Transvaal War a Boer Advance
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.—Commandant Haasbrock’s commando has commandeered British horses and stores between Harrismith and Vrede,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 56
War in China. The Defence of Shanghai
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.—Admiral Seymour recommends the landing of a force of 3000 by the allies at Shanghai, where an outbreak of…
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LONDON, Friday.—Lord Roberts has opened a commodious Soldiers' Institute in Pretoria…
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The Committee of the House of Commons which is inquiring into certain allegations of fraud and irregularity in conaccton with War Office contracts during…
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LONDON, Friday Afternoon.—M. Pichon, the French Minister at Pekin, reports that the Tsung-li-Yamen represented to the Legations that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War The Boer Conspiracy. an Elaborate Plot. Conspirators to Be Court Martialled. Great Public Indignation. Cry for Exemplary Punishment
LONDON, Saturday.—The Boer conspirators intended to commit acts of general incendiarism in the western extremity of Pretoria, hoping, whilst…
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LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—Lord Roberts is in receipt of a message from Commandant-General Louis Botha, of the Boer forces, in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Beleagured Legations. The Situation Desperate. Complaint by the Tsung-li-yamen. Further Messages From Ministers
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon,—In a telegram to the United States Government, lodged at Tsinan-fu on August 10. Mr. E. H. Conger, the American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. Railway Disaster near Rome. Twelve Persons Killed; Forty Wounded
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.—A disastrous railway accident has occurred near Rome. The Russian Grand Duke and Duchess Peter, the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War General Buller in Transvaal. Occupation of Ermelo. Burghers Surrendering
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.—General Redvers Buller occupied Ermelo unopposed. A number of burghers surrendered. The Boers are retreating…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.—Imperial edicts, instigating the destruction of foreigners, have been issued simultaneously with others urging the…
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The "Ostaslatische Lloyd" state that Captain Lanz, of the Iltis, has received from Commander Slade, of the Algerine, a letter of sympathy, in which the latter…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Commandant! De Wet has 3500 men, including a number of "newly perjured surrenderers," 10 gnus, including two 5-pounders, six…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The guns of the French artillery were exceedingly effective at the capture of Yangtsun. The British and American soldiers…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—One of President Kruger's sons has been captured by the British in the Rustenburg district…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—France has decided not to oppose the appointment of Field-Marshal Count von Waldersee as Commander-in-Chief of the allies in…
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Sergeant-Major Jack O'Brien (son of Mr. If. O'Brien, of the Royal Alfred Hotel, Wollongong), in writing to his sister from Standerton, Transvaal,…
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Porchester Castle, as readers of Besant's "Golden Rose" may remember, was a very important depot for prisoners of war. Here, during the French…
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At the Victoria Theatre on Wednesday afternoon next an exhibition of pictures taken at the seat of war by the British Biograph Company will be opened for a…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Tungehow, 10 miles from Pekin, was occupied by the Japanese on Sunday…
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