How War Balloons Are Made
During the war many references have been made to the use of balloons. aover and over again the reports from war correspondents have announced that the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
226 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 6 of 12
Transvaal War. London, May 18
Reuter's telegram from Pretoria has been confirmed unofficially from othe sources. Major Baden-powell, a brother of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Used by British Soldiers in Africa
Capt. C. G. Dennison is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov. 4, 1897, from Vryburg, Bechuanaland he writes:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War. May 23
Lieutenant-Colonel B.T. Mahon, who entered Mafeking on Friday last, took waggon leade of supplies for the towe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter from Private Fred Richards. Knows what war is like—Been in two big Battle— No more soldiering—Hard times—A biff march —Beards and dirty clothes—Can't get a smoke—A skirmish—Hunting the Boers
MR. and MRS. JOHN RICHARDS, of Belmore Park, Bowral, have received the following interesting letter from their son, Private Fred Richards, formerly of the Queensland Infantry, but, who accompanied the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Muster Roll: an Incident of the American War. "In Memory of the Brave."
A BATTLE had been fought, And on the plain, unmindful of defeat Or victory, the slain and wounded lay. Grim Death was busy still, unsatisfied,…
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The Moravian with 50 invalided Australian soldiers on board arrived at Melbourne at noon on Thursday Seventeen of the invalids belong to New South Wales, viz :—Corporal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier of the Queen
On, my daddy is a soldier, And has gone to serve the Queen; He wears a scarlet Jacket, The cuffs are made of green…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Used by British Soldiers in Africa
Capt. C. G. Dennison is well Known all over Africa as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov. 4, 1897, from Vryburg,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. London, May 25
The Boers are in headlong [?] north wards to the Vaal. Lieutenant-General French, with the cavalry division, has reached prospect,…
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"[?] magazine, give the following extract from a latter written by one of the Jewish soldiers of the Queen:—"We had orders to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Transvaal War. London, May 29
The War Office publishes the following telegram from Lord Roberta on Monday :— " The army has marched 20 miles,…
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Our forces are going on "enveloping" the Boers, and we'll hear of a big capture some of these days. "Bobs" goes slow, says the Stock Journal. He's had no disasters, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War. London, May 31
Lord Roberta cabled to the War Office on Wednesday night as follows:— "At Commandant Krause's request…
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THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. W. Alcorn, J.P., of Hawthorne Park, Bowral, we have been shown a copy of the "Macclesfield Courior," Chester, England, of 21st April last; in which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transvaal War. London, June 5
The burghers of Pretoria are furious at President Kruger's desertion of the city with the bullion of the Government Treasury. President Kruger left…
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Six hundred Boers have surrendered to LieutenantGeneral Sir H. M. Rundle in the Orange River Colony. Four thousand have gone to the rugged country…
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Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," states that many guns and several hundred Boer officers and men were captured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. London, June 12
In an engagement near Roodowal, north of kroonstad, on Thursday Lieutenant colonel Baird Douglas, of the Militia Battalion, Queen's Own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. (Continued from page 4.) London, June 14
The War Office reports that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts attacked General Louis Botha on the 11th instant beyond Eerste Fabrieken (Hatherley), which is…
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