All About the War. Items From Here--There--and Everywhere
At Kimberley the Boers used Martini- Henry rifles. A number of native spies have been condemned to be shot at Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250
The War Poets. Specimens of Their Effusions. Some Vagrant Verses
The war in South Africa has been fruitful of much plain and fancy poetry, some of it good, and some very indifferent. When the supply runs out there is always Kipling in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Second War Contingent of New South W Ales Troops
The Army Medical Corps. The Mounted Rifles…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A New South Wales Mounted Rifleman Off to the War
(Photo. by G. A. Hills, S2 King-street, Sydney.)…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →An English Statesman on the War. Sir Edward Clarke. the Ex-solicitor-general Declares the War "A Crime Against Civilisation." a Great Speech
The eminent Conservative English statesman, Sir Edward Clarke, ex-Solicitor-General, speaking the other day on the debate in supply in the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Natal in War Time. (From Photographs Sent by Our Special Correspondent.)
AN OX WAGGON, NEWCASTLE, NATAL. ARRIVAL OF THE LUND CASTLE WITH TROOPS AT DURBAN. GENERAL SIR CORNELIUS FRANCIS CLERY, Commanding second division First Army Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →War Items, the Australian Regiment. Joined by N.s.w. Infantry
The special war correspondent of the Melbourne "Herald" (Major Reay) writes as follows under date Enselin, December 12:—Although the Australian Regiment is fretful and impatient because…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. the Relief of Ladysmith. Official Cables. Buller's Appeal to His Men
LONDON, January 19.—The War Office has received a cable from Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, stating that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New South Wales War Contingents. (Photos. by G. A. Hills, 82 King-street.)
DRILLING VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE PASSED THE TESTS…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Cabled War News of the Week. The Colonial Forces with Generals Methuen and French
Lieutenant-General J. D. P. French is making reconnaissances in the neighbourhood of Colesberg. A squadron of the Household Cavalry now with General French at Colesberg on Sunday, the 7th,…
Continued on Trove, page 135 →Sympathetic Press Comments. The Fortune of War. LONDON. January 19: 6.1 a.m
The London press, in commenting on the disaster which has befallen the Australian troops, near Rensburg, is most sympathetic in tone. Universal and deep regret is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Off to the War, Send.off to Private E. H. Ransley. Enthusiasm at St. Marys
On Saturday night last a public presentation and send-off was accorded to Private E. H. Ransley, who left with the second contingent on Wednesday. The affair was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Second War Contingent of New South Wales Troops. (Photos. by Hills, 82 King-street.)
Australian Horse Contingent Drilling at the Camp. A Trooper of the Australian Horse…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The N.S.W. Lancers. with Lord Methuen. (From Our Special War Correspondent, Mr. M. Donohoe.)
MODDER RIVER, South Africa, December. 4, 1899:—Within the short space of a week the Kimberley relief column, under Lord Methuen, has fought and won three battlea. The last of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Going to the War: The Scene at St. Mary's. Church Parade. a Beautiful Sermon by the Cardinal
On Sunday last a general church parade of the troops proceeding to South Africa took place in the afternoon, the men of the different denominations being marshalled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Arrah Luen" at the War. Her First Letter. the First Australian Nurse to Go to the Front. Her Experiences
Miss Agues Macready, who under the pen name of "Arrah Luen," has written some delightful prose and verse for the "Catholic Press," left quietly for South Africa after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Beyond the Vaal.' a Story of the Transvaal War. (Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xix. Captain Sarscombe Goes to the Front
Pietermaritzburg—more commonly called 'Maritzburg—the pretty and pleasing capital of Natal, was the s[?]oene of considerable excitement and autivity during the brief but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Toast to Our Soldier Boys. Prize Competitions
Two prizes—one of half a sovereign and the other of five shillings—are offered for the best toasts to our Brave Australian Soldier Boys now sowing in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chitchat. The Soldier and His Saddle
The defective saddles that have been issued to the Victorian contingent, and which, too, in a minor degree have made an appearance among our men, inspired " Oriel"…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Irishmen Enlisting in the Boer Army
Enlistments for the Boer Army are making considerable progress in New York city (says the New York IRISH WORLD, December 2), though more men are volunteering in Philadelphia and other places…
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