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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
259 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 13
I confess that that last word troubled me somewhat. Not that I had a thought now of hesitating or turning back, for my mind had become deeply imbued with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is officially stated that General French's artillery shelled Wasfontein Farm, near Arundel. The New Zealand troops occupied the farm and an adjacent hill. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Times, in a leading article, comments upon the extreme gravity of the military situation. It says that Lord Methuon is hemmed in and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir James Sivewright has told a little story of the last Boer war which affords a graphic illustration of what might have been. The story was told…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dutch rebellion in the northern portion of Cape Colony is assuming alarming dimensions. The whole of the country northwards from Stormberg has risen and gone over to the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Dec. 25.--There are 20,000 Boers at Magersfontein, and the trenches have been doubled. The enemy's front now covers a distance of 20 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newspaper correspondents s'ate that it it difficult to over—estimate the effect the Australian and Canadian contingants will have on the loyalty of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE war correspondent must be an able writer, or artist, and also a man of courage and resource. His paper depends upon him not only for graphic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →President Kruger fears the presence of spies in the Boer ranks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE other day an amusing spectacle was witnessed in Eastchcap by the crowd of after dinner loungers who frequent that thoroughfare about two o'clock. in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A detachment of Cape Mounted Police from Belmont has captured 1000 head of cattle and 20OO sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Dec. 28.--Lieuteant-General Sir G. S. White's artillery at Ladysmith on Tuesday shelled Isimbulwana Hill, about five miles south-east of the town, where the Boers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, has, in view of the gravity of themilitary situation in South Africa, directed that a public united supplication be made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further details of the battle of Tugela, fought on Friday, December 15, show that the use of smokeless powder by the Boers largely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE British have captured six waggons of stores, sent to the Boers by the Natal Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The TIMES hints that strong measures are contemplated with a viow to impressing on Cape Colony disloyalists the result of treason…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The days passed swiftly by, and the voyage was drawing to a conclusion. Sir Percival's devotion to my cousin Barbara setuied every day to grow more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rough riders are being largely enrolled as scouts in Cape Colony and Natal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →' I HAVE heard, Mr Carvel, that you can ride say-minuit offered you. "Od's, and so he can!' rated Jack. 'TH take cath on that.'…
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