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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 2

A sharp engagement took place on January 25 at Leenwspruit, between portion of General Christian de Wet's force and Colonel Garret's column,…

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Alcohol In War. Scotch Whisky as Manufactured in Egypt

The Mittagong Express · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 5

“War’s Aftermath” is the title of a paper contributed to the “Forum” by Mr. W. K. Rose, Reuter’s correspondent in the Soudan campaign. After…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 6

London, Wednesday.—The notes which recently passed between Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of Holland and Lord Lansdowne, the British Minister…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 3

London, Thursday.—Lieutenant-Colonel Byng, the commander of the South African Light Horse, specially mentions the gallantry of the New…

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The Anti-War League

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 6

The wharf laborers on Wednesday night, to the number of about 500, stoutly condemned the tactics of the Anti-war League. The speeches were…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office from Wolvehoek, on the Orange River Colony railway, as follows:— Sunday.—After the operations and…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 6

London, Thursday.—Commandant-General Louis Botha degraded Commandant Tobias Smuts for burning Bremersdorp…

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Soldiers of Fortune

The Mittagong Express · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 5

Soldiers of fortune were a great and [?] [?]us class in their time, but they have [?] a writer in the “ Pall Mall Gazette,” faile[?] upon evil Says. A good many hundreds, or…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

London, Feb. 11.—The parallelogram of blockhouses in the north of the Orange River Colony inside of which the drive of the Boers was…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 3

London, Feb. 13.—Mr. Burleigh estimates that the Boer casualties in the recent drive were 100. The total captures for two days amounted to 600,…

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Just for Remembrance Incident of the Boer War. a Complete Story

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 3

'OFF at last, thank goodness!' muttered 'the Parson,' as the Sussex left Circular Quay. He was feeling sore at heart, and tired…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 6

London, Feb. 21.—The report of the commission of ladies appointed to visit the concentration camps ia South Africa is a striking vindication of the…

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War Despatch in the Year 2000

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 4

General Shilling, to the Secretary of State for War, January 1st, 2000: We managed to get within fifty miles of the enemy to-day, and opened fire…

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The Free Press. Published in Bowral, Mittagong, and Robertson, Wednesday, February, 26, 1902. How the War Is Regarded

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

There has been a great revival of interest, in and discussion on the war in South Africa. For a long time everybody viewed the question with patience, satisfied that'…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent says that Commandant Alberto Ross, General Botha, and Commandant Christian Botha, together with some…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 6

London, Feb 26.—In the House of Commons last night Lord Stanley. the Financial Secretary to the War Office, in answer to a question, stated that…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 3

London, Saturday—On February 27, 600 Boers were captured or killed. General De Wet's son and secretary were among the prisoners…

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The Death-cry of War. [?] Thinks This War Will Be the Last

The Mittagong Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 5

Is it a dream to believe that we are will [?]…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 6

London, Monday.—According to the latest returns, the British casualties in connection with the capture of Colonel S. B. Von Donop's convoy near…

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Personalities. the Soldier of the Hour

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 5

MAJOR GENERAL BRUCE HAMILTON, the man most prominent in South African despatches to-day, occupies the unique…

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