Junction. Welcome Home
A large number of friends and comrades of A.B. Leslie, who recently returned from China, assembled at the residence of Mr. Alex. Shepherd on Friday evening last, and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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The Conduct of the War
LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, addressing a meeting of Conservative agents at Holborn last night, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Pro-boer Meeting in London. Admission by Ticket. the War Denounced
LONDON, Thursday.—Three thousand persons were admitted by ticket to a pro-Boer meeting last night in Queen's Hall, London. Eight hundred…
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Trooper James Weston, who served with the New South Wales Lancers in South Africa, was entertained at Mr. C. E. Wilks' residence last evening by a number of…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M.P., addressing the Conservative Associations at a luncheon in London last night, said that the…
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Sir Redvers Buller presided at a recent meeting at the Royal United Service Institution. Whitehall, when Mr. Winston Churchill M.P., delivered a lecture giving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →International News. a Liberal Leader on the War Independence Impossible
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Asquith, who was Home Secretary in the Gladstone Ministry, addressing the Essex Liberal Federation last night, protested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. Clearing Country. De Wet and Steyn Blocked
LONDON, Thursday.—The force under Colonel J. W. Colenbrander is clearing the north-east district of the Transvaal. It has made many…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Court at Burghersdorp sentenced seven members of the Venterstad Committee to terms of imprisonment varying from…
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LONDON, Saturday.—General Sle[?]cum, the American military attache with the British in South Africa, reports that if there had been less brave…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Commandant De Wet is now in Orange River Colony, west of Kroonstad. General Louis Botha is at…
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At the recent military review held at the Centennial Park, under the observation of the Duke of Cornwall and York, a number of veterans were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. Dutch Advice to Kruger
LONDON, Monday.—The Netherlands Government is pressing President Kruger to come to terms with Great Britain…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Private J. Ewart, of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, was accidentally wounded at Paardeplaats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Engagement at Reitz. Desperate Fighting
LONDON, Tuesday.—Further details of the engagement at Reitz on the 6th instant state that the British surprised a convoy, and the Boers tied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Salisbury on the War. Complete Victory Imperative
LONDON, Thursday.—The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking last night at a banquet of the United Club, held at the Hotel Cecil, said that it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the Refugee Camps. Pro-boer Reports Refuted
LONDON, Thursday.—The Radical, pro-Boer agitation is based upon Miss "Emily Hoohouse's sensational reports upon the 'Boer refugee camps on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Botha Again Escapes. After Botha
LONDON, Thursday.—Major-General Sir Bindon Blood tried to surprise Botha and the Boer Government in their hiding place, near Carolina…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. the South African War. a Brush at Brugspruitt. More Surrenders
LONDON, Sunday.—Lord Kitchener reports that two block houses on the Delagoa Bay line; near Brugspruitt, were attacked by Boers on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the Transvaal Boers
LONDON, Monday.—There are constant skirmishes in the Midlands with the Cape Boers, who invariably retreat after suffering some loss…
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