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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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Tee Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 November 1901 · page 1

Many Boors are volunteering and are eager to attack the irr[?]oncilables and end the struggle. Commandant Andries Cronje, brother…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 2

The "Morning Post's" Pretoria correspondent estimates that there are now under 9000 Boere in the field against Great Britain…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 2

Lamlinx, Doss.—The Ec[?] in Caps Company are waiting the Du[?]th and [?] and are air[?]mating many [?]…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 2

London, Thursday.—Miss Emily Hobhouse has written a long letter to the press, complaining of her arrest in and deportation from South Africa by…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 December 1901 · page 1

London December 6.—Thanks to temporary fixed bases, from which mounted infantry are enabled to suddenly raid the enemy, 250 Boors were…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 1

London, Monday.—No less than ,310 petitions, containing a total of 166,798 signatures, have been presented to the Gorman Reichstag concerning the…

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Notes. the War

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 18 December 1901 · page 1

The cablegrams once more tell of the end of the war, but as these forecasts are invariably followed by reverses and reinforcements the Australasian public has…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 December 1901 · page 1

London, Friday.—The result of Lord Kitchener's inquiry into the story of Boor atrocities on the field of Brakenlaagte, north of Standerton, on October…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 3

Colonel Rimington and Colonel Wilson chased force of Bosrs for 35 miles and compelled them to cross the Rhenester River at Waterval and took…

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Spending Xmas. Christmas on a Man O'war

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 8

NO WHERE is Yuletide observed more punctiliously than on board ship. Early in the morning decks are swabbed, ropes…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 2

London, Dec. 23—The "New York Herald" representative has had an interview with Mr. Wolmarans, the Boer delegate in Holland, and has…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 3

London, Dec. 21.—Colonel Allenby surprised Commandant Wolmarans langer at Schoonge[?]icht, south of Balmoral, and captured 32 men of the…

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The Cost of War

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 4

The great wars of the world during the last fifty years have cost not far short of two million of lives, counting those alone who died from wounds,…

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