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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250
The officer commanding our local company has received information that the Penrith contingent for the Transvaal will be granted sufficient leave on this Saturday night to enable them to come and say…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Everybody known how Irish soldiers and in the service of England are treated when they venture to display the shamrock on St. Patrick's Day. Your after year the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Transvaal to-day the soldier of fortune is making his last stand. No other country in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enthusiasm in connection with the enlistment of the Yeomanry Brigade, now forming under the direction of Lord Chesham, continues unabated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Without proper clothes a man cannot fight to the beat advantage, a fact which the military authorities have borne carefully in mind as regards the soldiers intended for service in South…
Continued on Trove, page 61 →CAPETOWN, Dec. 6.—Never before in Ita his tory has Capetown been so important aa it is at present, and never before has Table Bay held such a splendid fleet of steamers as is now floating on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Capetown, December 4.—In connection with the battle of Belmont, I have a pathetic incident of which to tell. Just one week before the Grenadier Guards landed at the docks at Capetown, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our illustrations include pictures of the training of recruits. After the recruit has been examined, and found eligible for enlistment, he is sworn-in. This ceremony is usually performed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →The dispatch of troops from Australia and Canada for service with the British forces operating in South Africa, and the splendid wave of patriotism passing over the colonies, have not only…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →1.—Recruit drill—"Stand at ease, by numbers—One." 2.—Recruit drill with arms—"Port arms." (From photos, by G. A. Hills, 82 King-street, Sydney.) 3.—Musketry course, volley firing, "Present." 4.—Musketry course—"Ready." 5.—Stretcher bearers (7th Regiment, St. George's Rifles). (See letterpress on next page.)…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →We have had another week of comparative quiescence. Reinforcements have been hurried forward to Buller, and we are promised something decisive shortly. The enemy had come across the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Admiral George Dewey, the much-lionized hero of the recent war against Spain, and Mrs. Mildred Hazen were married quietly and with simplicity at 10 O'clock a.m., November 9, in the parlor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I had determined to take Joe thompson, late of Walgett, into my confidence. He was a good bushman, and an excellent shot. he had already potted a burgomaster…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received of a heavy engagement in Northern Cape. Colony, in which the Boers were defeated with heavy loss. With, a view to checking the force under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Boers are not replying to the British shells. From this people think that they want to conceal their positions. As a matter of fact, they were not inclined to waste…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 5.-The terms of the reference to the committee appointed at the instance of Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, to inquire into the working of the War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,-In reply to "Union Jack." (a) As regards the injustice of the war, it is strange that no stronger denunciation of it is to be found than in the words of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BOUNDARIES THUS RAILWAYS THUS…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WAR FABLECRAMMERS.—After all there is little need to go around in sackcloth and ashes. Many gentlemen in kharki have found graves or hospital pallets, but our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boundaries thus Railways…
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