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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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Latest War Cables. Further British Succes. Colesberg at Stake. The Cool Colonials

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday.—Further particulars in connection with the Sunnyside engagement show that Boer laager was mostly occupied by Colonial Dutch, northern Cape…

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Latest War Cables. Further British Succes. Colesberg at Stake. The Cool Colonials

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday.—Further particulars in connection with the Sunnyside engagement show that Boer laager was mostly occupied by Colonial Dutch, northern Cape…

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War News. January 6

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

General Sir Redvers Buller, near the Tugela River, is directing effective scouting operations. Eighty-three guns aroshelling the Boer trenches…

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The Transvaal War London

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

The composite regiment of Household Canatry has left Capetown by train to reinforce Lieutenant General Lord Methuen forces…

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Latest War News. Great Battle near Lady-smith. 400 Boers Captured. Demonstration at Colenso. Maxim Guns in Piano Cases. SYDNEY

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

ONE of the fiercest battles of the present campaign was waged in the vicinity of Ladysmith last Saturday…

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War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4

The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle describes the battle of Modder River as follows:—The battle of Modder River will be long remembered as the most sanguinary…

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The Transvaal War

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

Trouble has arisen among the natives of Swaziland, which forms part of the eastern territory of the Transvaal, lying north of Zululand, and in a direct line between…

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The Transvaal War

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

Trouble has arisen among the natives of Swaziland, which forms part of the eastern territory' of the Transvaal, lying north of Zaluland, and in a direct line between…

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France and the War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4

A despatch announcing the full of Ladysmith was published last evening (November 29) in Paris in extra special editions. The Liberte, formerly (says the correspondent of…

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Latest War Cables. Guides Shot

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

London, Monday.—When the treachery of the guides, who caused the Stormborg reverse, was discovered, General Gatacre ordered them to be shot with revolvers…

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The Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3

The fiercest battle of the present campaign waged around Ladysmith on Saturday. Joubert, with a strong force, attacked the British garrisons at Besters and Ladysmith…

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Latest War Cables. Guides Shot

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

London, Monday.—When the treachery of the guides, who caused the Stormberg reverse, was, discovered, General Gatacre ordered them to be shot with revolvers…

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War News. London, January 5

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

The New South Wales Lancers, under Captain G. Lee, were sent by General French to prevent the looting of the commissariat train which was wrecked at Rendsburg. They were exposed to a…

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Mr O'Sullivan on the War

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

At an informal gathering at McPherson's Hotel on Saturday, Mr O'Sullivan was asked to speak on the war. He said that there Was a good deal of misconception abroad with regard…

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Mr O'Sullivan on the War

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

At an informal gathering at McPherson's Hotel on Saturday, Mr O'Sullivan was asked to speak on the war. He said that there Was a good deal of misconception abroad with regard…

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War Notes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

The Devons had gained the crest on its steepest side at [?], and the Gordons, with Manchesters and light Horse were sweeping over its nearest ridge, when, to our…

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The Transvaal. War. London

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

Messages received from newspaper correspondents on Tuesday state that no anxiety was felt as to the ability of Ladysmith to hold out…

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War News. LONDON, January 9

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

ACCORDING to newspaper correspondents no anxiety is felt as to the ability, of Ladysmith to hold out. The Boers have run electric wires across…

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The Humors of Enlistment

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 5

The other day an amusing spectacle was witnessed in Eastcheap by the crowd of after dinner loungers who frequent that thoroughfare about two o’clock. In Eastcheap was…

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Latest War News. The Situation in South Africa, Feeling in England. Contradictory Reports of the Ladysmith Engagement. Boer Position at Stormberg. Ladysmith Full of Spies. Sickness Prevalent. British Gallantry aud Heroes burials. SYDNEY. Friday morning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

THE Imperial Parliament, meets on the 30th instant. There is a, growing out-ory against the unpreparedness of the…

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