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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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Items of Interest. After the War

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 1

ADDRESSING his constituents at Birmingham on Saturday, Mr. Chamberlain said that after the war two South African Republics would be…

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The War. Mafeking Relieved. SYDNEY. Friday. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 5

The Boer attack on Mafeking on Sunday was crushingly repulsed. A Boer report states that the relief column fought at Kraaipan, about 30…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 5

It is officially reported that Colonel Mahon entered Mafeking last Friday with 20 waggon loads of supplies. Encountering 1500 Boers near the town…

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The War. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 1

General Barton is at Christiana, having returned from Fourteen Streams. Lord Roberts explains that the…

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Another War

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 2

HAPPILY, the South African war is on the verge of termination, but the signs of the…

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War Babies

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 5

A glance through the big ledgers at the various registrars' offices at the present moment is interesting, and shows to what a large extent parents…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 1

Lord Roberts' health is splendid, and his exertions in the prosecution of the campaign is considered wonderful…

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The War Latest. London, Tuesday. Sydney, Friday. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 2

It is officially reported that Lord Roberts on Monday marched 20 miles to Klip River, within 18 miles of Johannesburg. The Boer garrison round Pretoria have been dismissed. Lord Roberts dispatched a force to Hatherley, and Kruger meanwhile fled…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 6

Adye, a Boer General, was captured in a laager at Kheis. In defeating some Griqualand rebels five British were killed and 20…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 5

Colonel Spragg's battalion, with the Yeomanry of 464 men, was compelled to surrender to the Boers on Thursday. Lord Roberts sent Lord Methuen to…

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The War. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 6

Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner in South Africa, has announced that the bulk of the miners who had to leave the Transvaal during the…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 5

At Ventersdorp, which has been occupied by Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter with the 10th Division, 250 Boers surrendered to the British…

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Another War

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

THE war cloud has burst over China. What will be the eventual outcome of…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 5

PRESIDENT Kruger is still living in his saloon car at Machadodorp. He is manufacturing paper money, and shipping gold to Europe…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 5

Colonel Dalgetty surrounded 250 Boers on a kopje near Hibernia, in the Ficksburg district. General Ruudlesent reinforcements to ensure the capture of…

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The War London

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

Owing to their insolence and treachery, Lord Roberts has ordered all officials of the Netherlands Railway Company to leave, the country within three…

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South African War

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

Strathcona's Horse reported that the Delegoa Bay railway line has been captured at Koomati Port railway station on the Transvaal Portuguese-East…

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The Wars War in China

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

Mr. L. C. Hopkins, the British Consul at Chefu, has telegraphed to the Foreign Office that the Chinese troops at Peking on June 18 murdered…

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South African War. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 8

President Kruger says he will continue to fight while five hundred burghers are alive. Major Bayley, of New South Wales,…

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The Wars South African War

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

General Duller has completed his advance and arrived at Pretoria. Eight hundred prisoners have been released by the Boers. No officers are…

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