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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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AT LADYSMITH.—Widespread suspense was relieved in London, on Tuesday, by the War Office publishing Lieutenant-General sir George White's heliogram, announcing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'Oh, they have killed Grip,' cried Barbara, as she gazed upon the lifeless form of her favorite. Maddened with rage, Hendrik staggered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Friday. -- Additional interesting particulars are to hand relating to the battle of Ladysmith on Saturday, the 6th inst. The Boer attack was maintained with great…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →[?] to say, the Rongtgen ray apparatus which the surgeons have taken with them to the seal or war will much expe[?]ite their work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two prizes—one of half a sovereign and the other of five shillings—are offered for the best toasts to our Brave Autralian Soldier Boys now serving in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yes, you've shouted " Rule Britannia," sung "Soldiers of the Queen"—You have sung it—with your tongue thrust in your check—…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →On Sunday afternoon next at St. Mary's Cathedral there will be special ceremonies on the occasion of the projected departure of the Australian contingent, at which the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →According to some martial rhymesters it should be one of the experiences of a lifetime to watch a camp of sleeping soldiers respond when the tuneful bugle sounds the reveille between the darkness and the…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →At a dinner given, on November 26 to the Right Hon. J. B. Balfour, Q.C., who has been appointed Lord President of the ''Scottish Court of Session, Lord-Rosbery made two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One of the most interesting incidents of the cruise of the Medic remains unrecorded, says the "Age." The most popular pastime aboard with all, excepting a young…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There are no local movements of any Consequence reported in connection with the contingent. Some of the men who failed to get through have returned, and complain of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The proposal to form a corps of bushmen for the South African war is one that appears to have struck a very responsive chord, in New South Wales at any rate, the reason being probably that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →some further particulars have been received concerning the disaster suffered by Major- General Sir William Gatacre's troops, near Stormberg Junction, in northern Cape Colony,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 12, 3.33 p.m.—General Sir Redvers Buller on Thursday advanced from Springfield, occupied the south bank of the Tugela River at Potgieter's Drift, and seized the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Ach, dose Flossic!” repeated Mrs. Kruger, and re-fainted. “Cumbo,” I exclaimed, “before Mrs.Oom Paul wakes up again and starts to wade is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I know I am about to take a statement that 75 per cent of the loyalists will differ from, but it is nevertheless the fact that to far the optratious of the Imperial and colonial troops, defensive or…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The great attack by Buller which was reported as imminent did,not come off, though he indulged in considerable artillery fire. The Boers, however, have made another desperate attack on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE Portgeters Drift which has been secured by Buller, consists of a ferry punt worked by a wire. The drift is of great stategic importance, as the country to the north of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are told that Chamberlain's brother is a director in the Birmingham small arms factory of Kynock and Co., which has been supplying the ammunition to the Boors. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Until he gets, proper artillery and means of transport up, Buller's answer to the critics who want him to push must' be that of the Chinaman who, when drifting down in…
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