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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 56
Mr. Elijah Abel, whose interesting letters from the front were read with so much interest in this district, has again taken up his pen. Writing to Mr. Geo. Garratt,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—Li Hung Chang is now at Tientsin. Sheng, the Chinese Director of Telegraphs, has been added to the peace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notwithstanding statements to the contrary, says the London "Daily Telegraph," the ribbon and medal recognising the services of our troops in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Boer are abandoning their positions near the Portuguese border and are crossing the frontier. There are five hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—Mr. Chamberlain made a notable fighting speech at Birmingham last night, in the course of which he insisted upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The authorities in Washington replying to those in Berlin say that China should have an opportunity of spontaneously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War correspondents are now great men of business. They have been made so, perhaps, by the demand of the time, inspired by the tempting voice of the up-to-date…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Lord Roberts announces that burghers still in arms voluntarily surrendering will be confined at Bloemfontein, and will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Prince Ching has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that the Chinese Court will not return to Pekin until China, including Shanghai,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The occupation of Komatipoort, on the Transvaal border, completes the eastward movement of the British. On the west, British troops are capturing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier, speaking in the Cape Assembly last night, said that Kruger is not only a capitalist, but a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Prince Ching claims that the Tsung-li-Yamen has the exclusive right to exterminate the Boxers, and protests against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A strong flying column, under Colonel De Lisle, has left Pretoria in pursuit of Commandant De Wet. Each man has two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—France, Russia, and Japan have assented to Germany's proposal that the foreign Ministers at Pekin should designate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is a grim humour about war, and Colonel Hoad, who has returned invalided from South Africa, has some good stories to tell, says the "Australasian." The first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chinese are the possessors of the fastest war vessel in the world. His Imperial Chinese Majesty's ship Hai Chi can boast a speed of no fewer than 24.2 knots…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The havoc that is visible in the closing stage of the war is as deplorable as that which was caused in the first. Intriguing with traitorous British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—An Imperial edict confers posthumous honours on General Li Ping Heng and Shung-yi, two reactionary leaders, who recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Apart from artillery and transport, where heavy draught power will be needed, a pony of 14.2, if properly bred—it has been proved in Booth Africa—will do all the work of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Thursday.—General Schalk Burger, the acting-President of the Transvaal, General Viljoen, the Commander-in-Chief, and the bulk of the…
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