The Soldier's Plea
At the Central Criminal Court, London, recently, before the Common Sergeant, Sir Forrest Fulton, Q.C., Frederick James Rous, who wore the uniform of a sergeant of the 4th Battalion of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
Our Citizen Soldiery
We have become so accustomed to equipping and sending forth troops to fight, that though there is just as much public approbation, there is less thrill. Our military education has been quick,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Battles of the Century. Some Records of Past Campaigns. the American Napoleon. Slaughter in the Franco-prussian War. England in Spain
The carrying on of the present war against the Boers seems to have caused a thirst for information in the minds of many in New South Wales. Facts about wars add campaigns having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Transvaal War. Operations in Cape Colony. Boers Out-manœuvred. Colesberg Occupied. a Successful Flank Movement. the Enemy Dismayed. Fighting Near Dordrecht. the Situation at Ladysmith. Railway to Colenso Destroyed. London, Jan. 1
During the operations carried on by Major-General French north of Arundel he succeeded, by the mobility of his force, in out-manœuvring the Boers at every…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Boer War. Fighting Near Belmont. Australians Hotly Engaged. Capture of Colesberg. Outside Ladysmith. Joubert's Headquarters. Gallant Scouts. Torpedo-boat Destroyers for Australia. (Copyright.) Methuen's Division. Action at Sunnyside. Australians Hotly Engaged. Sports at Modder, River
LONDON, January 2, 4.11 p.m.—The Queenslanders and the Victorians were hotly engaged with the enemy yesterday at Sunnyside, 20 miles north-West of Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Boer Defeat at Colesberg. a Night Advance by Major-general French. Colonial Troops in Action. Dordrecht Reconnaissance. an Exciting Incident. a Party of Scouts Intercepted. Rescued From a Perilous Position. in North Cape Colony. Boers Out-manœuvred. Driven From Position After Position
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--After a series of reverses the tide of the South African campaign seems to be once again flowing in Great Britain's favor, in, at least,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Australians Wounded. In the Sunnyside Engagement. An Official Intimation. BRISBANE
The Chief Secretary received a cablegram from the Agent-General this afternoon announcing that Privates D.C. M'Leod' and A. Rose, of the Queensland contingent, and…
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Backing Methuen, and seemingly with a view to relieving Kimberley from the west, or protecting the railway, a force under Col. T. D. Pilcher, which' included Canadians and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contraband of War
LONDON, Wednesday.--The British naval authorities have seized the Hamburg steamer ([?]) Hans Wagner at Delagoa Bay. Lloyd's shipping register does not mention any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. (Some the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) The Fighting at Sunnyside. Three Queenslanders Killed. Lieutenant Adie Dangerously Wounded
BRISBANE, Wednesday Afternoon.—News has been received by the Government that two of the men of the Queensland Contingent were killed and an officer dangerously wounded in the fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Labor Market and the War
It is somewhat of an anomaly that the extreme prosperity of England, instead of strengthening her arm in the present war has a tendency to temporarily paralyse it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How War News Is Manufactured. For the French Papers
The following telegram was received by the "Times" on November 30 from the Laffan News Agency:--"The Hague, Nov. 29.--"A family at Rotterdam has received a cable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All About the War. Items From Here--There--and Everywhere
Australia has a dozen war correspondents in the field. Three millions of cartridges are turned out of Woolwich weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Front. a More Pleasing Aspect British Secreey and Success
To a close reader of the various events which have taken place during the past week the fact is disclosed that it has been full of success for our arms in South Africa. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] Another little War. France and China. Engagement Near
LONDON, January 3, 4 a.m.—In consequence of the failure of the Chinese Government to comply, as had been promised, with the demands of France for the execution of the officials responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Double Assault Case. Cross Action Against a Detective Talk About the War
At the Central Police Court yesterday Jacob, Enko (46), a Russian, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, with assaulting George. Edwin Goulder while in the execution of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discussing the War. and What Game of It. Cross-action Against a Police Officer
At the Central Court yesterday, Jacob Enco, 46, native of Russia, appeared before Mr. Edwards, S.M., on three charges, viz., having been drunk and disorderly in Elizabeth-street on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boer War. the Action at Sunnyside. Canadians and Australians Engaged. Boer Defeat. Forty Prisoners Taken. Four Australians Killed
LONDON, January 3, 4 a.m.—Further accounts of the engagement on Monday at Sunnyside, 20 miles north-west of Belmont, state that the Boers held a range of kopjes on the north and south…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Australians Fight Gallantly. Details of the Engagement. Boer Spies in England. LONDON. January 3. 4 a.m
Further details have come to hand of the engagement in which the Canadian and Queensland troops participated at Sunnyside, 20 miles north of Belmont…
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