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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 56
LONDON, Monday.—The British Consul at Cheefoo telegraphs that Chinese troops on the 18th murdered the German Minister while proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anxiety on the part of every one having relatives in China is thoroughly justifiable. Although the district lying between Pekin and the sea is at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Major-General Coke, with the 1oth 1Brigade, on Friday shelled 2600 Boers, who were strongly posted at, Amersfoort, north of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The river route from Taku to Tientsin, about 30 miles, is again open, while the railway from Taku, 27 miles distant has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—The Ambassadors at Berlin have conferred with Court von Bulow, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, and agreed not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday, Afternoon.— There is a scarcity of provisions at Pretoria, and great sufferings in consequence among the civilian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A Chinese runner, who has reached Tientsin from Pekin, reports that Prince Tuan, President of the Tsung-li-Yamen, had,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some idea of the realities of war is beginning to drift into the minds of the people of South Australia. The parades and marches through the streets, the waving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thursday.—W. G. Taylor has died of wounds at Pretoria. J. Waite has been slightly wounded at Honingspruit. Both belong to the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.— The Chinese are entrenched under the wall at Tientsin, and hold the railway to Lutai. Foreigners who have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Sir Robert Hart, Director of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs and Posts, has stated in a despatch to the Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Official figures were submitted at Washington recently which showed that the cost of the American soldier per annum was 1502 dollars. This…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A soldier correspondent of a Canadian paper, with the first Canadian contingent sent to South Africa, sent home a long account of the amusing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Friday.—The Doers made a desperate attempt to regain possession, of Ficksburg, Orange River Colony, on the Basutoland border, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—In the House of Commons this evening Mr. St. John Bredrick, Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, in reply to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Any hope the Boers might have had that the affairs occurring in China would divert attention from South Africa has been dashed to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The question of despatching a naval contingent to China is now being discussed by the members of the Naval Brigade. The offer of a similar contingent from Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—Major-General Brabant has occupied Doornberg. While patrolling near Pirespoort seven of the Victorians were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Consuls at Shanghai report that the Legations in Pekin were safe on the 4th inst. The Chinese had ceased to attack, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Portugal is tacitly allowing many burghers, with large herds, to trek into Gazaland (Portuguese East Africa)…
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