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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
2,972 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 149
Major Damant's and Colonel Runington's columns, marching in parallel lines three miles apart, reached Tafelkop, near the Wilge River, in the north of the Orange River Colony, at dawn on December 20. The…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →There have been recently several stiff fights, among them a clever coup by De Wet. It occurred on Christmas Eve at Tweefontein, in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fully 60,000 are estimated to have attended the pro-Buller demonstration in Hyde Park, London, on Sunday, December 2. The gathering is thus described by a contemporary:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Dr. Max Nordau, the well-known litterateur, in an article published in the "Neue Frei Presse" of Vienna, states that the tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commandant Snyman, formerly of General De Wet's staff, is reported to have had an interview with President Roosevelt, in the course of which he declared that England…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy cannonading has been heard southwards of the Frankfort-Tafelkop line of blockhouses. General de Wet had previously been reported at Leeuwkop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is a considerable difference of opinion in Great Britain just now as to which color will render men-of-war least conspicuous, but no definite decision has yet been arrived at, though…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →LONDON, January 3, 1.50 p.m.—The calumnies against the army in South Africa are being acutely revived on the Continent, especially by the German newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy cannonading has been heard southwards of the Frankfort-Tafelkop line of block-houses. Commandant de Wet had previously been reported at Leeuwkop…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr Alick Perritt has received the following from his brother 'Jim' under date November 10th, 1901:—'As we got into camp a bit early to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The following returned New South Wales soldiers arrived at Port Melbourne yesterday by the Fortunatus:—Privates Johnson, Burgess, Love, Burrows, Cameron,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WHEN the former contingents left the men were given to understand that they were to receive a certain rate of pay in addition to that paid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Continental calumnies on the British army have been acutely revived, especially in the German newspapers. Monstrous accusations have been made that the officers and men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Currie liner Fortunatus, from South Africa with over 100 Australian soldiers from the war, arrived to-day. The officers aboard are Captain W. Deane. N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Friday. -- The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa: -- Sergeant C. Mercer, of the Fifth South…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →If a study of the South African war on the part of the governing minds of the nations of Europe convinces them that modern warfare is too ruinously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →People who confer favors can ask others in return. New Zealand, of all the British States, has proved the most eager to fly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Them's my sentiments" will be the thought of every loyal Australian who reads the following brief statement of the views of sane Britishers on the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is officially announced that General Bruce Hamilton captured Commandant Erasmus near Ermelo. One hundred Boers were also taken…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Poultney Bigelow, writing as the close friend of President Roosevelt, and therefore, in a measure, speaking semi-officially, declares that those who look to Mr…
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