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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250
A meeting of ladies resident at the Globe was held on Monday evening in the Record Reign Hall, Globe Point to devise means of sending comforts to the wounded men at the seat of war. The chair was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRANXTON, Wednesday.—Misses J. and T. Kennedy, of Leconsfield. House, succeeded in raising some £13 in Branxton, and a small sum in Greta yesterday, as subscriptions towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An official Boer Pr[?]toria despatch mentions a report that the Boer Field Telegraph Corps intercepted a night signal message of the enemy to Kimberley. The message stated that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Twenty-four of the largest hotels in the French and Italian Riviera offer to provide accommodation for the British wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The signs and memories of this terrible war (says "M.A.P.") meet one everywhere. There is scarcely a family in the land that is not touched in its heart's core; there isn't a circle in which you move that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brief biographical sketches of many of the officers of the second New South Wales Contingent are given below. SPECIAL SERVICE…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir Redvers Buller, Commander of the British Forces now stationed on the Tugela River. Colenso, has already found the advantage of using cyclists for despatch work when the nature of the country permits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marrickville Town Hall has probably never been the scene of such ,an enthusiastic gathering as that which filled, it on Tuesday night, for the purpose of tendering a hearty farewell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following Caps news have been received by the steamer Papanui:- Captain R. H. Owen, of the South Lancashire Regiment, has been selected for employment with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the whole, says the "Japan Mall," the tone of the Japanese press has been moderate and well-balanced with reference to the war in South Africa. There has been a marked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thirty-one members and 81 clerks of the London Stock Exchange are going to the front. A German member of the Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Customs authorities at Delagoa Bay have seized a field signalling apparatus, which had been consigned to Pretoria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.--A number of prominent Englishmen have formed themselves into a conciliation committee, to promote a peaceful settlement of the trouble in South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 17, 3.47 p.m.—General Buller, reporting casualties, incidentally mentions a reconnaissance across the Tugela from Springfield on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In view of the circumstance that in certain quarters it has been stated that the war in South Africa, so far as England is concerned, is an unjust one, it is an opportune moment to place before our…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The secresy observed by General Buller in the matter of his movements in Natal is an Hem of much concern to the general public, and there is reported to be considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We learn from the Premier that the final decision arrived at with regard to the proposed convoy of the transports from Australia is that a man-of-war shall be sent from the Cape to meet the steamers about half…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday Morning.—The R.M.S. Mariposa, which arrived this morning from San Francisco, via Apia, brings American [?]les, from which the following items are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPETOWN, December 25th.--There are many indications that some time will elapse before anything in the shape of another pitched battle will be fought in the Boer war, which has assumed…
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