War in South Africa. London
A communication has been received from Sir George White stating that Ladysmith can safely hold out for six weeks. From reliable information received it is…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
347 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 18
Summary Treatement in War. a Letter From Captain Cox
CAPTAIN COX, in charge of a detachment of Lancers in South Africa, writes home under date November 24. He states: "We are now drawing very close to the real thing. I…
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THE following letters from members of the Lismore Half-Squadron will be read with interest:— Sergeant Peter M'Donald, writing to his…
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DECEMBER and January are the hottest and worst, months in the year in South Africa, and it is in favour of the British that the wait for reinforcements is taking place just now. If…
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THERE is talk of impending trouble between Russia and Japan, and the Japanese papers are full of it. Japan, ever since the China-Japan war, has looked with a jealous eye…
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THE now armoured train has arrived at Est-court. European adventures are entering Delagea Bay in disguise as members of Red…
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THOROUGH the medium of an Auckland newspaper, we wore recently told by a certain Miss Flora Nicholls, "That our Boer enemies are honourable in the extreme, men and…
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COMMANDANT CRONJE is again reinforced at Magersfontein, and the Boers are entrenching within 3½ miles of General Methuen's position…
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The "Standard's" correspondentat Odessa says that 60,000 Russians will shortly be pushed to the Afghan frontier, an all officers who are absent have been re-called to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. Letters From a Local Lancer
THE following are extracts from letters received from Squadron Sergeant-Major Robson at the front:— "Orange River Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Notes
When the steamer Clitus, which has returned to Melbourne, called at Java, there was great jubilation amongst the Dutch in that island over information…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in South Africa. London, Friday Afternoon
The Boers have evacuated Molteno. Lord Edward Cecil, son of Lord Salisbury, the British Premier, wounded at Mafeking, is progressing satisfactorily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Battle of Grasspan. a Brilliant Attack. Treacherous Tactics of the Enemy
THE London 'Daily Telegraph ' on November 30 published the following tele gram from its correspondent, being additional details on those taken from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Night Sortie From Estcourt. a Soldier's Blunder—british Bayoneting Each Other
The war correspondent of the London " Daily Telegraph" says:—A commando lying to the west of Estcourt, under the leadership of Commandant Lombard,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boer War Notes
IF ever Great Britain should have to stand with her back to the wall against her foes, and call up the whole resources of the Empire to her assistance, Europe will get a bit of a…
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A WRITER who is engaged in the South African war says :—" There was one of the officers brought in by our own men on a gun carriage, and he died while they were…
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Further particulars of the Sunnyside engagement show that the Boer, laager was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch. The Queenslanders behaved magnificently,…
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GENERAL WHITE reports that the Boers were repulsed everywhere around Ladysmith with very heavy loss, which greatly exceeded British casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Send-off to a Soldier
ON Thursday, 4th instant, Mr. H. L. Gaggin, of the Lismore Rifle Reserves, who volunteered for active service in South Africa, was entertained by his fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain's War Factory
WOOLWICH Arsenal is (says the "Times of India") a busy place always (although it is said that a few months ago a fire-eating official of this gigantic arm-factory was…
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