Boer War Notes
EARL BEAUCHAMP thanked God the other day that he had been born an Englishman, or, at any rate, something very like it; and although some of our French…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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War News. a Roer Outrage. London, October 13
A TELEGRAPHIC despatch from South Africa reports a terrible railway outrage by the Boers at Vryburg, the chief town of British Bechuanaland…
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The Boers have destroyed an armored train between Mafeking and Vryburg, in British Bechuanaland, and close to the Transvaal border. It is believed that the train was conveying a large…
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The following wire was received by us on Sunday night at 8.30 p.m.:— The Boers made an attack on Mafeking on Friday. A great battle ensued. The Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Under this heading we invite discussion on current topics of general interest to the District. At the same time it must be distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves in any way responsible for opinions expressed the Dingo War. to the Editor of the Queanbeyan Age
SIR,—The strong letter of Messrs. A. J. and M. McDonlad in your issue of the 14th inst., graphically describes the great losses in sheep caused by this pest on the west side of the…
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Information from the seat of war is of the most [?] decription owing to the rigid censorship exercised over all telegrams to the press…
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The Beers have offered £5000 reward for the capture of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, dead or alive. The Boers have made many threats to…
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The Boers admit losing 70 man killed and wounded during the attack on Ma[?]hing. A battle is imminent at Natal. About fifteen miles from Ladysmith the…
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London, Thursday.—The Boers admit losing 70 men killed and wounded during the attack on Mafeking. A battle is imminent in Natal about 15 miles…
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It is reported from Pretoria that the Boers, under Commandant P A Cronje, are hombarding Mafeking, on the Western frontier of the Transvaal. It is understood that…
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The Boer commandos have retreated upon Ingague, a few miles south of Newcastle. The transport arrangements in connection with the enemy's commissariat are disorganised…
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Active skirmishing is being carried on by the Boer troops, and several minor engage mets have occurred. The situation at Kimberley, the British centre of the diamond…
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In modern melodramas the hero who is generally a soldier almost invariably [?] the girl [?] choice just in the eve of his departure for the seat if war. [?] (Vic) however…
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THE battle of Glencoe has furnished the Boers with conclusive evidence that British red-coats are not the poltroons and incapables which they have commonly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Intelligence Sydney, Monday. the War
The New Zealand contingent sailed on Saturday amid a scene of wild Enthusiasm. Patriotic speeches were made by the Premier, the Right Hon. Richard Seddon; the leader…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. Great British Victory.-- 1500 Boers Killed. London, October 20
THE Boers have advanced in great force upon the British at Glencoe where Major-General Symons is in command…
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The battle which was fought at Glencoe on Friday lasted five hours. A large proportion of officers was killed, refusing to seek shelter like their men. General Symons was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Latest War News. Heavy Boer Losses. British Officers Killed. Another British Victory. Kimberley Threatened. SYDNEY
EIGHT hundred Boers were lost at Elandslaage and about twelve hundred at Glencoe. The Boers faced the artillery…
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Many old soldiers now feet the effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Rossville, York county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind of service at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Local Volunteers
Michelago, Tuesday.—Lieut. Ryrie, Sergeant Lowe, Corporal McTernan, Troopers Dyball, Commins and Egan have volunteered for active service in the Transvaal…
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