Transvaal War Lord Roberts' Departure for England
LONDON, Tuesday.—The "Daily Mail" states that Lord Roberts will start for England on October 3rd, visiting the Natal battlefields en route…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 56
War in China. Seizure by Russia. British Protest
LONDON, Monday.—The Russians have seized railway property consisting of the river frontage at Tientsin, intending it for a Russian settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Kruger at Delagoa. Absent for an Indefinite Period. His Views on the War
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Benneti Burleigh sought an interview with Mr. Kruger, who deputed Burdett, the Transvaal ex-Commissioner of Police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War Heavy Fighting. Serious Boer Losses
LONDON, Wednesday.—Delagoa reports a bottle between Kaapmuiden and Hectorspruit, in which there were heavy Boer losses. The wounded are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. Salisbury and the Dowager-Empress. the Peace Negotiations
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Dowager Empress, who is at Shanghai, has been officially informed that Lord Salisbury has cabled to Li hung Chang that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Kaiser's Plan
LONDON, Wednesday.—The plan of the German Emperor is intended to thwart Li Hung Chang's recent attempts to secure the surrender of mere…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War The Boers at Delagoa. Great Find of Boer Stores
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Boers at Delagoa Bay will not be allowed to return to the Transvaal. The Portuguese troops lining the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australians at Elands River. the Most Gallant Episode of the War. Australian Heroism Lauded
LONDON, Thursday.—An officer in General Broadwood's Division describes Colonel Hore's defence at Elands River as the most gallant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier Family. Letter From the Queen
Mrs. Shephard, who lives at Old Brentford, Middlesex (Eng.), is the proud mother of four sons in the army and one in the Naval Brigade. Sergeant Wm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wounded Soldiers at Waterloo
Just now it is interesting, though gruesome, to read of Sir C. Bell's surgical campaign after the battle of Waterloo. Speaking of the wounded French soldiers, he…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Metamorphosed by the War
Private Jones, wounded at Johannesburg, returned to his home a few weeks ago on sick leave. A lady interested in the family called on his mother, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"An Absent-minded War."
A British officer who has followed with critical exactness the war operations in South Africa has now published the result of his observations in a book, which he…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War Craze in Millinery
The war craze in millinery still reigns in London. Even of men's fashions—such as collars—there are dozens of new and popular shapes each year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Transvaal War Botha's Broken-up Commando
LONDON, Friday.—Lord Roberts cables that three thousand Boers retreated at Komatipoort, on the Portuguese border, and that seven hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Hospitals Scandals. Kipling Gives Evidence
The commission appointed to inquire into the treatemnt of sick and wounded in South Africa took Rudyard Kipling's evidence before proceeding to South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in China. Russian Methods. Butcheries of Men, Women, and Children. Wholesale Massacres
LONDON, Friday.—The "Standard's" correspondent in Moscow states that the Russians disarmed 5000 Chinese at Blagovescensh. They led small…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. The British Elections. Mr. Balfour's Address. Manifesto by Mr. Chamberlain the War and the Empire. Future of the Boer States
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. A. J. Balfour's address claims that the Ministry had supplied a sober course of social reforms, a firm government, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing and Wounded
LONDON, Saturday.—New Zealanders: M'Lelland, Peterson, J. Harrison, W. M'Gannon, are all missing at Rhenoster River; also R. Baxter, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War Marauding Boers. a Trek Threatened
LONDON, Friday.—Marauding bands of Boers are in the Orange River Colony, with an enormous number of spare horses in splendid condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. The War Office. Must Be Thoroughly Sifted
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Hanbury, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, speaking at Preston last night, said that the War Office required sifting…
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