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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

1,192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 48 of 60

At the War Post. [All Rights Reserved.]

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

IT was in the autumn of the year 1880 that urged on by an…

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The Transvaal War. Guns Captured

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

Lieutenaut-General Pole-Carew was in command of the British force which occupied Komati Poort. He captured much rolling stock, many locomotives, and several…

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The Transvaal War. Guns Captured

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

Lieutenant-General Pole-Carew was in command of the British force which occupied Komati Poort. He captured much rolling stock, many locomotives, and several…

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War News. London September 25

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

Five hundred men of th comm[?] to under Commandant Erasmus early on Saturday shelle the Eland's River station, 29 miles east of Pretoria. A small garrison of 200 men repelled the attack with…

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The War in China. Chinese Slaughter

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

Li Hung Chang telegraphs that his t[?]rops have killed 1000 Boxers in the province of Chili. He predicts that the Pekin district will be cleared of Boxers within 10…

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Latest War Cables Position in China

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

London,Thursday.—All the members of the Russian military staff at Tientsin, with a large number of troops, have gone to Pert Arthur…

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The War in China. Chinese Slaughter

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

Li Hung Chang telegraphs that his t[?]ops have killed 1000 Boxers in the province of Chilli. He predicts that the Pekin district will be cleared of Boxers within 10…

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Latest War Cables Position in China

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

London, Thursday.—All the members of the Russian military staff at Tiontsin, with a large number of troops, have gone to Port Arthur…

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The Latest War News. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 3

A number of Boer officials, with bar gold, have left Delagoa Bay. The City of London Imperial Volunteers will return home early in November. Lord…

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The Passing of the Laird a Story of the South African War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 1

It was that field of dread memory— Magersfontein. From dawn—when the belching hill front of fire bad mowed in swathes the ranks of the Black…

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Cost of the Boer War. Billions May Be Loot Before Tee End I

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 1

With a few hundred pounds of dynamite the Boors can, if they so choose, imperil Outlander investments amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. An engineer…

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The Transvaal War. London

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

The natives in Zoutspansberg district, north-east ,of the Transvaal Colony, are preparing to resist Boer incursions. Brigadier General H. H. Settle, with a…

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The Queen and the War

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 4

There have been a number of misleading paragraphs in the newspapers with regard to the attitude of the Queen towards the impending war. It is quite true that her…

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The Boer War. LONDON, Sept. 28

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

THE Boers in the bush veldt, whose surrender is expected after the five days armistice, are menaced by a new danger. It is reported that the natives of the…

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War News. London, September 28

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

The natives in Zoutspansberg district, north-east of the Transvaal Colony, are preparing to resist Boer incursions. Brigadier-General H. H. Settle, with a force of…

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Latest War Cables. Position in China

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

London, Monday—Every article of value in the summer palace of the Emperor of China has been commandeered by the Russians…

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Latest War Cables. Position in China

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

London, Monday—Every article of value in the summer palace of the Emperor of China has been commandeered by the Russians…

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The Latest War News. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 3

Kruger, writing to his wife at Protoria, says he knew the struggle was hopeless. Alter the defeat at Machsdodorp he urged…

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The Transvaal War. Boers in New Danger

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

The Boers in the hash voldt, whose surrender is expected after the five days' armistice are menaced by a new danger. It is reported that the natives of the Zoutspanber…

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The Transvaal War. Boers in New Danger

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

The Boers in the bush veldt, whose surrender is expected after the five days' armistice are menaced by a new danger. It is reported that the natives of the Zoutespanber…

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