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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

1,192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 29 of 60

War News. London, June 8

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

Mr. Rennet Burleigh, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, states that many guns and several hundred Boer officers and men were captured by the British in Pretoria. The town in intact…

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The Transvaal War. The Taking of Pretoria

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

Further details have been received regarding the capture of Pretoria. The civilians of the capital held a great meeting, and decided to surrender to…

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The Transvaal War. The Taking of Pretoria

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

Further details have been received regarding the capture of Pretoria. The civilians of the capital held a great meeting, and decided to surrender to…

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The Storyteller Her Soldier Lover Chapter XIV—Continued

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 4

'But you are too young, too beautiful, too good—' He broke off with an odd laugh 'I wish that I could help you! But I am of…

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The Storyteller Her Soldier Lover Chapter XIV—Continued

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 4

'But you are too young, too beautiful, too good——'He broke off with an odd laugh. 'I wish that I could help you! But I am of…

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War News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 3

THE Derbyshires at Vrede are being well treated. Ex-President Steyn is near Reitz. General Doris has conveyed whale boats…

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The Transvaal War

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 2

London, June 12,—Commandant Olivier has been killed, and Commandant De Villiers mortally wounded, at an engagement at Rooikrantz, in the Orange River Colony…

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Lord Kitchener and the War

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 1

Rumour Bays that Lord Kitchener, when he was last in England, made strenuous efforts to obtain a command, and even the command in South Africa,…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY, Friday morning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 2

LORD ROBERTS'S main army defeated the Boers under General Botha last Monday at a distance of ten miles from Pretoria. After much opposition…

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The Latest War News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts's main army defeated the Boers under General Botha on Monday, 10 miles from Pretoria. After much opposition Hamilton's infantry secured the key of the…

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War News. London, June 12

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

Commamdant Olivier has been killed and Commandant de Villiers mortally wounded at an engagement at Rooikrantz, in the Orange River Colony. Reuter'a correspondent reports that 1500…

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The Transvaal War. Opposing Officers

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

General Olivier of the Orange Free State was killed, and General de Villiers mortally wounded in an engagement with the British troops at Rooikrantz in the northern part…

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Latest War Cables. Boers Flying

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts maim army defeated, a big force of Boers under Botha on Monday, near Pretoria. The enemy was completely routed and fled eastward…

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The Transvaal War. Opposing Officers

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

General Olivier of the Orange Free State was killed, and General de Villiers mortally wounded in an engagement with the British troops at Rooikrantz in the northern part…

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Latest War Cables. Boers Flying

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts maim army defeated a big force of Boers under Botha on Monday, near Pretoria. The enemy was completely routed and fled eastward…

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The Storyteller Her Soldier Lover Chapter Xvi

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 4

Of all the stately homes in beautiful Sussex none was so famous for its magnificence as Greville Hall, the principal country seat of the Grevilles. The grandfather of…

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The Storyteller Her Soldier Lover Chapter Xvi

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 4

Of all the stately homes in beautiful Sussex none was so famous for its magnificence as Groville Hall, the principal country seat of the Grevilles. The grandfather of…

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War News. LONDON, June 15

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 3

After the heavy fighting which took place at Hatherley on Monday the Boer forces under Commandant-General Botha retreated rapidly eastward…

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Latest War News. SYDNEY. Tuesday morning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 2

Six hundred Boers attacked two hundred and fifty loyal North Lancashires near the Zand River station and the Orange River,…

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War Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

Those who remember the excellent and artistic pictures formerly shown by the Rev. S. H. McDade, will be highly delighted to hear that he intends to show some…

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