War News. London, July 5
The commando which, under Commandant Ackermann, is in the neighborhood of Redderiburg (38 miles from Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony) is ragged and food I ess, and the men flee whenever…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
341 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 18
War News. London, July 9
The raiders under Commandant Fouche, who were recently reported to be going to the Drakensberg, have returned to the Barkly East district, The garrison having been withdrawn from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home From the War. Lieut.-col. John Campbell's Reception at Tillington Court
THE old residents of Queanbeyan district will well remember the late Mr. George Campbell's eldest son, John E. R. Campbell, who, after spending the days of his…
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As the result of fright operation, 50 Boers were captured and 18 surrendered near Edenburg, south of Bloemfontein. The Daily News correspondent says that 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, July l6
Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, seated in tbe House of Commons that Lord Kitchener had reported tt to be useless to communicate with Boer loaders in regard to the killing of…
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ANOTHER batch of "Our Boys" from the seat of war have arrived home and been welcomed by their families and friends. They were Troopers P. Cameron (Canberra)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, July 19
Mr. Schalk-Burger, the Acting Boer President, has ordered the enlistment of all Boers over 14 years of age. Martial law has been extended to the Maclean…
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Troopers Seton (son of our postmaster) and Cameron returned from South Africa to Queanbeyan on Monday last, and Sergeant DeSmet and Corporals Smith and J. Beatty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' Reception
THOSE of "our boys" from the war in South Africa, whose return to Queanbeyan was chronicled in our last issue--viz., Sergeant DeSmet, and Troopers Seton, Smyth,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, July 23
Boer raiders for two days made a determined attack upon Aberdeen, Cape Colony. Eventually a detachment of Australians, with a 15-pounder gun, arrived and dispersed the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England's War Factory. £25 Worth of War Material Is Made Every Hour
Woolwich Arsenal is a busy place always (although it is said that a few months ago a fire-eating official of this gigantic arm-factory was yearning for a "few big wars'' to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers
A public reception was tendered to the local non-commissioned officers and men of the Imperial Bushmen's contingent who recently returned from South Africa, at Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, July 26
Lord Kitchener reports that the executions of rebels are intended to counteracts sedulously fostered belief that rebellion only means five years' disfrachisement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soldiers' Memorial
The idea of erecting a suitable memorial to the Australians who fell in South Africa is very popular in political circles, and no doubt the subject is one that will be discussed at an early date in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England’s War Factory. £25 Worth of War Material Is Made Every Hour
Woolwich Arsenal is a busy place always (although it is said that a few months ago a fire-eating official of this gigantic arm-factory was yearning for a “ few big wars ” to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News. London, July 30
Four hundred Boers attacked a small British column at Nqutu, Zululand, but were repulsed with lost. The British had four killed, including Major Edwards…
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Some time ago a correspondent had occasion to visit Hayti, and while there he saw a spectacle which he is not likely ever to forget…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News. London, Aug. 2
Lord Kitchener reports that 200 Boers surrounded and captured a patrol of the Imperial Yeomanry al Doom River, Orange River Colony. After the surrender of the Yeomanry the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oddly Dressed Soldiers
Some time ago a correspondent had occasion to visit Hayti, and while there he saw a spectacle which he is not likely ever to forget…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War News. London. Aug. 6
Colonel Corringe, after driving the commandos under Wessels and Pyper from Barkly East, by as night march surprised a large both of Kheroboogte's Siding, killing ten…
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