News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Boer War. Moke Captures
LONDON, January 10, 2.5 p.m.—Major H. M'Micking has captured twelve Boers who were hiding on an island in the Vaal River. Captain Tremayne has captured…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
2,972 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 149
The Boer War. (By Cable, from Our London Correspondent.)
The losses sustained by the South African field force from the inception of hostilities, on October ll, 1899, up to the end of December last year, are made up as follow:—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Maclean Sensation. Condition of the Wounded. Bowling Before the Court. the Shooting Described. the Bench on Obsolete Weapons
MACLEAN, Friday Afternoon.—Mrs. Downing, who was shot several times by her husband on Thursday, passed a good night. This morning several bullets were extracted, but the others…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boer War. Wholesale Murders Planned Another Johannesburg Plot. LONDON, January 9
Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports that another plot which was discovered at Johannesburg in December was hatched by 300 foreigners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Africa. Is the End in View? War Rapidly Closing. Situation Steadily Improving
LONDON, Friday. -- Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, speaking last night at Ealing, said that the latest news received, by the Government, from…
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It is said that Chamberlain wants to recruit in Australia because it is cheaper. There are numbers of idle men in South Africa who would enlist, but as they ask…
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The Aberdeen steamer Moravian came into port last night from London, via the Cape, having on board 37 returned soldiers from South Africa. The names of the men were published in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Soldiers. Cardinal Vaughan Speaks of Their Conduct in South Africa
The spacious pro-Cathedral at Kensington, London, was crowded the other morning by soldiers and civilians of all ranks belonging to the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain,…
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An English correspondent, fresh from a dinner with Mr. Cecil Rhodes, sends the "Australian Review of Reviews'"some gossip on this question, which shows how our men…
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LONDON,, Friday. -- The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa: -- Lieut. P. J. Bell, and Private Dillon, of the…
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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 15 →Death off ara Australian Soldier. A Parramatta Native
A cable received yesterday (Friday) morning in New South Wales, states that a South African soldier, a member of the Imperial Y[?] and a native of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Morley on the "Hideous and Appalling War." Another Great Speech. Shame, Ruin, and Disgrace: a Ghastly and Futile Policy. This "Glory" Australia Shares
The Right Hon. John Morley, M.P., who has paid a visit to the Montrose Burghs, Scotland, addressed the first of two meetings of his constituents in the Town Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War in South Africa. Improvement in the Situation. Speech by Lord Milner. Bursting of the Storm Cloud. No Repetition of Former Folly. London, Jan. 10
Lord Milner, the Governor of the Transvaal and of the Orange River Colony, in the course of a speech at a banquet at Johannesburg, said that the situation was steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Germans and the War
The astonishingly large section of the German public who accept without question, and apparently with eagerness, all the stories told by our…
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The Venezuelan Treasury ia empty. The officials' pay is six months in arrears. The Venezuelan war vessels have no coal, and therefore could not catch the Libertador,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cordite Condemned by War Office
A Departmental Committee of the War Office has condemned the use of cordite in guns, owing to its causing a rapid erosion of the bore. The committee has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Critics Criticised. "Methods of Babbarism." (No. II.)
Those who cut out of the "Sunday Times" of December 29, for future reference, the article bearing the above heading may add this to it:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boer War. Volunteers to Replace Those on Service. Willing Response Anticipated. London, January 10
There are already signs that the War Office call for 10,000 volunteers to replace volunteers now on service in South Africa will be responded to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Revolution in South America. Favoured by War Minister and Army. Paraguay President Arrested. London, January 10
There is a revolution in Asuncion, the capital of the Republic of Paraguay, South America. During a conflict in the House of…
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