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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

1,192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 23 of 60

War News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

THE splendid behaviour of Major-General Hutton's Colonial Brigade, consisting of Australian and Canadian troops, has been much commented upon. It largely…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

Colonel Plumer, commanding the column which is attempting the relief of Mafeking from the north has communicated with the garrison by pigeon post and is endeavouring…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY. Friday morning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 3

THE London Standard states that the European Powers have warned the Transvaal authorities that if the Johannesberg mines are destroyed…

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eturned from the War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 4

Lieutenant Dowling, a member of the New South Wales Lancers, who has been invalided home after active service in South Africa, passed through Melbourne on Tuesday on…

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The Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

The London Standard states that the European Powers have warned the Transvaal that if the Johannesburg mined are destroyed, England will be requested to exact…

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The Transvaal War. Colonial Gallantry

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

The splendid behaviour of Major-General Hutton's Colonial Brigade, consisting of Canadian and Australian troops, has been mach commented upon as Having largely…

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The Transvaal War. Colonial Gallantry

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

The splendid behaviour of Major-General Hutton's Colonial Brigade, consisting of Canadian and Australian troops, has been much commented upon as having largely…

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War News. London, May 8

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

Colonel Plumer, commanding the column which is attempting the relief of Mafeking from the north, has communicated with the garrison by pigeon post, and is endeavouring to similarly communicate…

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Latest War Cables. The Powers at Work

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday—The London " Standard states that the European Powers warned the Transvaal Government that if the Johannesburg mines were destroyed…

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Latest War Cables. The Powers at Work

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday—The London "Standard states that the European Powers warned the Transvaal Government that if the Johannesburg mines where destroyed…

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Used by British Soldiers In Africa

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

Capt. C. G. Denniann is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov. 4, 1897, from Vrryburg. Bechuanaland, he writes:…

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The Storyteller. Her Soldier Lover. Chapter III—Continued

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 4

'It's a shame, miss—but what can I do?' Susan said. 'You promised to be my friend, Susan.' 'And so I am.'…

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The Storyteller. Her Soldier Lover. Chapter III—Continued

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 4

'It's a shame, miss—but what can I do?' Susan said. 'You promised to be my friend, Susan.' 'And so I am.'…

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Our Dead and Wounded Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH, G.O.C., notifies in General Orders the appointment of the following officers as a Pension Board:-- President, Colonel Roberts, C.M.G., A. D…

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A War Story

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 2

A retired military officer who went through the Boer War of 1881 tells the following story of a curious incident which he witnessed during that campaign:…

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War News. LONDON, May 11

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has cabled from Rietspruit, eight miles north of the Zand River, that the forces under his command had a successful day on Thursday,…

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The Transvaal War. London

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts telegraphs from north of the Zand River on Thursday. "The enemy is in full retreat. They occupied a position extending for 20 miles; ours…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY. Tuesday morning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 2

LORD ROBERTS' bodyguard of colonials were the first to enter Kroonstad. The march into the town was…

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Letter From the Seat of War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 2

THE following is a letter recently received by his sister, Miss Nellie Cummins, Black Flat, Micalage, from her brother, Trooper M. J. Cummins (Australian Horse):--…

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A War Story

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 4

A retired military officer who went through the Boer war of 1881 tells the following story of a curious incident which he witnessed during that campaign :…

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