Latest War News. the Colonial Patrol Disaster. Further Particulars. a Dutch Decoy. Bravery of the Colonials. a Gallant Running Fight. Overpowered by Numbers. the Casualties. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
Later particulars regarding the disaster to the colonial patrol near Reusberg through a Boer ambush states that the mishap is attributed to treachery on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War "Express" Special Service. Through Reuter's Agency Passage of the Tugela. British Crossing Unopposed. the Defence of Ladysmith. "Well Done, Colonials!" New Zealanders Warmly Praised. Boer Outrage at Mafeking. London, Wednesday Afternoon
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
General Buller, in reporting the casualties, incidentally mention that a reconnaisance was made at Tugela and Springfield on Monday…
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Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
The Premier this morning received a cablegram from Sir Alfred Milner stating that information had reached Capetown from Pretoria to the affect that Lieutenant…
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Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3
Dr. Watt returned from Sydney on Friday after seeing the Contingent off. While in Sydney be spent most of his time in the camp, and speaks in glowing terms of the…
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The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
The Earl of Dundonald with u number of mounted men was in action westward of Action Holmes and Occupied a Kopjo, driving out the Boers who lost Field…
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The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 1
Later particulars regarding the disaster to the colonial patrol near Reudsburg state that the mishap is attributed to treachery…
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Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
The passage of the Tugela by so large a portion of General Bullet's force has greatly alarmed the Boers, and by far the greater portion of their forces in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney War Items. a Boer Sympathiser. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
News has been received from a country district of the advent in a bushman's camp, of a sympathiser with the cause of the Boers. The police have been informed of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Friday's Wire. Cheering News. British Advance Successfully. London, January 18
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3
The British troops under Earl Dundonald of the Second Life Guards have occupied the hills overlooking Patgeiters Drift…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contraband of War. Another Vessel Seized. Australian Flour on Board. London, Jan. 20
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
Another important seizure of a vessel with a cargo of foodstuffs has been made by a British cruiser in Delagoa Bay. The vessel in question is the iron barque…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More British Successes. Sir Charles War ran Advances Mafeking Provisioned till April. JANUARY 22
The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
General Warren'd field, battery on Saturday shelled the Rortiern ridges of Spion Kop, The Infaniry fired at long range…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Advance on Ladysmith. More British Victories. Crossing the Tugela. Boer Plans Suddenly Changed. London, Jan. 20
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
DURING the past few day, a great feeling of relief has been experiencd with regard to the operations now pending for raising the siege of Ladysmith. Fuller information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier's Grave. Death of Sergeant-major Griffin. a Brave Man Shot by the Boers at Rensburg
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
SOME consternation was caused in Gundagai on Saturday on receipt of the news that Sergeant-Major G. A. Griffin, of the Gundagai Troop of Australian Horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War Cables. More British Successes. Sir Charles Warren Advances. General French in Action. Mafeking Cheerful. Provisioned Till April. London, Jan. 22
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
General Warren, with a field battery, on Saturday attacked the northern ridge of Spienkop. The Boers used machine guns and rifles, and the infantry fired at long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. the Advance on Ladysmith Details of Saturday's Operations. Turning the Main Position. Stubborn Fighting. Gallantry of British Regiments. Boers Evacuate Positions. London, Monday Morning
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
The turning of the main Boer position in the neighborhood of Ladysmith has successfully begun. The extreme right of the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. N.S.W. Lancers in a Trap. Conflicting Reports. Only Two Killed. Buller and Ladysmith. Will Not Turn Back Until White Is Relieved. the Enemy in a Tight Corner. London
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3
Reports received of the lancers disaster are very conflicting. The force is variously estimated at from 16 to 25 troopers, under Lieutenant…
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Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal
At Braksfontein, a short distance south of Reitfontein, a company of rifles with a balloon section, encounted a heavy fire from the enemy's trenches. The bursting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. The Transvaal War. War in Earnest. No Turning Back. Our Boys Ambushed. London
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2
Field Marshall Roberts has cabled that General Warren hopes to turn the strongly entrenched position of the enemy five miles from his right. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Sad News. SYDNEY
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2
Further details of the disaster at Rensberg are to land. Lancer Kilpatrick, of Parramatta, who was severely wounded, in dead…
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