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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

1,192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 45 of 60

The Transvaal War

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

Ex-President Kruger and ex-President Steyn are living in railway-carriages at Neiapruit. The cars are covered with hoods bearing the red cross…

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The Transvaal War

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

Ex-President Kruger and ex-President Steyn are living in railway-carriages at Nei-spruit. The cars are covered with hoods bearing the red cross…

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Latest War Cables. South Africa

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday.— Fighting around Ladybrand has ceased. After 3 days shelling the British only met with 5 casualties…

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Latest War Cables. South Africa

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday.—Fighting around Ladybrand has ceased. After 3 days shelling the British only met with 5 casualties…

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War News. London, September 4

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

Colonel Plummer, with his Rhodesian force, has again defeated the Boers at Rooitkop, capturing 100 rifles, 40,000 cartridges, and large quantities of supplies. The Boers on August 31 vainly…

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The Latest War News. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

The fighting around Ladybrand has sessed after three days' shelling. The British had only five casualties. Hamilton arrived on Tuesday evening. The Boers retreated after…

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The War in China. Russia's Big Claim

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

The circular which Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, issued to the Powers, and which embodied Russia's alleged reasons for wishing the allies to…

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The War in China. Russia's Big Claim

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

The circular which Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, issued to the Powers, and which embodied Russia's alleged reasons for wishing the allies to…

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The Transvaal War London

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

Commandant Ther a, who is commanding a body of Boer seouts in the Transvaal, has gathered 700 in the neighbourhood of Johannesburg, where the garrison has been…

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The Transvaal War. Burgher's Unrest

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

When Field-Marshal Lord Roberts officially announced the annexation of the Transvaal as a British colony, there was a significant gathering of 700 persons in the…

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War News. London, September 7

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

Commandant Heron, who it commanding a body of Boer scouts in the Tadnavaal, has gathered 700 in the neighbourhood of Johannesburg, where the garrison has been strengthened…

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The Transvaal War. Burgher's Unrest

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

When Field-Marshal Lord Roberts officially announced the annexation of the Transvaal as a British colony, there was a significant gathering of 700 persons in the…

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The Latest War News. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

General Buller has crossed the Mauchberg 10 miles east of Lybenberg. General Botha is 15 miles further on. A native report states that Kruger is…

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The War in China. Russia's Jealousy

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

The reply of M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the United States Government, on the question of withdrawal shows an uneagerness to withdraw…

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The War in China. Russia's Jealousy

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

The reply of M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the United States Government, on the question of withdrawal shows an uneagerness to withdraw…

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Latest War Cables. South Africa. London

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

Sir Redvers Buller has crossed the Munchberg River, ten miles east of Lydenburg…

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Latest War Cables. South Africa. London

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

Sir Redvers Buller has crossed the Munchberg River, ten miles east of Lydenburg…

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The War in China

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

The American Consul-General in China has ascertained that during the rising of the Boxes 93 British and American missionaries, with their relatives, were…

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War News. London, September 11

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

The resistance to General Buller was so feeble that Commandant Botha taunted the Boers with being cowards, in abandoning the strongest position held by them since the Tugela…

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The Transvaal War. Buller's Brilliance

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

The most recent despatches from the seat of operations in South Africa give particulars of a brilliant engagement, in which a the British arms were crowned with a…

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