Waratah. a Departing Soldier
Corporal D. C. Johnson, Australian Mounted Rifles, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Johnson, of Waratah, who are pioneer residents of Newcastle, made a flying trip…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1901
550 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 28
The Departed Soldiers. Sydney
The Custodian and Maplemore cleared the Heads yesterday morning, and turned south, running into a moderate southerly swell. During Sunday morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Re-organising the War Office
Lord Roberts is going to remodel the War Office so far as its military aspect is concerned. A committee of experts are going to remodel it, so far as a report can,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. De La Rey's Murders
LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Boyd, the Englishman who was shot by order of Commandant De La Rey at Wolmaranstad, was a son of Mr. John Neill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Soldiers Arrested
LONDON, Tuesday.—Forty disorderly French soldiers have been arrested at Tientsin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Effects of War. Deserted Districts
LONDON, Wednesday.—General Bruce Hamilton has cleared the Rouxville and Wepner districts. The farms everywhere are deserted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Terms of Surrender Rejected
LONDON, Tuesday.—It is officially announced that General Louis Botha has rejected the terms of peace offered by Lord Kitchener…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. De La Rey's Murders
LONDON, Wednesday.—Neethling, the Landdrost of Klerksdorp, presided at the trial which condemned the two burghers and two British subjects to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Madness in Paris
Another ease of madness resulting from the Hispano-American War has occurred in Paris. On this occasion the mania manifested itself in a disagreeable manned for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in South Africa. One More Mistake
LONDON, Thursday.—Mistaking superior force of Doers for British. 24 of the Cape Defence Force were captured at Winterberg. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Dooley Again. How He Would Have Avoided War
The second series of Dooley papers collected by Mr. F. P. Dunne under the title of Mr. Dooley's Philosophy" (Heinemann) will be widely read by British…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War in South Africa. Divisional Commands
LONDON, Friday.—Twenty thousand mounted infantry are distributed in four divisions in Orange River Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the Cape Raiders. Arrest for Treason
LONDON, Sunday.—The Boer raiders in Cape Colony, under Commandant Malan, were compelled at Sockdoorn to burn their carts and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Botha's Obstinacy
LONDON, Monday.—The refusal by General Botha, the hoer Commander-in-Chief, of the terms offered by Lord Kitchener on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. Swazis Against Boers
LONDON, Tuesday.—Fifteen Boers entered Swaziland in order to avoid Lieutenant-General French's troops. The Swazis killed seven of the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great War of the Future
The great war of the future, says a scientific contemporary, will be that against parasites. Invisible vegetable parasites bring death to the great majority…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War in South Africa. Babington's Engagement. Boers Pursued and Routed
LONDON, Thursday.—Lord Kitchner reports that General Babington's casualties were two killed and seven wounded. Twenty-two dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Plague at Capetown. Death of Three Soldiers
LONDON, Thursday.—Three soldiers have died of the plague at Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paying for the War
A novel method of paying the cost of the South African war is suggested There are immense sums of money lying idle in the Bank of England, which are said to belong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosive Bullets in War
More than once I have been asked to explain, writes the Military Critic of the "Globe," the law in regard to the use of explosive bullets in war. To…
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