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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 56
The information published in Sydney with regard to the defective saddlery being supplied to the mounted contingent now in camp was somewhat erroneous, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the outbreak of the war until December 2 the British Government bought of American packers 300,000 cases of tinned meats, or 7,000,000 tins…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday Morning.—Mr. Mitchell, the London "Standard's" correspondent in Ladismith, has died from typhoid fever. Mr. Ferrand, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An incident in the massacre of Sir Louis Cavagnari and his companions, during the Afghan war, is thus related: The Residency in Cabul was fiercely attacked by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday Morning.—An influential meeting of Australians has formed a committee to raise funds to equip the, Mounted Bushmen's'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—It's rather odd to charge a soldier with being unpatriotic. I've been dilatory doing so. I've finally decided that such treason ought to be exposed. Somewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday there sailed from New South Wales the second contingent, making in all 1800 men for service in South Africa. Every man left in the best of health add strength,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer paper, the "Standard and Diggers' News" of November 22, declared that the "Final seal had been set upon the fate on both Kimberley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There has been a great deal of talk about submarine boats, says the "West minister Gazette." The French boasted that they had discovered an exclusive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Thirty-one members and 81 clerks of the London Stock Exchange are going to the front. A German members was mobbed on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday—The "Times" of Natal says that a French steamer in December landed six Creusot "Long Tom" guns and fifty tons of shells at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Reuter's correspondent says that the Boers on Monday tried to storm a hill which was held by a company of the Yorkshire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"After a battle," said a retired soldier, who served through most of our Indian campaigns, "there is one cry from the wounded—"'Bacca 'bacca!"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May the Australians have as great success in South Africa as the Montpelier Tailoring Company's Branch (No. 2)at 73 Hunter-street, opposite the Y.M.C.A. building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"LONDON, Thursday.—The Boers shelled the women's laager at Mafeking, killing a girl and wounding two children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—The "Times" states that Lord Dundonald made a dashing movement on the 10th, and occupied the hills above Potgeiter's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A correspondent of the "Cape Times" has been told by a Free Stater that it was a well-understood arrangement between the several commandants that as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This town, in conjunction with others, is no putting forth efforts to send comforts to the sick and wounded soldiers who are so bravely fighting for the Empire and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following Hymn for use in time of war, written by H. C. Ainger, has been set to music by the famous Sir John Stainer. If the music is as good as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The war is having a somewhat marked effect on the shipping trade, and therefore indirectly upon trade generally. Merchants are now beginning to find difficulty…
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