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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Dogs of War

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 3

"LET slip the dogs of war" is at times the urgent and imperative cry, which resounds far and wide throughout an entire Empire, with passionate energy and…

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War in South Africa. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 5

Mr. Mitchell, the engineer of the Pretoria waterworks, has been expelled from the Transvaal, and has arrived at Durban. Mr. Mitchell declares that Waterval, on the outskirts of…

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The War in South Africa. a Letter From Pretoria

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8

TROOPER ARTHUR DALEY, of the Lismore Half-Squadron, who is now a prisoner of war at Pretoria, writes from Waterval under date February 7, to his brother, Mr. P. J…

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Ireland's Contribution to the War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 7

"IRELAND and the Empire" is the title of an instructive lending article in the Dublin FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, in which it points out that, the total losses of the purely Irish…

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The Pope and the War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 2

IN his address on his 90th birthday, the Pope, referring to the war, said :—" Lotus all unitedly beg the Lord to look with pity upon the sanguinary struggle which has…

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The South African War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 2

MAJOR BRABANT'S force has relieved Wepener, and advanced since Sunday unopposed. Four thousand five hundred Boers are…

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The Transvaal War Lord Roberts Advancing. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

THE Imperial Light Horse hug arrived at Capetown, and is starting for Kimberley. General Hunter has been ordered to proceed with a force to the relief of Mafeking…

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War in South Africa. London

Northern Star · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 5

There are indications that General Hunter's division has been ordered to proceed to the relief of Mafeking. Genend Lord Methuen has seized the…

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The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xiv. Johannesburg Roars

Northern Star · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 6

A FEW weeks after Dr. Keefs banking account had been so suddenly augment a brief note reached him at the Pretoria Club from Mathew Barnard. It was as follows:…

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Guernsey and the War

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 2

THE States of Guernsey (Channel Islands) held a special sitting, convened for the purpose of voting a sum of money to buy guns or other war material to offer…

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The Dublin Corporation and the War

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 3

The TIMES Dublin corresponde t states: —The Dublin Corporation have once more proved their disloyalty to the Empire and their unfitness to take over the control of…

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War in South Africa. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 5

The divisions under Generals Tucker, PoleCarew, and Hutton surprised and captured Brandfort. The Boers hastily retreated. Major-General Broadwood has advanced 28…

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The Transvaal War London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 5

GENERAL Plumer has communicated with Mafeking by pigeon post. Lieutenant Baden-Powell reports that matters are quiet since the 25th April, and there are indications that the…

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The South African War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

THE fourth contingent of tho New Zealand rough-riders has arrived at Beira. General Carrington's force has reached Merindalas, 50 miles from Salisbury, where…

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Soldiers of the Richmond

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 6

SERGEANT-MAJOR ROBSON, writing from Bloemfontein under date 17th March, to W. Webster, Mayor of Ballin, in acknowledging resolution transmitted from a…

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The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xv. a Soldier of the Queen

Northern Star · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 6

IF this story were more of a romance than the narration of sober historical facts, it would be easy, with the materials at command, to write in forms of glowing eulogy…

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War in South Africa London, Tuesday Aternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 5

In response to requests made by Lord Roberts, many Colonial and Imperial officers are applying for positions as district commissioners in the Free State…

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War in South Africa. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 5

Lord Roberts is at Reit Spruitt, eight miles north of the Zand River. He cables that his forces had a successful day's operations on Thursday, when they drove the enemy from…

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A Horoic Deed. an Incident in the War

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 3

THE EVENING NEWS special war correspondent (Mr. H. H. Spooner) writes:— During the present war there have been numerous instances of magnificent courage…

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Talked of the War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 7

THE other night, says the SALT LAKE HERALD, a Dago and a Chinaman were holding a heated discussion on the corner of Second South and State streets. For a…

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