War in South Africa. De Wet's Location. Junction of Boer Forces. Swazis Against Boers
LONDON, Thursday.—It is reported that Commandant De Wet, with 400 men, has crossed the Vaal River, near Villiersdorp. Commandants…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
550 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 28
A Saturday Afternoon Soldier
On one of the volunteer ranges in the North is a well-known old Irish sergeant, who went through three wars—the Crimean, the Indian Mutiny, and the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in South Africa. De La Rey at Work
LONDON, Saturday.—General De La Rey on the 22nd inst. suddenly made a swoop upon and tried to intercept the rear portion of two hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. French's Operations. Surrender of a Boer Leader
LONDON, Sunday.—Lieutenant-General French reports that in his operations between the 16th and 27th instant, 17 Boers have been killed or…
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LONDON, Monday.—An overwhelming force of Boers surrounded a patrol of Marshall's Horse in the Zuurberg (a range of mountains about 60 miles…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Boer reports state that General Botha and Commandant De Wet, with 13,000 men, are combining against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Promotions of Colonial Soldiers for Valour
LONDON, Wednesday.—Several promotions of New Zealanders and Australians have been made for gallantry in General Babington's last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Boer Leaders Surrender
LONDON, Wednesday.—Brigadier-General Plumer has occupied Warm-bad and Nylstroom, on the Pietersburg line. He captured a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Livery of War
A "Punch" cartoonist uses the German Emperor to give fresh expression to a suggestion which has been current in recent criticisms of the British Army officer…
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The coup that gave the late Archibald Forbes the foremost place among his contemporaries was not alone his brilliant account of the surrender of…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The "Times" says that the method of guerilla warfare now being carried on by the Boers is alien to the dictates of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General War Items
LONDON, Friday.—Six thousand Canadian horses are being shipped at Portland, Maine, for South Africa. Private E. H. Philpott, of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Medal with Many Clasps
LONDON, Saturday.—A medal will be issued shortly with twenty-four clasps for the different engagements for the men who have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. More Train Wreckers
LONDON, Thursday.—A body of Boers wrecked and burnt a train near O'Neill's farm, northwards of Newcastle, Natal. On the approach of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Surrendering Boers. Botha's Falsehoods. London
LONDON, Sunday.—Boers left a 4.7 gun attached to an empty train near Heidelberg. Parties of Boers are daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the British Losses
LONDON, Monday.—The losses of the British in the war up to the end of March were—Killed 14,728, and missing 775, while 2089 men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outrage by German Soldiers. Insubordination Feared. Escape of a Governor
LONDON, Tuesday.—German soldiers stopped and beat the bearers of Mr. Rockhall's and Sir E. Satow's sedan chairs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. a Boer Force Blocked. Pietersburg Evacuated. Two Bushmen Killed. London
LONDON, Tuesday.—Commandant Grobelaar, with 800 men, tried to get north between Vryheid and the Zululand border, in the south-eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Traitors at Work. Deported Foreigners
LONDON, Wednesday.—Two brothers named Coetzee, farmers, have been brought as prisoners into Mafeking, charged with harboring some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Story
The eagerness of Reservists to fight their country's battles is amusingly illustrated in the case of a soldier landed at Southampton from the Kildonan Castle, which…
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