Returned Soldiers
The Union Company's steamer Oonah brought into Sydney, on Saturday evening, a number of returned soldiers from South Africa, having transhipped the men from the steamer Karamea,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
2,972 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 149
The Soldiers' Suit
Public announcement has been made of the Initiation, by the committee of the 2nd Contingent Citizens' Bushmen and "A" Battery R.A.A., returned soldiers, of proceeding to recover from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Major-general Hutton in Sydney. Inspection of the Harbour Defences. a Highly Satisfactory State of Affairs. Secret of a Soldier's Success
Major-General Hutton and his staff were astir early on Saturday, the programma they had arranged being one that augured a long and busy day. And so it proved to be. The General, accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Returned Soldiers. Arrival of the Steamer Oonah. the Men Entertained
The Union Steamship Company's steamer Oonah arrived in Sydney about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, having on board number of retaining invalided New South Wales soldiers. Captain Parsons, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australasian Soldiers
LONDON, Sunday.--Lieutenant George Augustus Morris, of the Sixth West Australian Mounted Rifles, was killed at Rolspruit. Private A. Daley, Third New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. (Some of the Items in this Issue appeared in our Latest Edition on Saturday.) [COPYRIGHT.] The Boer War. Commandant Marais Captured
LONDON, February 7, 6.55 p.m.—A scout has captured the Boer commandant Marais, near Laingsburg…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War in South Africa. the Liebenbergsvlei Engagement. New Zealanders Capture the Guns. Boers Between Two Fires. Narrow Escape of De Wet. London, Feb. 8
Further details have been received of the engagement at Liebeabergavlei, west of Reitz, between Colonel Gurratt's forces and a portion of Commandant do Wet's forces under…
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General Louis Botha has degraded Commandant Smuts for burning Bremersdorp, in Swaziland. The Kruger clique amongst the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Anti-war League. to the Editor
Sir,--Professor Wood, in his professed reply to my former letter, published in your issue of to-day, is again wordy and inconclusive. As to his statement that "those of us who are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Boer War. De Wet Slips Through. LONDON, February 10
Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office from Wolvehoek, on the Orange River Colony railway, as follows:-- "Sunday.--After the operations and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Cable. (Copyright.] The Boer War. the "Infamous" Calumnies. Denounced by General Huebner
LONDON, February 10, 2.10 p.m.—The Austrian General Huebner, a son of Baron Huebner, after a sojourn of some months in South Africa, declares that the calumniess…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comments by the Newspapers. the Best-conceived Movement. During the Latter Part of the War
LONDON, Monday.--The great drive of De Wet's 2000 men is concluded. The British troops are still collecting stragglers. An armored train is patrolling wherever the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Leyds' Advices. Boer Position Reassuring. War Last a Decade If Necessary. London, Feb. 9
Dr. Leyds, in the course of an interview, said that the recent advices which he had received from South Africa were quite reassuring. The war would last a[?]decade if…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lunch to General. Hutton. The Premier Congratulates Him. Sydney As the Capital. The Work of the Soldier
General Sir Edward Hutton visited the Mayor of Sydney, Aid. T. Hughes, yesterday afternoon, and was entertained at luncheon in the refreshment-room…
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LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Private J. Dure, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, has been accidentally severely wounded in the thigh. It is believed that Corporal T. Flint…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South African War. British Government Policy. Mass Meeting in Endorsement. Addresses by the State Premier and Opposition Leaders. Immense Enthusiasm
The patriotic demonstration at the Town Hall, last night was of colossal dimensions. The hall was crowded with one of those immense audiences that turn out on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in South Africa. a Great Encircling Movement. Splendidly Planned and Executed. De Wet Surrounded. Escapes by a Clever Stratagem. Breaks Wire Entanglements with Cattle. Heavy Boer Losses. London, Feb. 10
Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office from Wolvehoek, on the O[?]ange River Colony railway, as follows:— "Sunday.—After the operations and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Anti-war Agitation
" Lachlan River" writes:â"Permit me, as a country resident and an elector, to add my voice in repudiation of the petition to the House of Commons, which is about to be circulated for signature…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle. Labor Conference Anti-war Resolutions Condemned
The motions passed at the recent conference of the P.L.L. in Sydney, deprecatory of the policy of Great Britain in regard to the Boer war, were discussed at an open-air meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Spanish War. Germany and Great Britain
LONDON, February 11.—It is semi-officially announced in Berlin that on the initiative of Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador at Washington, the Ambassadors in the…
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