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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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London Thursday, the War

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

The Standard, in describing the stubborn defence at Tweefontein, says that the British pickets, were seized and quickly killed…

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Soldiers in Petticoats

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

There recently lived in a cottage on Caithness Moor an old lady who took a prominent part in the Crimean War. Elisabeth Coull was her name, and she was the wife of John…

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By Cable. the Hoer War. London.Thuresday

The Moree News · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 2

Major I prat's prised Myburgh's command at king;s crown, killing on and capturing eight others including…

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The War

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

AT a time when the contingent to represent the Commonwealth is being…

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London Thursday. the War

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

Von Bulon, in the German REICHSTAG, said that if Mr. Chamberlain desired to justify his policy he had better not refer to foreign countries,…

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The War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

The Bluebook contains an intercepted letter from Sehalk Burgher to Steyn, stating that the position is daily becoming more serious. That he lately suffered and lost…

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Soldier's Physique

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 4

An English correspondent, fresh from a dinner with Mr. Cecil Rhodes, sends the "Australian Review of Reviews" some gossip on this question,…

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Plat war Bacon

The Moree News · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 5

Remove the form and place them the can used to the fer a of place them on an…

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Latest Cables. LONDON, Monday. the African War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 3

The Chief Boer depot, situated between Oliphant and Crooodile rivers, in an almost inaccessible position, contains 60.000 small arms, a quantity…

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London Monday. the War

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

Major Whitehead, of the Munster Fusiliers, was killed whilst storming a Boer position. The Boers lost heavily…

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Returning Soldiers and Transports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

The transports St. Andrew and Manchester Merchant here & arived at Albury. The latter with several hundred returning soldiers. The vessles with coavey the…

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The War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

During a sharp fight at Treafontein the British lost 7 killed and 26 wounded. Tow men of the Imperial Yeomanry…

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London the War

Manilla Express · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 2

Some important captures have been made, including General Ben Viljoen, two or three Commandants, and a considerable number of Boers…

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Off to The. War

Manilla Express · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. Vincent M'Nainara has pr[?] ceeded to Sydney, to offer himself for enlistment in the second federal contingont for South Africa…

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The War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

The latest cables regarding the war show that the feeling among members of the House of Commons is not hopeful of peace…

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London. Thursday. the War

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

The Lord Chancellor declares that the Government is determined to end the war so as trouble will not recur. The Addresa-in-Reply was carried…

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New Zealand War Order

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

Now Zealand has received from the War Office an order three times its large as any previously given to the colony for produce for South Africa. The order is supposed to…

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[?] Story Englishman's Prisoner a Story of the Fades Prussian War [?] Chapter

The Moree News · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 5

OST of the English made all haste to…

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London. Monday. the War

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 2

Further fighting has taken place in various parts of the Orange River Colony. It is asserted that only unconditional…

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The War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 3

General Botha has degraded Commandant Smuts for burning Bromeradrop, Commandant Smuts retorted that Christian Boths similarly offended and was unpunsished,…

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