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Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
347 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 18
I had not yet seen Johannesburg, but I beard of it every where, as the astonishment and pride and difficulty of all South Africa. There was a population there of 90,000—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is stated that the War Office has received a message brought by one of Plamer's scouts to the Britishers at Rhodesia, that Mafeking has been relieved. The War Office is withholding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE present partial lull in battle strife in the land of the Boer may, in reality, be only the calm which precedes a storm; and when the national characteristics of Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leading English papers stigmatise President Steyn's reply to Lord Roberts' protest as an appalling piece of effrontery. The Berlin Press are strongly protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The assured loyalty or the Free staters who have surrendered, and the absolute security of the rear of his forces, are the first requisites before Lord Roberts will advance from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our story has now reached a stage at which, in the interests of the narrative, and in justice to the people with whom it is concerned, it is advisable to make some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boers are now concen[?] in strong force at Brandfort, and it is expected they will fight there. (Brandfort is on the railway line only 35 miles north of Bloemfontein.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following account of the bombardment of General Cronje was cabled to London by Reuter's special war correspondent. It is a graphic description of the terrible scenes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE writes:— "The present war is mercliess on old and cherished traditions. Science made in Europe is being driven to the wall by science…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE are various reports in regard to the Kornspruitt disaster, but the following is generally correct:—The scouts, artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PRESIDENT KRUGER has undermined the British mines on the Rand, also British buildings in Johannesburg. A number of Boers are guarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was at Dooraspruitt, a tributary of the Modder River, that the ambushing of the British convoy occurred. Eighty waggons were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"GENERAL BULLER'S headquarters, Chievely Camp, Feb. 6.—I am enabled to send you a hurriedly made copy of extracts from an officer's report, of what took place on Spion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Several of the men who sat at the Council of the Bond Executive, referred to in the last chapter, will of necessity occupy prominence in the after chapters of our story;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ACCORDING to the following from a recent issue of the Armidale "Argus" there are joining the "Absent Minded Beggar" ranks in this colony persons to whom the term…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. H. W. LUCY in his letter to the S. M. HERALD writes: This afternoon I met young officer of the Senforth Highlander invalided home, whose simple narrative of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There are still 2000 Boers before Mafeking shelling the town. Colonel Plumer attacked the Boers and had 20 of his force killed, including five officers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Cecil Rhodes, as chairman at a meeting at Kimberley of the De Beers Company, the great diamond mining company, said the profits last year were (roughly)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two thousand Boers with 18 guns are posted above Pomeroy. The enemy have placed big guns near Elandslaagre and Wessel Nek, and there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GENERAL GAZETTE is co-operating with the British force of Bloemfontein for the protection of the lines. The ground to the eastward of the town is adapted to Boer…
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