Prisoners of War in Britain
Dartmoor Convict Prison was originally built for French prisoners during the Napoleonic wars. I have seen it suggested that this was the origin of the belief…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 56
The War in South Africa. Boer Force Ambushed
LONDON, Wednesday.—Colonel Bethune ambushed a Boer commando near Vryheid, killing sixty, wounding thirty-five, and capturing sixty-five…
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LONDON, Friday.—Trooper H. G. Scheirer, of the Australian Bushmen, was slightly wounded at Machadodorp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lieutenant Brabant's War Dance
"Smiler Hales" tells a good story of how en a certain occasion Lieutenant "Jack" Brabant made a "circus of himself" round the camp fire. The lieutenant must be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The War in South Africa. Lydenburg Threatened
LONDON, Thursday.—Commandant Botha is moving with a Boer force against Lydenburg. The town is strongly held by the British, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Outlawed Blacks. Return of the Wounded Constable. the Governors Doubling Back. Sydney
Constable Richard Harris, the officer who was shot by Jimmy Governor at O'Doherty hut, three miles above Yarras, on Friday, October 12, arrived in Sydney this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in South Africa. Attack on Jagersfontein. Commandant and Twenty Boers Killed. Heavy British Loss
LONDON, Friday.—Lord Roberts reports that a party of Boers entered Jagesfontein, Orange River Colony, on the night of the 16th instant. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Europeans' Graves at Canton. Desecrated by Chinese Soldiers
LONDON, Friday.—The Chinese regular (Imperial) troops at Canton have desecrated the graves of Europeans…
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The Premier has received a cable message from the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, intimating that he will arrange for the despatch of a representative body of 100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in South Africa. Mr. Kruger's Farewell. a Sad Parting
LONDON, Sunday.—President Kruger was deeply affected upon leaving Delagoa Bay, and groaned audibly. A few friends bade him farewell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. Kruger's Destination. Will Go Direct to Holland
LONDON, Monday.—Shortly before leaving Delagoa Bay ex-President Kruger gave his word of honour to the Portuguese authorities that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Guerilla War. French's Casualties
LONDON, Wednesday.—General French, marching on Carobina and Bethel, was continuously opposed. His casualties were 36…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. Punitive Policy Resolved On
LONDON, Tuesday.—Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has decided to rigorously punish all professedly neutral inhabitants of the recently annexed countries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Handsomest Soldier
General Pole Carew (writes a South African correspondent of M.A.P.) is undoubtedly the handsomest man in the Army, and, I should think, one of…
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Trooper John Jones, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles and formerly of D Company (East Maitland and Morpeth) Fourth Infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lieutenant Harris Wounded. Sydney
A cablegram was this morning received by Sir Matthew Harris, as follows:—"London, October 24.—Regret Lord Roberts reports that your son, Lieutenant J. Harris,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America's Position in China. President M'kinley Fears War
By the San Francisco mail, received at Auckland, news has been received that General Chaffee had received orders from Washington to withdraw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. Fighting Near Zeerust. More British Losses. Farmhouses Used As Forts
LONDON, Wednesday.—Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen and Major-General C. W. H. Douglas, with a force consisting of the 1st Battalion North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Against the Tramp
Mr. William Harbutt Dawson considered the question of the treatment of the "tramp and the loafer," at a British Association meeting recently, and expressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. John Moffat on the War
Mr. John Moffat, son of the late Dr. Moffat, in the course of a letter to a friend in London, again touches on the British and Dutch relations in South Africa. He writes…
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