The South African War. London
The Portuguese have closed Delagoa Bay to all goods traffic, and ordered all available troops to be ready to proceed to the frontier. The warships have also been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
347 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 18
The Transvaal War Lord Roberts Occupies Pretoria. The End Approaching. London, Tuesday. It Is Officially Announced
An attack on General Warren in the Douglass district was daringly executed. Several of Warren's staff were wounded, and a number of Griqualand sharp-shooters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. London
It is officially stated that Lord Roberts has occupied Pretoria. The Burghers are furious at Kruger's desertion of the city with all the bullion he could lay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter, Xviii. the President Temporises
All through, the latter half of the year 1896 the stir and clatter and hustle of money-making went on upon the Rand. If the taxes were disproportionately heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in South Africa. London
Two guns were captured at Lichtenberg. The total gold commandeered from the mines amounts to two and a half millions sterling. Pulitzer, of the New York World, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Libel Action. Clergyman and Newspaper
THE hearing of the action brought by Father Gunning, of Nowra, against Charles J. B. Watson, printer and publisher of the 'Shoalhaven News,' for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Losses in the War. Official Statement
THE War Office has issued an official statement of the casualties in the South African Field Force reported during the week ending on Saturday, April 28, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War London
Fifteen hundred Boers have surrendered to General Brabant at Fixburg. One hundred and fifty one British officers and 3500 men imprisoned at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Short History of the War
October, 1800âHootingâdefencoless English-women. November, 1800âLootingâloyalist farmers. December, 1800âShootingâBritish soldiers from behind rocks. May, 1900 âScootingâto save their cowardly skins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South African War. London
Before Pretoria surrendered, the British shells damaged two forts, the Boers replying with Krupp gun, but when the British Howitzers dropped into the suburbs strategy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-hardened Soldiers
S[?] a campaign as that which is now raging has, of course, profoundly affected the soldiers taking part in it; and it is worth while, in closing the history [?] the fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Few War Figures
IN less than three hundred years we have expended the respectable sum of £1,359000,000 in war. The war with Germany and Spain in 1702, when Marlborough…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in South Africa. London
The following message in wednesday's issue was wrongly transcribed: In the engagement near Roodewal, north of Krooustad, on Thursday, in which Colonel Baird Douglas. and 15…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xix. More Guns and Ammunition
The overwhelming majority by which Paul Kruger was re-elected President of the Republic settled a good many more questions. British Statesmen, the Uitlanders,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Open Column. [This column being open for the expression of different opinions on public matters, they are to be considered as those of our correspondents, and not necessarily endorsed by us.] To the Editor of the 'Northern Star.' the Empire and the War
SIR.—Since my communication published on the 7th March our Empire has added materially to its traditional military history, and, so far as human judgment can estimate contingencies of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. London, Friday Afternoon
Following upon the operations at Hatherly, the enemy checked the advance of the cavalry on the flanks. Generals Ian Hamilton and Pole-Carew then assailed the centre, and carried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War London
LIEUT-GENERAL POWELL line arrived at Pretoria, from Rustenburg, unopposed. Many Boers surrendered and swore allegiance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South African War; London
LORD ROBERTS' main army, defeated the Boers under General Botha, on Monday, 10 miles from Pretoria, after much opposition. General Hamilton's infantry secured the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pensions to Soldiers' Widows
UNTIL arrangements are completed with the Imperial Government, which is, under the circumstances. A matter of time—the Government has decided to advance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War in South Africa. London, Tuesday Afternoon
There are 900 British prisoners at Nooitgedacht who are being fed on meahes. They are in rugs and Bullering from their exposure on the veldt…
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