Great Generals As War Sites
IT is not difficult to gather how much importance military men attach to proper scouting or spying, from the fact that many of the most successful generals who…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,001 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 21 of 51
The Boer War Sydney
In opening the Volksraad, Kruger acknowledged the legal co-operation of the Free Staters, and declared the world's sympathies were with the…
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The capture of Winburg by Lieut.-General Ian Hamilton has been confirmed. The Boers are in full retreat to Kroonstad. Lord Roberts has captured at Smaldeel a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Letters--in Two Hands
OUT of scores of letters from the war that the writer has seen, those which are on the face of thorn most deeply pathetic are the missives in which two distinct…
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General French is orperating in front of the Boers. The latter are fortifying and provisioning Wydenburg…
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Several thouannd Boers are still in ar in eastern Free State. Colonel Plamer has communicated with Mafeking by pigeon post…
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Correspondence has been discovered showing that friction existed between President Steyn and General Botha. President Steyn protests that…
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During a reconnaissance by General Hutton to the Zand River. the New Zealanders posted themselves on a kopje. The New South Wales and Canadian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News from the Front. Another Letter. A Soldier's Life
Mr G A Elliss, who left Cobar about 12 mouths ago, is at tho front with the D Company in the second contingent, with ex-Constable Apps…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hero's Life of Adventure. Chat with an Old Soldier
At Hoxton Park, within reach of Liverpool. N.S.W., lives one of England's her[?], Staff-sergent J. Chalkley, late of Bengal Army Commi[?]ariat Department and the 8th…
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In Major-General Hutton's recognaisuance towards the Rand River, the New Zealanders were posted on a kopje overlooking the river, with the Now South Wales and Canadian troops held in re…
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LATEST advices state that the Mafeking relief column, under Lieutenant-General Hunter, is advancing along the railway line in forced marches night and day, and passed Vryburg on…
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The British are still advancing. The Boers are in full retreat, Lord Roberts' forces are pursuing them by three routes…
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Corporal S. Weekes, of Molong Mounted rifles, writes to his. relatives in Molong from Ventar Valley Orange Free state, under…
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Roberts entered Kroonstadt without opposition and hoisted the British flag amid cheers of English residents. Steyn fled during the night. Transvaalers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Nurse at the Seat of War
Mrs F. J. Sheppard, of Mooren,. has recently received a letter from Miss Agues Macready, now a hospital nurse in South Africa. Miss Macready was…
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Some of the Boer commandos are proceeding to Lindley, the new capital, whilst others have broken up. Beer fugitives are driving herds of cattle to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Prisoners Op War Escape
THE comparaative case with which Winston Churchill made his escape from Pretoria, after being taken prisoner by the Boers, must be attributed more to the…
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Lord Roberts entered Kroonstadt without opposition and hoisted the British flag amid the cheers of the British residents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic Intelligence. Latest War News. London
A N.S.W. trooper died at Bloomfontein, and Trooper Appleby was wounded at Zand River. Three hundred and fifty women have demanded arms and ammunition at Pretoria, to…
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