Hutton and Our Soldiers
LONDON, Thursday.—General Hutton has returned to England. He declares that all the officers placed very high value on the services of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 56
Invalided Soldiers
LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Suffolk will sail from Capetown on Friday for Australia, taking 50 invalided soldiers and 20 officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Relic
Strange are some of the relies that come into London from the seat of war. A knot of Scotch Reservists, invalided from Bloemfontein recently,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Waning War
A London paper states that Louis Botha, the Boer Commandant-General has sent to Lord Roberts the terms upon which he will surrender. The…
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The Italians have recently been making experiments of firing on balloons at the camp of San Maurizio. In the first experiments 9-cm. guns were used, which fired at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Romance of the War
The romantic stories of the South African war—the true ones at any rate—are now coming in. Here is one of the best told by a London correspondent. A trooper…
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LONDON, Thursday.—During last week sixteen Boers were captured while endeavouring to enter the Transvaal from Delagoa Bay…
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Mr. J. C. Stevens sold recently in London the largest quantity of war stamps which have yet been offered for sale at one time. A few only of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War in South Africa. Checkmating the Boers. the Evacuation of Vryheid
LONDON, Saturday.—The British have evacuated Vryheid, although the garrison had been provisioned for half a year. The British now occupy the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Kitchener's Intentions. Wholesale Deportation of Burghers. Formation of a New Republic
LONDON, Monday.—It is reported at Durban that Lord Kitcheher will deport the bulk of the civilian burghers in the Transvaal, as they…
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LONDON, Sunday.—German soldiers in China writing home, reiterate the stories of frightful cruelties of which their force has been guilty. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Office Reform
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Charles Welby has been appointed temporary said Assistant Under-Secretary of State, to assist in the reorganisation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in the Philippines
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.—The Americans have captured a Filipino stronghold, 35 miles north of Manila, capturing immense stores and much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. a Dashing Piece of Work
LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter states that Harvey P. Finlayson, of Adelaide, commanded a detachment of Cape Mounted Police at the Modder River,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Kruger's Mission to Europe. Still Another Appeal
LONDON, Wednesday. The London "Express" declares that the promised reception of Mr. Kruger showed a great falling off of interest at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Australians Commissioned
LONDON, Wednesday.—The following members of the Australian contingents have been given commissions in the army:—In the Royal Field…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Losses in War
No fewer than ten thousand British soldiers have lost their lives in South Africa since last November, yet the rate of mortality is 2 per cent. lower than that in our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. Kruger at Marseilles. Cordial Reception. the "British Barbarians."
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Kruger on landing in Marseilles was given an enthusiastic reception, but there were no anti-British cries. He declared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Kruger at Marseilles. Anti-british Demonstrations. Kruger and French Sympathy
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.—A noisy crowd of a thousand persons besieged the Hotel Louvr[?], where the coppers were thrown from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Boer Town Destroyed. a Gallant Act
LONDON, Sunday.—Major-General Smith-Dorrien has destroyed Dull-stroom owing to the inhabitants having harboured and supplied the enemy…
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