Boer War Notes
What the state of things will be in South Africa when this is read it is absolutely impossible to forecast. Cronje may be still holding out in a forlorn hope that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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War Items ! Tuesday night
Heavy fighting continued round [?]rabler's Kloof on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The officers killed include Colonel Sirdwell, Thackeray, Thorold, and 34 other officers…
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There is great consternation in Pretoria, and Cronje's position is regarded as hopeless. The Free Staters refuse to continue to fight. The Boers at Ladysmith are knocked up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transvaal War. SYDNEY, Friday Night
Further particulars of the pursuit of British after General Cronje's forces state that Major-General Kelly-Kenny's troops enveloped the Boers on both banks of the Modder River compelling the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fight at Klip Kraal Drift. Two New South Welshmen Wounded. London
Amongst the wounded at Klip Kraal Drift on February 16th were Privates T. Bull and W. Tweedie, of the New South troops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News. The War. SYDNEY
Ladysmith has been relieved. Later. Lord Roberts is earing for 170 Boers wounded during Cronje's defence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. Cronje Capitulates. 6000 Prisoners in the Hands of the British. London
Lord Roberts has officially reported that General Cronje capitulated unconditionally at daybreak on Tuesday. The whole of his force, numbering about 6000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. Ladysmith Relieved. Universal Rejoicings. the Boers in the Free State Universal Rejoicings. Extraordinary Demonstration. London
There were universal rejoicings and unbounded feelings of relief in London. The city was ablaze with flags. The crowds had tiny Union Jacks,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers, Socialists, and Songsters. Out Sundown Way
There was movement in a tiny tin town out sundown way when at the Shearers' Arms the clock " coo-cooed " and chimed the hour for the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cronje's Capitulation. The Laager a Charnel House. Cronje's Men Delighted at the Surrender. The War Regarded as Hopeless. What Albrecht Says. 75,000 Boers Still in the Field. Cronje a Prisoner on the Flagship Captain. LONDON
General Cronje's leader at the Modder River is described as a charnel house. The enemy's food was exhausted with the exception of meat. Their ammunition was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This War. In The Transvaal. Ladysmith Relieved. Rejoicings in Great Britain and the Colonies. Buller's Dispatch Cheered in the Commons. Royal Congratulations. The Boers Save their Guns. The Enemy Retreating in Hot Haste. Besiegers Vanish from, Ladysmith, LONDON
General Sir Redvers Boiler reports that the Boers have retreated in hot haste, except a small rear-guard to the north of Surprise Hill and south of Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer Children in the War. LONDON
Several children were found in tho trenches during the Pieter's Hill battle, preceding General Bullor's entrance to Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Id The Transvaal. The Siege of Ladysmith. Appalling Ravages by Disease. Heavy Mortality Amongst Officers and Men. Eight Thousand Soldiers Pass Through the Hospital. Garrison Reduced to Terrible Privations. Battery Horses Converted into Soup and Sausages. LONDON
During the bombardment of Ladysmith that garrison lost 80 officers and 518 men killed or died through disease; and 70 offers and 528 men were wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHURST Daily Free Press. "Magna est Veritas et prevalebit." Monday, March 4Th, 1900. the War
SINCE the surrender of CRONJE and the relief of Ladysmith there has been a pause in the war—that is, if the records from the field have been kept up to date. It goes without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comforts for the Soldiers. Dubbo
A parcel containing three coats, one dressing coat, nineteen undershirts, five day-shirts, eleven [?]nshions, eight pairs of slippers, three caps and one nightingale,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War. Ladysmith Relieved. Hardships of the Garrison. General Boer Retreat. the Attack on Pieters Hill. a Brilliant Charge, London
Farther details are now to hand as to the attack on Pieters Hill. Boulders sheltered the trenches, of the Nek leading to Pieters Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's War News. Sydney
Kruger has left Pretoria to confer with President Steyn. It is believed that it is conference preliminary to making peace overtures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Ladysmith Relieved. SYDNEY
War Office announces that Ladysmith has been relieved. The Boer Army Smashed. Tremendous Fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the War. Who Is to Pay ? LONDON
The leading British newspapers insist upon Great Britain making the cost of the Boer war a first charge upon the revenues of the Republics after annotation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Cables Day by Day. the Ladysmith Garrison. London
Sir Redvers Buller, in reporting on the state of Lady smith, says that the garrison will require a little nursing before it will be fit to engage in offensive operations. The men were found pale…
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