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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
341 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 18
Perhaps the most popular of all the many appeals made to the generosity of the British public during the present war, is that one that asks for funds to send aid to the sick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the attack on the Boer laager at Ermelo General French killed 40, and captured 200 prisoners, and also a great quantity of cattle. He recovered the 15-pounder lost at Colenso…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that Commandant De Wet and President Steyn crossed the railway between Houtkraal and Potfontein on the 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE greatest man in the world to the recruit is his corporal, whose business it is to knock off his rough corners, and none too…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commandant de Wet, with 2000 men, crossed the Orange River at Zand drift on February 11, and proceeded west. On February 12, 400 men attacked Philipstown. The enemy were repulsed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One hundred Boers, while fetching forage to Giringspoort, were attacked by the Cyclists Corps, which was entrenched on a kopje. Seventeen of the Boers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is one of many very sad war relief stories: A Glasgow woman, with two of a family received a notification from headquarters at South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LORD KITCHENER reports that Commandant De Wet is seventy miles west of Hopetown, and is apparently making for Pri[?]ska, on the Orange River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many people are under the impression that when Tommy Atkins is ordered, off to war his pay is stopped until all the fighting over, when it presented;, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Kitchener reports that Commandant de Wet is seventy miles west of Hopetown, and is apparently making for Prieska. De Wet threatens to shoot all Dutch colonists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Kitchener has returned to Pretors. The Commander-in-Chief reports that Commandant De Wet on the 18 instant was 70 miles west of Hopetoun, apparently making for Prieeka, to which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Shalk Burgher advises the Boers to surrender as a nation, their cause being hopeless. The Boers derailed the Naupoort train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following interesting glossary is given by " Reynal do Pont" in the "Morning Herald ":— VELDT.—Dealing as we are with "de…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brigadier-General Plumer has compelled Commandant De Wet to turn northwards, and is now close on the heels of the Beer leader, who is fleeing in the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brigadier-General Planter hat compelled Commandant de Wet to turn northwards, and is now close on the heels of the Boer leader, who is fleeing in the direction of Griqualand West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Botha, in addressing his followers on the 10th inst., recommended them never to surrender. He stated that he would lead them while 500 remained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following Victorians assisted in capturing Do Wet's guns: Captain Marker, Troopers Sheehan, O'Brien, and Green. Two commandants and 200 of De Wet's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, reports that the Orange River is still in flood, and that the Boers are trekking east and north. The British columns are forming a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British are tightening the grip on De Wet and Steyn. A battle is imminent De Wet recently advised Hertzong that unless the Cape [?] was successful the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Blue Book has been published as an answer to pro-Boer critics, showing that in June last General Botha, the .Boer Commander-in-Chief, asked for an armistice in…
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