A Confession From the War Office
Mr. Brodrick, the new Secretary for War, made recently a notable statement on the hospital work in South Africa. It was bold, unexpectedly frank, and destroys…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
550 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 28
The White Flag. War Office Order
LONDON, Friday.—The War Office orders that officers and soldiers displaying playing the white flag are to be courtmartialled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. New Criminal Courts. English Only to Be Used
LONDON, Thursday.—Two special criminal courts for the trial of serious offences have been established in the Transvaal. The proceedings will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Incident
The Rev. J. H. G. Auld, the New South Wales Presbyterian captain with the Bushmen's Contingent, writing respecting the Coster River engagement, records the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Engagement Near Jacobsdal. Heavy Boer Losses
LONDON, Friday.—An engagement has been fought between Jacobsdal and Kaffyfontein by the Kimberley column and the Boers. The enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Kitchener's Movements. Driving the Enemy
LONDON, Saturday.—The inhabitants of Nylstroom have been sent to Pretoria. Lord Kitchener is developing a big…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Treacherous Boer Woman
LONDON, Monday.—A Boer woman at a farm treacherously directed two men of the Imperial Yeomanry, who desired to obtain water, to a spot on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German Soldier
The German soldier is well trained. High authorities say the is better trained than any other soldier—better than the Russian, better than the French, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Lord Roberts' Despatches. Australians Praised. Meritorious Services
LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Robert's despatch of April 2nd, continuing the November narrative to the end of November, states that, stupendous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boer Prisoners of War
The disposal of Boer prisoners is evidently exercising the British Government. Australia refuses to have them, and Ceylon and St. Helena have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer Methods. "Plunder—not War."
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Boer General Celliers was recently erroneously, reported to have been killed at Lichtenberg. He has now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colonial Soldier
The e[?]logies pronounced on colonial soldiers that have served in South Africa have been many. Praise is proverbially cheap, nevertheless it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Queensland Letter Brisbane, Monday. Provision for Returning Soldiers
Ever since the first contingent of troops left this colony to defend the honour of their flag in South Africa speculation was wife as to whether the men would again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aerial Engine of War
A demonstration was made in London towards the close of lust month of the extraordinary powers of dirigibility of the new electrical aerial torpedo and the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in South Africa. British Operations. Boer Losses Last Month
LONDON Thursday.—The Boers destroyed a "Long Tom" on Major-General Kitchener's advance from Lydenberg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Roberts on Soldiers
Lord Roberts, addressing recently a meeting of the Council of the Army Temperance Association at the War office spoke In warm terms of the behaviour of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War in South Africa. a Fatal Ambush
LONDON, Friday.—Lord Kitchener reports that a party of the 9th (the Queen's Royal) Lancers fell into an ambush a lieutenant and three men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sugar Duty. German Exports. the Continent and the War
LONDON, Sunday.—The bulk of the German exports of sugar goes to England. Some organs declare that it remains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. a Boer Haul. a Train Captured and Looted
LONDON, Sunday.—A cattle, coal, and forage train was captured by the Boers at night near Molteno, northern Cape Colony. The train was looted,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Returning Soldiers
Lieutenant-Colonel Ranclaud, District Commandant, has received a telegram from Captain M'Glinn starting that steamer Tongariro left Fremantle on Saturday…
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