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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
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No actual declaration of war had been made, so the British authorities with easy confidence were unprepared for any emergency. On the 20th December, 1880, a convoy under Lieutenant-Colonel Anstruther was marching from Lydenberg to Pretoria when suddenly they were confronted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A holiograph message has been received at the British camp near Cheverly from Ladysmith to the effect that Lieutenant General Sir G.S. White can safely hold the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OWING to the large number of foreign military officers and troops finding their way into tho Transvaal to assist the Boers, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE movements of the British armies at the Cape are greatly hampered by the want of more transport equipments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It was recently stated that the Boers still had a reserve force of 8000 skilled European artillerymen, military tacticians, and thoroughly trained soldiers in Pretoria. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was recently stated that the Boers still had a reserve force of 8000 skilled European artillerymen, military tacticians, and thoroughly trained soldiers in Pretoria. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Monday.—The last portion of the siege train for General Buller has left Cape Town. The British cavalry engaged the enemy at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Monday.—The last portion of the siege train for General Buller has left Cape Town. The British cavalry engaged the enemy at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A heliograph message has been received at the British camp near Cheveley from Ladysmith to the effect that Lieutenant-General Sir G. S. White can safely hold the town for six weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The movements of the British armies at the Cape are greatly hampered by the demy in the transport equipments. Sufficient waggons and mules will not be ready before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No man who boasts of British citizenship can be other than very deeply disappointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Boers in Natal, under Commandant Joubert, have entrenched themselves in very strong positions to the north and south of the Tugela River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FURTHER partionlars from Sunnyside concerning the fate engagement show that the Bear larger was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lieutenant-General French made a rapid nocturnal advance on Sunday the infantry riding in waggons. He found the enemy on Monday at dawn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Fraser, who is on remand, on a charge of wounding with intent to kill her husband, Dr. Paul Wilks Fraser, at St. Kilda, last year, waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Capetown, December 9.—The following has been officially communicated to the press:— DEFENCE OF MAFEKING. December 7.—In a message dated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farther particulars of the Sunnyside engagement show that the Boer laager was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch. The Queenslanders behaved magnificently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major-General J. D. P. French, following up his success in occupying Rensborg, has again driven the Boers out of their positions. By a rapid advance on Sunday night, effected by carrying the infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intelligence has been received from South Africa to the effect that Major-General Ffrench has surprised, out-manoeuvred, and completely routed the Boers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intelligence has been received from South Africa to the effect that Major-General Ffrench has surprised, out-manoeuvred, and completely routed the Boers in the…
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