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Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
546 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 28
It is believed that the surrender of Vryburg, a railway town, south of Mafeking, a fortnight ago, was prearranged between the Boers, prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commandant Joubert has notified the British Commandant at Ladysmith of the death of Major-General Smyone (who was abot in the groin during the battle of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday last a successful sortie was made from Kimberley, which is menaced by the Boers under General P. A. Crooje. Two armoured trains containing 500 troops left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday afternoon last tiro more Gundagai men loft for Sydney to join tho troop of Australian Horse, which sails for South Africa, on Friday next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Office at London has accepted a New South Wales tender for two hundred thousand lbs. of compressed fresh boiled mutton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The railway at Mafeking now runs round the town. A spy bas been captured at Ladysmith tampering with the quick-firing guns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SERIOUS disaster has befallen the British army at Ladysmith. The presence of the enemy in great force was reported to the west and the south of the town, and Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General White, the British commander in Natal, says that no blame attaches to the force which capitulated. The position held by them was selected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early to-day the Boers [?] Ladysmight with forth-pounders. THe British force, under General Sir G. S. White, returned the fire, and quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM the contradictory reports which reach us from the seat of war too much credence cannot be placed on the account to hand of the battles in Natal, and perhaps nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars regarding the attack on Mafeking state that the Boers with three Krupp guns bombarded the town. One gun was disabled, the ammunition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SURVIVORS from Ladysmith state that a baloon sent up by the British forces under the command of General White revealed the fact that the Boer camp was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great battle was fought near Ladysmith on Monday, the British suffering a [?] reverse. The British [?] were surrounded in the hills, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A severe engagement took place on Monday on Elands Laager Road. The British lost between 80…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT has transpired that the battalions operated too far from the main British line. They were surrounded in the hills, caught…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Symons died in Dundee, where the British wounded were left when Colonel Yule retired to Ladysmith. News of his death was wired by General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Undue haste has been the cause of every one of our South African troubles and disasters during the past half century. For want of thought we withdrew from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The news which reached us from South Africa on Wednesday morning staggered most men, as they scanned their morning paper and read how the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WEDNESDAY'S wires brought us anything but good news of the war in the Transvaal--which by the way is so far a misnomer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A severe engagement took place on Monday on Elands Gaate road. The British lost between eighty and one hundred killed and wounded. The…
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