of Boers bombarded the town on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Intelligence from South Africa fierce fighting at Ladismith. General Joubert attacked Besters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The movement for sending tobacco and other necessities to the troops at the Cape and Natal is assuming last proportions throughout England. An…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The seizure by the British authorities of the German steamer Herzog at Delagoa Bay on a charge of carrying contraband on war to the Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Boer war, which has evoked enthusiasm seemingly disproportionate to its dimensions, is comparatively costless in blood and money, says the "Age." In…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Balfour, leader of the House of Commons, speaking in Manchester last night, stated that the Jameson raid prevented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Englishman writing from Paris on November 8, says:—Having to go into the city this morning on business, I perchance passed through one of the parks situated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The War Office has been warned to have twelve batteries of field artillery to be in readiness to proceed to South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Lieutenant-General White reports from Ladismith: Enemy repulsed everywhere with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Princess of Wales, hono[?]y president of the Red Cross Society, sent a message to the Cape Colony for aiding the sick and wounded:—"God speed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Teleophotography is a recent invention which should prove of inestimable value to opposing armies. This remarkable discovery is described as…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Britain has arranged to compensate the owners should steamers be unnecessarily delayed at Delagoa Bay while being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Messages received from newspaper correspondents on Tuesday state that no anxiety was felt as to the ability of Ladismith to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is said in Berlin that when making contracts for cartridges. President Kruger made inquiries as to the number which had been used during the Franco-German war…
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