The Boer War. LONDON, Tuesday night
IT is officially stated that De Wet is north of Brandfort and that continuous heavy rain has interfered with pursuit. Fifty Boers under Commandant…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
341 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 18
Kitchener and His Soldiers
It was in providing unusually good rations for his men that Kitchener made his first hit in the Soudan campaign of 1884, and his determination to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Soldier Hero
The final battle fought in the Crimes War of 1854 was that of the Alma. The allied [?] of the English and [?] arriving at the river Alma about 20 miles to the north of [?]…
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The result of the negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Lonis Botha is hopefully awaited at Pretoria. It is thought that General Botha, will surrender even if Commandant de Wet…
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It is believed that Botha's surrender will be announced shortly. Great quantities of food have been forwarded from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By a Saturday Afternoon Soldier
On one of the volunteer ranges in the North is a well-known old Irish sergeant, who went through three wars—the Crimean, the Indian Mutiny, and the Chinese—and…
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LONDON, March 15.--Additional reports received from General French show that forty-six Boors were killed and wounded, and one hundred and forty-six taken…
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Lieutenant-General Franch reports that an additional 46 Boers have been killed and wounded, and 146 taken prisoners. Two hundred riles, 3700 cartridges, 2400 horses, 120 mules, 370 trek oxen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. A Revengeful Murder
Another atrocious Boer murder has, it appears, been committed at Wolmaranstad, in the south-western Transvaal, on the Vaal River, between Bloemhof and Klerksdoep…
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Russian diplomacy received by recent events the first check since Lord Salisbury withdrew the British ships from Port Arthur in 1898…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, March 19
It is officially Announced that General Louis Botha has rejected the terms of peace offered by Lord Kitchener. The Boers have wrecked twenty-one trains since…
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Waldersee says that diplomacy must settle the dispute at Tientsin. It is reported that friendly negotiations at London and St. Petersbug will decide the…
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LAST night a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Committee was held at the School of Arts, the Mayor presiding. A resolution was carried asking the local papers to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, March 22
Twenty thousand mounted infantry are distributed in four divisions in Orange River Colony. The divisional commands are stationed at Kroonstad, Bloemfontein, Springfontein, and Harrismith,…
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England and Russia have agreed to accept Count Waldersee's arbitration on the siding dispute. Russian flags are still hoisted…
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During last week two more soldiers returned from the war. These were Trooper Smith, son of Rev P. G. Smith, and Trooper Powell, son of Mr A. Powell, Ryles Creek…
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A CORRESPONDENT writing to a New Zealand paper says:--Labour must be scarce in the back part of the Nelson province. While taking a tour through there lately I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, March 26
Major General Bubington attacked and defeated Commandant de la Rey aDd 1600 Boers south west of Ventersdorp, driving in the Bost rearguard, and capturing a convoy of guns at Vaalbank. Many…
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Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., formerly Solicitor General, who lost his seat in the House of Commons in consequence of his opposition to the war, now states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest War News. London
Particulars of the defeat of De Lakey show that the Boers suffered heavily. The New Zealanders and the Australian Bushmen distinguished themselves. The enemy…
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