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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Losses During the War. Nearly 19,000 Deaths. London, Jan. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The total reduction in the British field force in South Africa from the beginning of the war to December 31 last was as follows:—Officers, 3602; men, 80,134. Of…

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The British Army. Losses During the War. Nearly 19,000 Deaths. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

The total reduction in the British field force in South Africa from the beginning of the war to December 31 last was as follows: Officers, 3,602; men,…

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The War in South Africa. Calumnies Against the Army. Monstrous Accusations. Intense Anger in England. London, Jan. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The calumnies against the British army, the " foul and filthy lies," as they were called by Sir Edward Grey, M.P., have been revived in an acute form on the Continent,…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday. Returned Soldiers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The Fortunatus arrived to-day from Cape-town with a number of returned soldiers, most of whom were invalided home. The steamer Moravian also reached Melbourne…

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Returned Soldiers

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The steamers Fortunatus and Runic, with a number of returned soldiers from the Cape, arrived this morning. The steamer Moravian, with a further batch,…

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A War Forecast

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

A SINGULARLY accurate forecast of what has happened in South Africa appeared in the 'Army and Navy Gazette' of November 23. That paper said:…

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Cablegrams. the Boer War, London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

Italian and Austrian attachees in South Africa declare that the outrages attributed to the British Army are incredible…

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Latest War News. London, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Hendiick Jacobs Raubenheimer, one of the members of the Cape House of Assembly and a member of the Afrikander Bond, has resigned his seat in the House at a protest…

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Mr. Bryan on the War. Boers Urged to Persist

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Byran, who was defeated for the American Presidency in 1896 and 1900, addressing 4000 pro-Boers at Cleveland U.S.A declared that the war had…

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The War in South Africa. Boer Losses. London, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Major A. W. Pack-Beresford, of the Royal Artillery, with a force of South African constabulary, has encountered and defeated a Boer commando in the central part of the…

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Cable News. the War in South Africa. Volunteer Medals for Colonials. London. Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Lord Roberts is granting all members of the colonial corps who have served in South Africa the volunteer long service medal, and the volunteer officer's…

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Latest Cables. LONDON, Wednesday. the Boer War

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 2

Lord Kitchener has declined the position of Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in India until be has finished his work in South Africa…

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The War in South Africa. Latest War News. London, Jan. 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

Casper Jacobus Lotter, one of the members for Janserville in the Cape House of Assembly, has been committed for trial on a charge of high treason…

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If France Went to War. Personalities of the Leading French Generals

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 6

The generalissimo of the French army is General Brugere, to whom, in the case of a Continental warm, would be entrusted the command of France's principal…

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Cable News. the War in South Africa. the Boers Concentrating. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

A concentration of Boer forces is taking place in Ac South-eastern Transvaal. General Botha is assembling his forces…

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Yankees and Russians. Soldiers and Sailors Fight. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

A serious collision has occurred between some Russian soldiers and a body of American sailors from the United States cruiser Vicksburg, which is wintering at…

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Latest War News. London, Jan. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

The British soldiers are indisposed to respond to an appeal for infantry volunteers at Is per day, while the Imperial Yeomanry, received 5s a day…

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Speech by Mr. Balfour. War Prolonged by Bannerman

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Balfour. First Lord of the Treasury, addressing his constituents at Manchester to-day, said the Government would never accept a place which would…

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The War in South Africa. London, Jan. 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday last Colonel H. de Beauvoir de Lisle, of the Durham Light infantry, had an ongagoment with a Boer force, which had been reconcentrated by General De…

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Enemies Within the the Gates. Mr. W. T. Stead on the War

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 4

Presiding at a lecture given on a Sunday afternoon in November last by Mr. John M. Robertson at the Bethual Green-load Chapel, London, on…

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