War Expenditure in South Africa. a Financial Expert Sent
LONDON, Monday.—Lord Kitchener has been compelled to draw heavily or expenditure in South Africa, and has asked for financial assistance. Mr…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
550 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 28
Our Soldiers
Sir,—During Mr. Griffith's address at Plattsburg on Saturday evening, that gentleman must have been under the impression that he was addressing the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in South Africa. De Wet Surprised. Capture of a Convoy. Boer Casualties, 115. Much Ammunition Taken. British in Hot Pursuit
LONDON, Monday.—Brigadier-General Plumer's Australians and New Zealanders followed De Wet to Philipstown and Houtkraal until darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. De Wet's Following. They Protest Against Being Flogged
LONDON, Tuesday.—Zanddrift was the only drift of the Orange River that was not mined. De Wet was purposely drawn thereto. He was…
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Another batch of Australian soldiers returned to Sydney on Sunday from the Cape, by the Aberdeen steamer Ninevch(Captain Allen). The men were met at the wharf…
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Victoria has Just despatched its Fifth Contingent to South Africa, a contingent which consists of a thousand men. They are a fine lot of fellows, on the whole a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in South Africa. the Cape Invaders. De Wet Going to Prieska
LONDON, Tuesday.—Lord Kitchener has returned to Pretoria. He reports that Commandant De Wet on the 18th instant was 70 miles west of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Welcome Home
After the council meeting on Monday the aldermen, together with a number of rate-payers, resumed the business of considering a welcome home to Farrier-sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in South Africa. Surrender Advised. Continental Sympathy Hollow. the Bi-lingual Difficulty. Loyalty of the British Colonies
LONDON, Thursday.—A correspondent whose initials are "P.S.," and supposed to be Philip Schreiner, in a letter of the "Times" states that it is his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Griffith on Professional Soldiery
Sir,—During the last few days I have found the quite a number of people in this district are under an entire misconception as to what I said at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Letter. Returned Contingenteers and Their Pay.—the Cost of Maintaining Hyde Park.—won't Apply for Their Rights.—the Commonwealth Well Reported Abroad.—an Example of American Paper Padding.—the Witness Who Was Drunk.—captain Conroy and the War.—something From General Wehler. Sydney
It is alleged that many of the members of the early contingents who have come back to Sydney, discharged through expiry of service, illness, &c., are owed large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Century's Changes in War
What enormous changes in warfare, remarks an English contemporary, have taken place during the past century, beginning with Marengo and Hohenlinden battles, which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Max Nordau on the War. Vienna, January 1, Night
The South African War naturally occupies a considerable space in the reviews of the past year published by the Vienna papers. The most interesting article, from this point of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in South Africa. the Pursuit of Botha. Threatening the Boers
LONDON, Thursday.—Though small bodies of the Boers break through the British lines, Lieutenant-General French is hardly pressing the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. A. H. Griffith on Soldiers
Mr. E. Flynn writes:—Newspaper controversy is, as a rule, a profitless occupation, and is therefore usually avoided by men who are not afflicted by the "cecoethes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wickham's Welcome to the Returned Soldiers
The Wickham electorate was well represented in the struggle for supremacy in South Africa, and as the majority of the local warriors have now returned to their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of the War. Statement in the Commons
LONDON, Saturday.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir M. Hicks-Beach) stated in the House of Commons last night that the cost of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the Pursuit of De Wet. Botha's Retreat
LONDON, Friday.—Part of Commandant De Wet's force has been driven into the triangle formed by the junction of the Orange and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Send Off
A complimentary send-off was tendered Trooper A. T. Ford, son of Mr. Harry Ford, in the Band Hall, King-street, on Saturday evening, by about 100 of his old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Under-secretary for War
LONDON, Monday.—Colonel E. W. D. Ward has been appointed permanent Under-Secretary for War…
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