Snapshots by Our Special War Artist and Correspondent
THE FRERE BRIDGE, AFTER IT WAS BLOWN UP, AS SEEN WHEN THE COLUMN ARRIVED AT FRERE. TAPPING THE TELEGRAPH LINE AT WILLOW GRANGE…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250
Our Letter Box. Mr. O'Sullivan and the War
Sir,—Mr. O'Sulllivan, Minister for Works, arose at Queanbeyan on Saturday to remove "misconceptions abroad with regard to the war." I am very sorry Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Items. the Randwick Camp. Complaints From Rejected Recruits
Our Singleton correspondent writes: The volunteers who have returned to the northern centres as rejected men are unanimous in their complaints of unfair treatment at the Rand wick camp. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contraband of War. American Flour Released. London, Jan. 12
The law regarding tho seizure of vessels suspeoted of having contraband of war on board is admittedly, vague. Great Britain, it is pointed out, took up a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Britain's War Factory. The Woolwich Arsenal. Some Interesting Facts
Woolwich Arsenal is a busy place always (although it is said that a few months ago a fire-eating official of this gigantic arm-factory was yearning for a "few big wars" to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria’s Coward. (A Story of the Boer War)
HERE was a meery jingle of the dicebox. "Six, five, three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. the Battle of Ladysmith. Estimates of the Lossessteadfastness of the British Soldiers. Terrible Bayonet Punishment. the Battlefield Thick with Slain. Boer Losses, 2300. Enemy in Strong Force Near Colenso. London, Jan. 11
Newspaper correspondents have heliographed from Ladysmith a few details of the recent fight. The place swarms with spies and the gaol is full. Nobody had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Women's Work for the War Medical Comforts for the Troops
"Absent-minded Beggar" though Tommy Atkins may be in matters that concern the welfare of his own womankind, he, on his side, has good reason to be thankful that "Ministering Angels of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Churchill's Experiences. Kind Treatment of Prisoners. Boers Regret the War
Reuter's correspondent of Pretoria gives a very interesting account of Mr. Winston Churchill's experience as a prisoner. He writes:--…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Boer and His Son. an Episode of the War
Let go thy plough—thy rifle seize ! The plunderer seeks our soil ! Thus spake an aged Boer to him, The son who shared his toil…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Our War Chaplain. the Very Rev. Father Patrick, C.p
THE Very Rev. Father Patrick, C.P., who is leav-ing for the Transvaal on Wednesday next as Catho-lic chaplain to the Australian troops in South Africa, was born in Dublin in 1860, and is now a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Snap Shots. Mainly About the Comedy and Tragedy of the War
THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH, to brighten up things, appears to have put a Mark Tapley on its editorial staff. Mark, as all readers of Dickens know, kept a light heart and a cheerful face in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cabled War News of the Week. Distinguished Action of Colonial Troops
The Queensland and Victorian troops were hotly engaged on New Year's Day at Sunny side, near the Modder River, about 20 miles north-west of Belmont. A range of kopjes held by the Boers ran…
Continued on Trove, page 75 →The War in South Africa. Resolutions of the Durban Church Council
The following resolutions, adopted by "the Durban Church Council, need no comment from us. They were sent to us by a correspondent in Durban :—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War From a Parisian Point of View. a Conflict of Opinion
AT date of writing, the war in the Transvaal has reached its most critical stage, and probably, before my letter shall have reached the FREEMAN readers the fate of the gallant little Republic may be…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Bombardment of Ladysmith.—the Horrors of War. Photos. Taken by Mr. Horace W. Nicholls on the Battlefield on October 30, and Forwarded by Our Special War Correspondent
WOUNDED REACHING LADYSMITH. REMOVING DEAD FROM THE BATTILEFIELD—TERRIBLE EFFECT OF A SHELL…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Humours of War. The Wild Young Ian Prom Swaziland. "His Weaknesses Are Great"
A bit of a diversion in the war news has been created by the report of dissension in Swaziland, and with its usual anxiety for enlightening the popular ignorance our senior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Said the Barber!" Something About. "Hints." the War Fever at Government House. The Power of "Mr. Smith."
"The hairs o' th' hatmosphere is still thick with war and rummers o' war," said the barber, as he snipped his scissors vigourously, and ran his fingers roughly through my…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Edition. Herald Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Betbayal of General Gatacre. London, Jan. 12
Further particulars have been received about the betrayal of General Sir "William Gatacre's forcfe at Storniberg last month. It is stated that the guide who had led…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War News by the Mail. [?]Aring Night Sortie From Ladysmith. a Boer "Long Tom " Captured and Blown Up
Cable messages from London to the "Herald " have already given brief particulars of a night sortie made from Ladysmith upon a prominent kopje held by the Boers and known aes Gun Hill, from which…
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