The Transvaal War. London, July 24
Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen on Saturday completely dispersed the Boers at Oliphantsnek, seven miles south-west, of Rustenburg. Lord…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
226 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 12
Boor War Relics
One of the most interesting collections of war relics, that perhaps, could be brought together, is now on view at the Cyclorama in Sydney. The unique…
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London, July 27.—Lieutenant-General French, with the Cavalry, and Major-General Hutton, with the Mounted Infantry, who were reported…
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Mr. Hardy, in his book on "Mr. Thomas Atkins," tells some amusing stories about soldiers and their religion. Now and then recruits…
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London, August 2.—Field-Marshal Lord Roberts reports that 1200 more Bo[?] have su[?]rendered to Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter near…
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WE are promissed rather a novel treat on Tuesday next, 7th inst., at the School of Arts, Bowral, when Edison's latest invention will depict the many battles as they were recently fought. The Biograph…
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It is not often that the War Office gets credit for smartness, but according to the London "Daily Mail," it has at last achieved something. That…
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Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has sent the following despatch to the War Office relating to the surrender of General Prins[?] and 5000 men to Lieutenant…
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General Louis Rot[?], the Boer Commander-in-Chief, has asked the British to put him in a position to obtain confirmation of the news of the surrender…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters from the Front. a Two Days' Battle. Seventy Men and Nine Officers Killed and Wounded. a Naurow Escape
THE following letter from Trooper F. A. Richards to his mother, Mrs.J. Richards, of Belmore Park, Railway Parade, Bowral, has been kindly handed to us for publication. As the writer is well-known in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Back From the War. Trooper Stanley Akers Invalided Home. a Welcome Accorded Him at Bowral
ON Saturday last Bowral extended a hearty welcome to Trooper Stanley Akers who had been invalided home from the seat of war. Not as a result of the Boer's ballets or disablement from the effects of a…
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London, Aug. 7.—Boor marauders, with detonators of dynamite are trying to destroy by explosions the railway north of Kroonstad, in the Orange…
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Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, in his pursuit of Commandant de Wet, captured six waggons and two ambulances at Buffelshook. Commandant…
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In the Orance River Colony the Australian Bushmen have disinterred from what were intended to be re[?]gnited as graves of burghers immense…
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Detailed accounts which have been received of the [?]pt made by Lieutenant General Sir Fred. Carrington to relieve the garrison under…
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Tommy (invalided home)—'Yes, I tell you, it ain't exactly a bed of roses sleeping on the hard veldt every night.' The Other Fellow—'I guess not. I…
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London, Aug. 20.—The army has acclaimed a proclamation issued by Lord Roberts regarding the future treatment of oath-breakers. In the…
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London. August 17.—In connection with the plot discovered at Pretoria, Lieutenant Hans Card[?]a, of the Sta[?]ts Artilleric of the Tranavsal, was…
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LIEUTENANT R. E. Zouch, now serving with the Bushmen's Contingent in South Africa, writes from Elands River, under date 12th July:—" We are now in garrison…
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The Malmani Boers, who are fleeing from Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Carrington and his force of Bushmen, fortified Ottoshock kopies. Tho Boors…
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