A Soldier Hero
The first battle fought in the Crimean War of 1854 was that of the Alma. The allied armies of the English and French, arriving at the river Alma (about 20 miles to the north of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
100 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 5
Kitchener and His Soldiers
It was in providing unusually good rations for his men that Kitchener made his first hit in the Soudan campaign of 1884, and his determination to have the…
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Kruger has held a conference with Boer envoys at Utrecht. It is noticed that recent nows has much upset Kruger…
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Lord Kitchener reports that Philip Botha was killed in action in the Senekal district, and two of his sons wounded…
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The second draft of the Imperial Draft Contingent, 672 men, embarked in the Princess Rance yesterday…
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ON Sunday, in an engagement near Ventersdorp, the Boers lost heavily. The Scots Greys, New Zaland Rough Riders, and Australian Bushmen wore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a Boer's Home. an Australian's Victory. Love and Hatred. Incident of the Transvaal War. in Two Parts. Part I.
'I CANNOT do this thing, uncle. I have tried to please you, and I am grateful for the home you have given me so long. But I cannot…
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The most remarkable army division in the world is, probably, the Foreign Legion of France, fully 50 per cent. of which are foreigners, adventurers and refugees. A…
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It costs the British Government £1,250,000 annually for the clothing furnished to our army all over the world. Each of the foreign possessions, however, has to pay…
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General Botha and Commandant De Wet have arranged to combine their forces to make a stand against General French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a Boer's Home. an Australian's Victory. Love and Hatred. Incident of the Transvaal War. in Two Parts. Part Ii
But it was not to be to-morrow after all that she was to see him. It was with a sinking heart Vivien heard her uncle arranging with Ivan to be busy near…
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Soldiers, unfortunately, are seldom rich, and it had been wisely decided by our late Queen that it is against the interests of the State to confer peerages…
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EIGHT Bushmen, two of whom were wounded, expelled 40 burghers from the Iron Pass, capturing the key to Pietersburg. General Plumer has…
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Mr. Thomas Atkins, taking all grades of him, even if not actually the best dressed, is certainly the most brilliantly garbed soldier in the world. But the cost of this…
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It is estimated that in the year 1830, more than a million bushels of " human and in human bones" were imported from the Continent of Europe into the port of Hull…
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The China Contingent is to receive a welcome on arrival in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laws of War
The "laws of war," as at present formulated by the civilised nations, forbid the use of poison against the enemy ; murder by treachery, as, for example, assuming the…
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SEVERAL war honors have been gazetted. The following have been made Commanders of the Bath:—…
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Commandant Botha crossed the Natal railway line to meet De Wot, but was daily opposed and forced to recross the railway eastwards…
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General Shilling, to the Secretary of State for War, January lst, 2000: We managed to get within fifty miles of the enemy to-day, and opened fire…
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