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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The South African War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 7

PARTICULARS to hand relating to the battle of Brakenlaagte, in which eight British officers (including Brigadier-General Benson) were killed, 14 officers wounded, 54 men…

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The South African War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 5

LORD METHUEN is pursuing Commandants De la Ray and Kemp in the Western Transvaal. De Wet is assembling n force in the…

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The Victorian Tornado. List of the Wounded

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 November 1901 · page 5

MR. W. EMBLEY was sitting hi his house on Wesley-hill, when the roof collapsed. He was covered with bricks and sheets of iron, but was extricated with a few cuts and bruises. Mr…

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The South African War. London

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 5

THE leader of the British Opposition denies ever having uttered a syllable that could be twisted into encouragement, for the Boers to continue the war. He…

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The South African War and the Franco-German War

Northern Star · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 9

A GERMAN Field Officer on the active list who for obvious reasons desires his name to be withheld, requests 'The Times' to publish a translation of…

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A Good Word for the Boers. Humane Treatment of an Australian Soldier

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the "Daily Telegraph":—"In your issue of Nov. 26 you publish a letter from Trooper Batos to his father at Tumut. In his letter Trooper…

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Earl Roberts on Australian Soldiers

Northern Star · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 10

IN a speech delivered at the Mansion House on October 19, Earl Roberts (as reported in the London "Times") said: —"With regard to the army I can only…

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The Royal Tour. London's "Welcome Home."

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 December 1901 · page 5

CABLES say a splendid spectacle was provided on the occasion of the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to the city of London on Thursday…

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Good Word for the Boers. Humane Treatment of an Australian Soldier

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1901 · page 2

The Daily Telegraph recently published a letter from Trooper Bates to his father at Tumut, in which he refers to an attack by 150 Boers, made on a foraging…

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The Imprisoned Victorian Soldiers. Their Story

Northern Star · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 8

AT Adelaide on Monday, Troopers Steel, Richards, and Parry, the three members of the fifth Victorian Contingent who were sentenced to death on a charge of Mutiny at…

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Anglophobes and the War

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 4

SIR,—Maggie Sullivan in last Wednesday's Star states:—"As to my opinion on the South African war and the methods by which it is conducted, I merely give it as the impression of…

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