Legislators' Sons As Soldiers
Included in the personnel of the Australian Horse draft, which left on Saturday by the Surrey, there were no fewer than four men sons of members of Parliament. They were: Lieutenant K. K…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250
New South Wales Troops for the Front. on Board the Southern Cross. a Calm Voyage. Routine of Duty. Six Stowaways Anxious to Enlist. Queenscliff (Vic.)
8 p.m., Friday.—We are now nearing Wilson's Promontory, and the commanding officer has just told me that as be desires to have a sick man taken ashore he will endeavour to arrange for a pilot boat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Transvaal War. The Rensburg Disaster. Names of the Killed and Missing. Kilpatrick and Griffin Dead. LONDON, January 10, 4.4 p.m
Further particulars have been received respecting the disaster which befell a patrol consisting of Australian mounted men near Rensburg a few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. a Victorious British March. Boers Retreat Before Warren. Severe Fighting near Spion Kop. LONDON, January 21, 10.10 p.m
A late message from South Africa gives a hopeful account of the British advance. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, who was previously reported to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Saturday.) the Ambushed Lancers. Names of Killed and Missing
LONDON, January 19, 4.4 p.m.—Further details of the disaster to the Australian Horse and the New South Wales Lancers, in the ambush at Rendsburg, give the following casualties:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. General Buller's Advance. Boer and British Preparations. the Early Skirmishes. Thirteen Hours' Fighting. Australia's Roll of Honor. Death of Me. G. W. Steevens. Australians Ambushed Patrol Party Captured. the Official List
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--All official account of the disastrous skirmish near Rendsburg gives the following as the casualties:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. the Relief of Ladysmith Great Battle Proceeding Fighting on Sunday. Further Successes by Warren. Large Boer Reinforcements. (Copyright.) Before Ladysmith Boers in Great Strength Reinforced by 10,000 Men. Feverishly Entrenching. Transport Difficulties Terrible
LONDON, January 20, 7.30 a.m.—In the action near Action Homes, when Lord Dundonald's brigade defeated the Boers on Thursday, two British soldiers were killed and two wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Advance on Ladysmith. Successful British Movements. a Battle North of the Tugela. Thirteen Hours' Fighting on Saturday.. General Clery's Brigade in Action. Part of General Warren's Force Co-operating. Judicious Use of Artillery. Ridge After Ridge Captured. British Casualties Not Heavy. Generals Warren and Lyttelton Advancing. Lyttelton's Passage of the Tugela. a Magnificent Feat. the Boers Hurriedly Entrenching. Defending a Line of 26 Miles. Formidable Entrenchments. London, Jan. 21, 6.50 a.m
The War Office has received a cablegram from General Sir Redvers Buller stating that Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery's brigade, with part of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lieutenant Dowling Wounded
The Premier' yesterday received a cable from the High Commissioner at the Cape that Lieutenant Howling was suffering from wounds in the check and leg…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Care for the Wounded
LONDON, January 22, 3.57 p.m.—Sir William M'Cormick, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, principal medical officer in South Africa, considers that the arrangements made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War
Profiting by recent experience, the British Generals operating in the Transvaal have re- estimated their undervalued antagonists, and after weeks, of deliberation, arranged a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Lancers. Lieut. Dowling Wounded
The Governor yesterday received a cublegram from Sir Alfred Milner to the effect that advices received from Pretoria stated that Lieutenant W. V. Dowling, of the 1st Australian Horse, who was captured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War News
Things look more hopeful to-day. All our troops are on the move now. Over soldiers are advancing. Buller is getting along. General Clery is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War Expenditure
Mr. Alfred Marks, writing to the "Pall Mall Gazette" from the National Liberal Club, calls attention to the war expenditure of the Transvaal Government. "I have (he says) compiled the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Off to the War
"Where's me coat?" said McGinty, repoating my question. " Where's me coat, is it? If you'd boon wid me seein' th' troops oil to th' war ye wuddint ask…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Events of the War
The chief-events of the war up to date are as follow:--1899. October 9.--Transvall ultinatum presented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen Pictures of the War
Under the above heading the "Westminster Gazette" publishes the following:- "I HAD NO IDEA I HAD BEEN SHOT." "A highly interesting letter respecting the Elands…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Losses During the War
The "Westminster Gazette" of Decembor 12 ays:—Our total losses to date approximate to 4570 officers and m[?], equal to two-thirds of the total loss at Waterloo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. News by the English Mail
The subjoined interesting particulars regarding the struggle between England and the Boers are taken from English files to hand on Thursday:- THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Items. New Lancer Corps at Hurstville
The movement for the formation of a half-squadron of Lancers, which has been taken up so enthusiastically at Hurstville, has assumed definite shape, and a requisition signed by over fifty…
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