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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The Week's War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 4

REUTER'S correspondent states that it is believed that the Smaldeel Boers are leaving the Zand River, where they were previously reported to have…

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The War

Moruya Examiner · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts entered Kroonstad unopposed at 1.30 Saturday. Steyn fled during night and the Union Jack was hoisted amidst cheers of British residents…

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The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

LORD ROBERTS’ body guard, consisting of colonials, were the first to enter K[?]stadt. The march into the [?], was a [?] impressive scene of…

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War Items

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

Heavy lighting occurred at Mafeking on Saturday. The Boers claim that they seized the native quarter and brought guns to bear…

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The War. Relief of Mafeking

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

THE Portuguese officials at Delagoa BAY report that Mafeking has bees relieved, and that the relieving force cut off the retreat of the Boer party which, was engaged storming…

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The War. Saturday, 9 a.m

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

Lord Roberts telegraphs that the Boers are in full retreat from the Zand River. They occupied a position extending over twenty-miles Cavalry and horse artillery…

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War Gives You the Measure of Men

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

Judging from the number of prominent officers now "marking time" along the lines of communication (says a London Daily Telegraph correspondent, writing on March 6 from Osfo[?]…

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The German Emperor's Interest In the War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

According to a German weekly paper, whose representative has had an interview with a court official, the Kaiser follows the course of the war with the closest attention. Every evening the…

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Late War News. Mafeking Relieved. Friday, 8 a.m

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 8

Salisbury read a cablegram in the House of Lords announcing the relief of Mafeking, but said the news was unofficial. 9 a.m…

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Used by British Soldiers in South Africa

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 4

Captain C. G. Denison is well known all over Africa as commander of the famous rebel Galishe. Under of November 4,1897, from…

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The Transvaal War, (By Telegraph.) London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

LORD SALISBURY road a cabl[?]ge [?] in the House of L[?] announcing the relief of M[?]king, but be [?] the news was [?]…

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A Pe[?]e of Tommy. Count Sternberg “Loves Him, As Every Soldier Must (“Daily Mail” Correspondent.) Paris, March 26

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 4

I HAVE had a long and interesting conversation with [?] Abert [?]on Sternberg, the Austrian officer, who bought, against [?] and was taken…

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War Items

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

The Mafeking relief column, 1500 strong, entered the town unopposed on Wednesday. Major Baden-Powell, the Colonel's…

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Talked of the War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

The other night, (says the Salt Lake Herald), a Dago and a Chinaman were holding a heated discussion on the corner of Second South and State streets. For a time it was difficult to tell…

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Used by British Soldiers in South Africa

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 4

Captain C. G Denison is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galiabe Under date of November 4,1897 from…

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The War

Moruya Examiner · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

Delagoa Bay correspondent to the Sew York Herald announces that the Transvaal have asked Lord Roberts for a cessation of hostilities…

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The War and the Name

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 4

IN all relations of life it is not any laid-down rules that determine the respective functions of any two men who have to work together. It is not…

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The War. Friday. 9 32

Moruya Examiner · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 4

Reported at Delagoa Bay that Mafeking been relieved. Later. Crows at Mansion House awaiting news…

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The Transvaal War. (By [?])LONDON

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

COMMANDANT DELAREY says he successfully engaged the British throughout Wednesday, but one of his officers withdrew in the evening without his…

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War Items

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 2

It is officially reported that Colonel Mahon entered Mafeking at 4 a.m. on Friday. On Thursday the relief column…

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