London Wool Market. War Troubles
LONDON, December 22.--The past week has not been at all satisfactory in some respects, and in others it has been most decidedly alarming. The check to the progress of the British forces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250
The Pay of Prisoners of War
The British Secretary of State for War has approved of the continuance of allotments of pay and the separation allowances in the case where the soldier is a prisoner of war in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pathetic Scenes at the War-office
LONDON, December 10.--The most pathetic scenes are almost daily enacted at the War Office in the eagerness for news that does not come or fear of news that comes. Crowds, chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why War Telegrams Must Pass the Censor. Troubles in Keeping an Eye on War Respondents
The strict censorshop exercised by the British military authorities over the telegrams that are sent home, on account of the Boers having got hold of some information, by means fair or foul,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public and the War. Fighting Under a Microscope
This is the first serious war (says the "Spectator") that we have fought under a microscope, and some of the consequences of that condition are by no means reassuring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Items. the Transport Surrey. What the Agents Say
"With regard to the dispatch of the transport Surrey from Sydney, Messrs. Birt and Company, agents for the vessel, write:—It will be interesting to those who are not very well acquainted with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Volunteer Spirit. Sturdy Enthusiasm Scenes at the War-office
LONDON, December 21.--Remarkable, indeed, were the scenes in Pall Mall yesterday. Of late at the War Office we have grown accustomed to see ladies in magnificent toilets, wives, mothers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Boer Forces Divided Steady British Advance. General Buller Reinforced. LONDON, January 23, 6.40 a.m
The most recent despatches from the seat of operations in Natal slate that Sir Redvers Buffer's generals have made an important echelon movement, compelling the Boers to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Moving on Ladysmith. Boers Compelled to Divide. Freestaters' Retreat Cut Off. Advance on the Boer Centre
LONDON, January 23.—Sir Redvers Buller and the Generals with him have echeloned, compelling the Boers to subdivide their forces. Major-General Hildyard is seeking to cut the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comforts for Soldiers
A meeting of ladies interested in making comforts for the troops in South Africa was held in St. David's Hall, [?] Hills, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. G. Brown presided, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →He Wanted to Be a Soldier. a Stowaway's Disappointment
It seems that there were five stowaways from Sydney on board the troopship Moravian. One of these was a lad named William Guider, son of a warder at Darlinghurst Gaol. The boy, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Bullar's Advance on Ladysmith. Particulars of the Rendsburg Disaster. Proposed Further Draft of Lancers. for the Relief of Ladysmith
Last Saturday, Lieutenant-General Sir. C.F. Clery, with part of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren's Force—(both divisions belonging to General Buller's Army), was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) the Bushmens Contingent. the Stalwart Men From Forbes. Scene at Redfern Station
By special train, which left Forbes at 2.40 p.m. on Monday, there arrived at Redfern Railway Station yesterday, in command of Captain Willcox, of Forbes, fifty bushmen and fifty-two horses, to join…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. General Buller's Plan. to Divide the Boer Forces. Guarding Against Retreat. a Slow But Sure Advance. Ladysmith Relief Force. Advancing in Echelon. Buller's Plan of Campaign
LONDON, Tuesday.--Interest in the South African War momentarily centres round the British advance to the relief of the beleagured garrison at Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Boer War. Week by Week. General Buller's Advance—The Tugela Crossed—The Relief Force Nearing Ladysmith—News From Mafeking—Australians Ambushed—Interesting Letters From the Front—Chatty Gossip and News
Wednesday last was signalised by the depicture of the Second Contingent from New South Wales. It consisted of a detachment of 15 Lancers to reinforce those already at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal War. General, Buller's Advance. Boers Compelled,to Subdivide Their Forces. Their Retreat Cut Off. Driving the Enemy Towards Ladysmith. Open to Assault by the Garrison. Steady Advance on the Boer Centre. London, Jan. 23
Sir Redvers Buller's Generals have made an important echelon movement, compelling the Boers, to subdivide their forces…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling Chronicle. the League. Latest About the A.N.A. Riders with Chances. Cyclists Who Want to Go to the War. M'Donald Still Unlucky—Wilksch Greatly Improved—A Big Con-tingent Coming to Syd-ney — News by the Mail and Other wise
At a meeting of the League of Victorian Wheelmen last week the recommendations of the stewards of Coburg and Williamstown race meetings in favor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bowls. Welcome Home Supper to Mr. John Young
On Tuesday night the members of the Annandale Bowling Club tendered to their president (Alderman John Young) a welcome home sunper in their pavihon at Kentville. There was a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wounded Officer
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Eagar, of the Royal Irish Rifles, who was wounded at the battle of Stormberg has had to have a leg amputated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wounded Victorian. Melbourne
The Government has received a telegram from the Modder River that Private Falla, of the Victorian Rifles, has been wounded Falla belongs to Donald…
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