The Transvaal War. De Wet Engaged
Brisk engagements have taken place in widely separated parts of South Africa. In the Transvaal Colony" Major-General Smith.Dorrion dispersed a force of Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1901
341 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 18
Just for Remembrance Incident of the Boer War. a Complete Story
OFF at last, thank goodness mattered the Parsons an the Sussex left Circular Quay. He was feeling sore at heart, and tired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Boer War. Big Events Looming. London, February 1
ACTIVE field operations on a large scale are imminent in South Africa. Large numbers of mounted men are being employed as infantry, and are being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, February 1
Active field operations on a large scale are imminent in South Africa. Large numbers of mounted men are being employed as infantry, and are being moved in mule waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Sweeping the Country
Lieutenant-General French's column of cavalry and mounted Infantry is sweeping the country east of Pretoria-Johannesburg, Railway, and between the Delagoa Bay and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. London
Boer raiders sent a force to Doorn River, in the western district of Cape Colony, to prevent Colonel J. W. Colenbrander, with a portion of Bethune's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Times on the War Office Expected Explanation
The Times says the War Office has a very important statement to make and one which will go far to allay the recent anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War
Sir Alfred Milner has issued a proclamation stating that he anticipates a considerable invasion of Cape Colony. He calls upon everyone to assist the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, February 5
Brigadier-General Brabant and bis staff are in the eastern provinces of Cape Colony organising a defence force. In an engagement between Major-General Knox…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest War News. London
The War Office is sending 30,000 mounted troops, beyond the number already landed, to South Africa. The first batch will leave on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soldier The Story of His Mignonettes
One dreamy, drowsy afternoon to-ward the end of June, having nothing particular to do, I sauntered in the direction of the Chelsea College…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Wills. Are Sometimes Found in Queer Places
How does the soldier, killed in tattle or fatally wounded, dispose of his property—providing he has any to leave behind him? The list of casualties reported regularly from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Soldier and Obedience
Once, when I was military attache to Paris, I was holding a conversation with Gambetta, and be said to me, "In these days there are only two things…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. LONDON, February 8
REUTER'S correspondent at Capetown states that operations on a large scale against the Boers have commenced. The British troops have a large front in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, February 8
Reuter's correspondent at Capetown states that operations on a large scale against the Boers have commenced. The British troops have a large front in the Orange River Colony, and are sweeping the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Sweeping Movements
It is reported from South Africa that 60,000 Boer refugees are under British protection. Small bodies of Boer raiders continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest War News. London
Kruger continues to promise General, Botha European intervention. Major Brereton, commanding at Steynsberg, lias called in all the mala farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. London, February 12
Colonel De. Lisle, with the Australians, in Western Cape Colony, has beaten the record, marching to Williston, a distance of 72 miles, in 48 hours, through a desolate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
Schermbrucker, a member of the Legislative Assembly, is raising corps of loyalist German farmers to co-operate with Brabant's natives in the Leydsdorp district, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, February 12
A sharp fight has taken place at Klipplaat Junction, 61 miles south of Graaf Reinet, between the British and the Boers coder Commandant Kruitzinger. The British casualties, which were among…
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