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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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War Items

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 3

General Buller has cabled to the War Office that General Clery, with part of Warren's force, was engaged fighting the enemy for 13 hours on Sott-day…

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Clergymen and the War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

The Sussex Daily News recently contained extracts from a letter written at Pietermaritzburg in November by the Dean of Maritzburg (the Very Rev. James Green). The…

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The Week's War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 2

THE British' force, under Duudonald occupied a korje, wresting it from a Boer force. In the engagement the Voldt-Cornet of Heilbron and 20…

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The Week's War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 4

ALTHOUGH a Strict censorship is still being exercied in Natal and at the Cape, a certain amount of definite intelligence has been permitted to filter…

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Merits of the War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 4

IT is told of two neighbors in South Melbourne, Irishmen, living in adjoin, ing cottages, that they spent all their spare time and half the hours they…

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Jews Aud the War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 4

THE Great Synagogue, Aldgate, London, was recently the scene of a patriotic gathering on the part of the Atiglo Jewish community. Being the…

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The War. Sydney

Moruya Examiner · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 2

In a spirited address to the troops General Buller declared he intended [?] relieve Ladysmith, and that they would not turn back. He warned the troops of the Boer treachery in…

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The Cardinal on the War

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 3

SPEAKING last evening to a representative of the Daily Telegraph, Cardinal Moran said; " I have heard it stated that I myself am such a deadly enemy…

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The Transvaal War. [By Telegraph.] London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 2

Gent. Warrel’s field batters on Saturday shelled the northern ridges of Spoor Kop. The infantry fired at long range. The Boers used their machine [?] and…

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War Items

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

On Wednesday evening Sir Redvers cablee to the War Office: "Sir Charles Warren is in the same position as at the time of my last despatch. The enemy…

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The Transvaal War

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

Considerable relief has just been afforded by the announcement of a British victory at Spion Kop on Tuesday night. The news was eagerly looked for. Although as yet…

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Two Opinions on the War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

The Bishop of Grafton and Armidale (who volunteered for service in the Transvaal, but was refused permission to proceed to the front by the diocesan Council), preached to an…

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Australia’s War Sons. “Conquer or Die."

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 3

HARK, Brothers ! the bugls is sounding A war-note from over the flea! Haste forward, in valour abounding, To safeguard the rights of the free!…

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The War. Saturday, 8.50 a.m

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

The reports in regard to the Lancer's disaster are very conflictine. The force is variously estimated at from 16 to 25 troopers under Lieut. Dowling. The…

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Late War News. Spion Kop Captured. a Strong Position Secured. Friday, 9 a.m

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 5

Warren has captured Spion Kop. The Boers retreated across a ravine, the British artillery causing great havoc in their ranks. The fighting continued throughout…

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Lord Roberts on the War

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 4

[?] Marshall [?] to the American and [?] though the Associated [?] the following measure—…

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With the War Balloons. (“M.a.p”)

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

Lieut. Colonel Templer, the chief of the Balloon Factory at Aldershot, who goes to South Africa with the First Army Corps, is a militia officer, who owes his position…

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The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

General Warren captured the Beer position on Spion Kop on Tuesday night. The Boer artillery was very severe on Wednesday, there being many British casualties,…

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Cost of the War to New South Wales

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

SPEAKING of the empty condition in which the Government has found the Treasury when they took office, the Minister for Works (Mr. O’Sullivan) says the expense…

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Original Poetry. the Soldier’s Dream

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 4

A soldier bleeps it long long sleep, [?] his faithful comrades three, [?] spirit [?] at morn’s bright peep. To reign for ever with the free…

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