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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 56
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Chamberlain at Cannook Chase disclaimed indioldual responsibility for the just and righteous war, every act and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It has teen noted with pain that many of the wounded soldiers invalided front Africa (says the "Birmingham Gazette") have come back…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A force of 100 Boers has occupied Ficksburg, in the south-eastern portion of the Orange River Colony. The Boers chased the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The anniversary of the outbreak of the Transvaal war is past, and yet the embers of the terrible fire which was raised by Mr. Kruger and his friends…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Troops lined both sides of the road for a mile from Lydenburg, cheering General Sir Redvers Buller, when he started on his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Dogs of war" have (says the "Broad Arrow") long ago passed from a metaphor to a practical feature of modern warfare. Hitherto the British army, as usual, has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →All war is tragic (says the "St. James' Budget"), but the Chinese campaign has had an unusual percentage of humorous incidents. A native courier has to eat the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus" writes:—This week's news from South Africa shows that the close of the war is really in sight. The five days'…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.— Mr. Cecil Rhodes has advised the South African League to adopt the programme of the supremacy of the flag,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Westminster Gazette" has an interview with Dr. Max Nordan, the president of the Zionest Congress. The conversation turned on South Africa. "It is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Friday.—One hundred and seventy invalided soldiers have returned to England, many in financial difficulties, though they are due from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News was received in town to-day that the police had encountered the Governors, and during the affair Constable Harris was shot in the thigh, having first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—A telegram in the "Standard" states that Viljoen's commandoes are completely hemmed in, and the only alternatives are to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Morning.—The Boers are extremely active in the Lindley district. A party of them disguised in khaki uniform killed two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There were many who read one of the cables this morning with alarm—that announcing the serious illness of the Dowager Empress of Germany. The Empress…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable advices recently stated that a number of Australian troops who were invalided to England were stranded in London, although each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon.—Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and Nigh Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Moravian, of the Aberdeen line, arrived direct from Capetown to-day, bringing six officers and forty-nine invalided soldiers, with Colonel Gordon, of South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Five hundred thieving Boers are hurrying the Free State near Standerton. Colonial troops are closely chasing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Donald Macdonald, the war correspondent, has taken New Zealand by storm. All the women are head over cars in love with him, and hang,…
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