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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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[?]E War. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 3

WITH a view to opening communication with Botha's Drift, Waggon Bridge, 1000 Boers, at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, attacked the left…

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The War. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 5

MAJOR-GENERAL, French reports that four companies of the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment made a night attack on the enemy, who h[?]ld a strong…

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The War. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

The order, summoning British officers in Egypt to take up duties in South Africa has been rescinded. A siege train has been organised…

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The War. Sydney, Saturday Morning

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 1

The Ladysmith losses during the recent attack by the Boers are-- Offices killed . . . . . . . 14 " wounded . . . . . . . 34…

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The War

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 5

Further particulars of the disaster to the N.S.W. Laucers are very conflicting. The disaster is attributed to the treachery of a Dutch farmer, who…

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The War. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 5

Sixteen Australian prisoners, presumably the N. S. Wales recently ambushed, have arrived a[?] Pretoria. The Boers report that Dr. Jameson…

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The War. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 3

THE garrison and residents of Lady smith are buoyant. The town is impregnable, and there is a sufficiency of wholesome food…

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New Mexico. War, Bloody War

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

"FRIENTS, likevise mine enemies.-- Dose pe breezy dimes." This is the kind of logic one Carl Hartmann used to lire off, and if we look at the facts…

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The War

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

The latest war news published in our wires this morning is not so scant as was the…

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The War. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 5

IT has been ascertained that a number of British soldiers reported killed at the battle of Magersfontein are prisoners at Pretoria…

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Women at the Seat of War

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 5

A lady writes to the Women's World as follows :-- When the bombardment of Ladysmith began, and the Boer shells were…

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The War. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 5

GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER'S force was heavily shelled and withdrew across the Tugela. The news at first was discredited, but it was…

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Our Soldiers

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

It cannot be denied that the Australians have exceeded expectations as soldiers…

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The War. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 4

KIMBERLEY has been relieved. Major-General French reached there on Thursday. Lord Roberts' column is at…

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Cardinal Moran on the War

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 1

DURING an interview in Melbourne, on Monday, Cardinal Moran said he did not hesitate to challenge the accepted fact that the war had been…

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The War. Sydney, Australians Killed. Heavy Death Roll. Tuesday Night

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 5

A troop of Inniskillings and Victorians defended the kopjes, west of Bastard's Nek until the Boer 40-pounders opened on them. They then…

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The War. Sydney. Friday, [London, Thursday.]

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 5

The defeat and capture of Cronje has apparently demoralised the Boers on every side. Many are in full flight, being conducted over the railway, cast…

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The War. Sydney, Wednesday. [London Tuesday.]

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 1

The cordon is daily being drawn closer round Cronie. The Gordons advanced 200 yards beyond the Shropshires…

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The War. Sydney, Saturday Morning. [London, Friday.]

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 4

Major-General Kelly-Kenny's men are pursuing Cronje's forces along both banks of the Modder River. He has thus compelled the main body to…

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The War. (London, Friday.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 1

The wounded at Klipvaal, near Ladysmith, on the 16th were: Privates T. Bull and W. Tweedie, of N. S. Wales mounted; missing at Arundel…

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