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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250
THE soldiers of the second New South Wales Contingent for South Africa held a church parade on Sunday afternoon. The Protestant members of the Contingent went to St. Andrew's Cathedral, the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →IN 1873, 150 man were sent to Manitoba from Eastern Canada. That was the beginning of the North-west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The war fever is strong in counting-houses of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, for no fewer than five officials and one station manager of the bank have gone to the front with the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There are hundreds of men drifting about the Continent, and even England, who either front misconduct, or accident, or. discontent with their prospects, are out of rapport with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In 1873, 190 men were sent to Manitoba from Eastern Canada (writes W. A. Fraser, in "Pearson's Magazine"). That was the beginning of the North-west Mounted Police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The funeral of the officers who fell took place the same night, and such ceremonies as we, upon the edge of the Empire, fighting to maintain Britain's prestige among her outposts, were able to…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Further particulars have been received of General Sir Redvers Buller's advance. A small detachment under Major-General the Earl of Dundonald, which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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 hoped to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →My last letter was written from Capetown, on the eve of our start for the interior. We were played to the station by a band of the local Highland Regiment, and a few residents of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 144 →Off went Mrs. Kruger again. Collapsed. "There's the very devil of a mess down at Schmidt's," repeated Joe Thompson, of Walgett…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Major-General French had an interview yesterday with the Minister for Defence in regard to the Bushmen's Contingent. It has been decided that the general arrangements of the camp at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The cable messages have again to report a week wherein, apparently, very little has been attempted, and consequently very little done. Ladysmith is still unrelieved, but General Buller…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A sensational incident is reported from the vicinity of Rendsburg, where the colonial troops have been doing such gallant and clever work…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lieutenant Staughton, son of Mr. Staughton, M.L.A. (Victoria), writes from the Modder River, under date December 12, as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Children's Penny Patriotic Fund, established by the conductor of "Women's World" in the "Sunday Times," continues to progress satisfactorily, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Buller may carry the Boer position on the Tugela, and relieve Ladysmith, but it has now become plain that the march [?] Pretoria cannot be carried out from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late information was received in Sydney yesterday concerning the disaster to the New South Wales Lancers and First Australian Horse, "the Green Hats," when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. James Clark, a well-known Queensland resident, in the course of a letter, dated Pretoria, August 20, 1899, published in the "Brisbane Courier," deals with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—As I had expected, a fierce epistolary assault has been made upon me; and now, behold me encased in a triangular duel with "Critic," A. H. Gilies, and "Union Jack," who, however, show…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"You're a very fine stamp of man, with an excellent chest measurement, and look every inch a 'bushy,' but I can't take you unless you can give me a guarantee, from…
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