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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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Cardinal Vaughan on the War

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 3

The following letter has been addressed by Cardinal Vaughan to his clergy:— Archbishop's House, Westminster. Dec. 29. Rev. Dear Father,—The fortune of War in…

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The War Relieving Ladysmith. General Buller Returns Across the Tugela. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 3

The Boers report that General Buller's force, after being heavily shelled, withdrew to the south side of tho Tugela. This news has since been officially confirmed…

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The Boer War. the Press Censorship the Absence of News Denotes a Big Move by Roberts. His Advice to the New. Boer Dead at Koodoo[?] Increasing the British Army. the Kinberley Mortality. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 2

REF[?]GEES from the Boer lines My that the Boers lost over 200 men killed, at Koodoosberg. Heaps of dead were passed…

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The War

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3

The [?] have sent 1400 Uitlander refugees to Lord Methuen's camp. The Uitlanders report having passed heaps of Boer dead on the roads…

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War News

The Worker · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 5

Lord Roberts and his chief of staff, Lord Kitchener, have left Capetown. Lord Roberts is concentrating 30,000 troops at the front, intending to strike hard through…

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The Boer War Preparations

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3

A former officer in the Boer Army, who two years ago left the services on account of alleged sympathy with the Uitlanders, says Dr. Loyds, who until recently acted as…

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Noncomformity and the War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 6

"We are once more in conflict with some of our most esteemed friends and supporters in our strong convictions respecting the war in South Africa. That…

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War News. London

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 5

The Boers report that General Buller's force after being severely shelled withdrew to the south side of the Tugela. This news has been…

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The War London, Thursday

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

Severe fighting has taken place in the neighborhood of Colesburg, where the Boers outnumbered the British by five to one…

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Latest War News. Later

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 7

The First Dragoons, which were engaged at Rensberg, lost seven of their number as prisoners, and six others were wounded…

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Notes on War Matters

The Worker · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts has written to the Boer-presidents protesting against the wanton destruction of property in Natal by the Boers. Heaps of private letters being…

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Telegrams. Sydney War News

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 10

The fourth contingent of Lancers for the war embarked early this morning without any official demonstration…

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Boer War Notes. [All rights reserved.]

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3

THERE was a letter the other day in one of the up country Cape Colony papers from Olive Schreiner, very much in the…

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The War. The Transvaal War. Lord Roberts at Modder. Address to the Highland Brigade. Early Revenge for Magersfon Tein Promised. Important Movement Indicated London, Feb. 13

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

Great enthusiasm has been aroused at Modder river by an address delivered by Lord Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa, to the…

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Our Briton-boer War Page. How in South Africa We Drifted to the Verge of War and Over. Attempt to Impartially Review the Cause of Quarrel; With Impartial Items of Interest. Front Various Sources

The Worker · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

If the typical Britisher—from the shires—and the typical Boer—from the veldt—were struck dumb and left to wander in the wilderness for a month…

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The War. Lord Roberts. the Modder River Force. More Than an Army Corp's. Seizure of a Drift. London, Feb. 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

Although there is an absence of official information with regard to the intended movements in the Cape Colony, the determined character of the preparations that…

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The "Soldier's Bishop."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 6

THE death of the Rev. Arthur Robins M.A., chaplain to the Queen and the Prince of Wales, and acting-chaplain to the Household Brigade, took place on 24th December…

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Wagga Advertise "This is true liberty, when freeborn [?] Having to advise the public, may speak free." Saturday, February 17, 1000. More War Clouds

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

IT is only a short time ago that a Peace Conference, convened by the Czar of Russia, was sitting at The Hague. Representatives of the chief…

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The Great Boer Conspiracy. A Tale of the Transvaal War, 1899-1990. [All Rights Reserved.] Slory Two Chapter VIII.—(Continued.) a Religion Without a Heart

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 13

'Well, you will find that our people in the Transvaal cling very tenaciously to seventeenth century beliefs and modes of thought. They…

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The War Through Reuter's Agency General Roberts's Next Move. Army Corps at Modder. Mr. Lambie's Death. His Grave Visited. Buller's Losses at Vaal Krantz. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 7

The tableaux organised by amateurs of the aristocracy and society, which took place at Mr. Beerbohm Tree's theatre last night in aid of the widows and…

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