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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Professor Wood on the War

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

The "Manchester Guardian" public a statement by Professor Wood, of the Sydney University on the South African war. Professor Wood says…

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The War

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 2

The cables announce that, according to statistics compiled at Pretoria, the total Boer losses during 1902 to date amount to 5883. To the pro-Boer these figures will…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 6

London, April 26—The "Pall Mall Gazette," professing to redact on information possessed by the Netherlands Government, states that the Boers are…

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The Transvaal War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 2

Desultory fighting still continued in various parts of the districts in South Africa, where the tacit truce has expired…

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Soldiers as Colonists

Robertson Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

Only those traitorous Britons who wish to see their countrymen expelled from South Africa object to the notion of establishing soldiers there as colonists after the war…

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War Humour

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 6

A smile cheers even in the heat of battle, (says the "Globe"), and an apt jest is an actual reinforcement. It runs along the line on the current of sympathy—an…

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France Short of Soldiers

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 6

The conscripts belonging to this year's contingent are now rejo[?]ing their respective regiments and P[?]ris has been afforded the rather picturesque…

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The Transvaal War. London. May 21

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 5

Mr. W[?]ssels, one of the Beer delegates now at Amsterdam, stated that any arrangement sanctioned by Mr. Steyn and Mr. Schalk Burger would…

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The End of the War

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 2

Peace has been signed at Pretoria. The news published of the signing of the treaty of peace at Pretoria caused great jubilation in London. Immense crowds…

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A Strange Mounted Infantry. Irish Soldiers on Norman Cows

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 6

The first time that Irish soldiers were employed under the Crown of England was by Henry V. The bulk of this army was Irish. It puzzled the French to think how he could…

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Expert Opinion on the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 1

London, Saturday.—Field-Marshelvon Ratenhofer, of the Austrian forces, has an article upon the Beer war in the "Neu Froi Proose" of…

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After the War

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 2

Latest-reports show that the total of Boere surrenders Las reached 9310. Commandant Kemp, who surrendered at Mafeking, yielding, to the views of the…

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Return of Another Bowral Soldier

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 2

Trooper Barney Byrne, a former resident of Bowral, arrived in Sydney on Tuesday morning from South Africa by the trespont Manila. He looks fairly we11, although [?]…

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America in the Philippines. Seven Soldiers Murdered

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 6

London, Wednesday.—A sergeant belonging to the United States forces in the Philippines, two corporals, and four privates were captured by Filipino…

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Naval War of the Future

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 4

The war of the future is bound to become more and more a war of individuals, an affair of initiative, in which doing the best thing, after a…

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The Spanish-american War. Britain's Friendship

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 9 July 1902 · page 3

The Washington correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that before the Spanish-American war Britain avowed her purpose to use…

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A Russian View of the German Soldier

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 6

A Russian military expert, writing in the "Novoo Vremya," says that the principal qualities of the German soldier are boundless arrogance and…

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In Time of Peace Prepare for War

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 4
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People are constantly eating too much. Grown up, sensible people often make themselves sick by over loading the stomach. Have about the house…

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How a Soldier Makes His Will

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 4

Doubtless many of our readers (says the Sunday Companion) have wondered how Tommy Atkins makes his will…

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