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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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This Transvaal War. Fuller Particulars of the Battles of Glencoe and Eland[?]laagte

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 October 1899 · page 4

LONDON, Monday. -- Full details are now to hand relating to the battle at Elandelaagte. It was really a most brilliant affair, the mon engaged on both sides displaying conspicuous…

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WAR

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 2

The Boer Secretary of State has published a manifesto, denouncing the British as murderers and treaty breakers. He says that British…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 2

THE following war news has been received by wire at the DUBBO LIBERAL Office since last issue:— Wednesday, 10 a.m…

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Latest Cablegrams. The War. [Dubbo Liberal Special Service.]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 5

The following telegrams were received on Friday:— EUROPEAN COMPLICATIONS. The report of an alarming continental…

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The Transvaal. Colonel Powell makes a Sortie. Fifty-three Boers Killed and Many Wounded. Mobilisation of British Cruisers. Powers to be Watched. Another Victory at Ladysmith. The Boers Fly in Confusion. Kruger Backing Down. Colonel Powell makes a Splendid Defence. Boers Killed by Dynamite. Kimberley Besieged. 30,000 Boers Invading Natal. 600 Boer Horses Captured. Major-General Symons Recovering. Another Scene in the House of Commons. Hussars Captured. A Perilous Ride. Battle at Reitfonstein. Colonel Walford Killed. 104 Killed and Wounded. Britishers Eager for Another Fight. The Boers Shelling Mafeking. Great Distress amongst the Enemy's Forces. British Sentries Supplying the Starving. Forty Boers Captured in a Store. The Boers Massing. (By Cable.) London, October 24

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 2

Colonel Powell made a sortie in an armoured train. He encountered the Boers, The latter attacked the train, but were repulsed with heavy loss. Fity-three Boers…

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The Transvaal War

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 October 1899 · page 2

Although it was reported a day or two ago that Commandant Cronje had left only a small commando to guard Mafeking while he went south to Kimberley with his main force, the bedleagured town…

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The War. Telegraphic Intelligence

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 31 October 1899 · page 3

LONDON, October 23, 2.23 p.m.-- There was four hours' fighting on Tuesday at Macfarlane's farm, seven miles from Kimberley, A thousand Boers, who were well posted,…

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The War in the Transvaad. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 31 October 1899 · page 2

PARTICULARS regarding the recent fighting at Reitfontein state that 6000 Boers occupied a Strong position on a ridge of hills which commanded the main read…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1899 · page 3
Also in The Western Herald

THE following war news has been received by wire at the DUBBO LIBERAL Office since last issues:— Saturday, 10 30 a.m…

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The Cost of War

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1899 · page 2

As so much interest is just now centred in the war between England and the Transvaal it seems an opportune time torecall the cost of the Spanish-American War. The war between…

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Latest War News. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1899 · page 2

Major General Symons is dead. News received by Members of House of Commons in silence with bared heads. At Macfarlane's farm near Kimberley,…

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Latest Cablegrams. The War. [Dubbo Liberal Daily Service.]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1899 · page 3

The following cablegrams were received on Tuesday:— KIMBERLEY PROVISIONED. Kimberley is understood to have nine…

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The Transvaal War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 November 1899 · page 5

It has been ascertained that Kimberley it Well-prepared for a siege of long duration. There are provisions in the town sufficient to last nine months…

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Transvaal War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 4

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W PENS SIMONS was buried in Dundee churchyard without a coffin, the body being simply shrouded in the Union Jack…

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The War. Sydney

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

A combined army of 18,000 Boers is closing around Ladysmith in a semi-circle, enterching their camps. The Boers shelled the township…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. the War. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 5

A SEVERE engagement took place on Monday, on the Elandslaaghte road. The British loss was between 80 and 100 killed and wounded. The enemy's loss was heavier…

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War News

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

The Monster War Map exhibited in the windows of the DUBBO LIBERAL office is found to be of great service to the public. As the positions of…

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The War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

THE following news has been received since bist issue:— On Sunday night General Sir G. S. White sent a mountain battery, together…

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WAR. London

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

There was four hours' fighting on Tuesday at Macfarlane's farm, seven miles from Kimberley. A thousand Boers, who were well…

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