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Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
2,127 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 107
FURTHER details received with regard to the fighting on Spion Kop confirm the preceding reports of the severity of the struggle. The British suffered principally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Lancers were hung all over with weapons and gear, like a Christmas-tree. Each man has a lance, sword, rifle, and revolver. They will stand a, great chance of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gymnasium practice is one of the requirements of the German army, as well as special military practice in sealing walls. To test the soldier's agility and strength…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In due course I was introduced to the British diplomat, who was a thorough Englishman; had made his mark at Cambridge; had several…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At Spion Kop the missing comprised 215 men, chiefly belonging to the Lancashire Fusiliers. The "Daily Mail" correspondent's report…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The British guns still remain on Mount Alice. Heliograph from Ladysmith reports that the garrison is not despondent, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A British Flying Squadron has reached North Zulaland, it consists of experienced colonial scouts and will probably harrass the Transvaal troops connections…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those reported missing after the Spion Kop reverse were chiefly Laucashire Fusiliers. The "Daily Mail" correspondent's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The result of the fighting at Magersfontain and Stormberg, and in a less degree Colesse, has created a deep impression on the public mind in Copetown. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest reports received from the Tagela River point to fresh measures being in course of preparation for the continuation of the advance of Sir redvers Buller's relief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting of the Capetown Branch of the Afrikander Bund, under the presidency of Mr. Hofmeyr, resolutions were passed condemning Britain's action towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand troops, the Rimington Guides, and a squadron of the Life Guards have swept the hills on General French's extreme right flank, afterwards occupying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THAT the unfortunate death of Sergeant-Majer Griffin at Rensburg has evoked profound and widespread sorrow in the district of Gundsgal, where he was best known, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A detachment of New Zealand Mounted Rifles and Remington's Scouts, with a squadron of the Life Guards, swept the hills on General French's extreme left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. GOSCHEN, First Lord of the Admiralty, in the course of a powerful speech in the House of Commons, said the Cabinet assumed the full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here is a story of Colonel Baden Powell : The Boer artillery opened fire on a portion of Mafeking in which the fortifications had not reached…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hanoverian on Colonel VillebosMareull's Staff declares that there are 10,000 trained European soldiers and 300 officers assisting the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A suggestion that war news might be forwarded to and exhibited at the various post-offices throughout the colony for public information is under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Even at the present [?] the [?] war strength of the Empire is greater says the London Telegraph than most people imagine. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That the Boer ranks have been largely augmented, by foreign mercenaries has beep known to the British authorities for some time, and representations have,…
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