Transvaal War. the Press on the War. Volunteers to the Front. the Killed at Ladysmith. Newspaper Criticisms. LONDON
National Advocate · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 2
All unionist newspapers continue to assail the Government. The "Morning Post" demands their dismissal. It says the alleged military preparations were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer Munitions of War. Krupp's Firm to Supplies. London
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 2
The German Government has requested Erupp's firm to cease supplying the Boers with war material…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comforts for the Wounded. Forbes
National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
At a meeting of ladies held on Saturday afternoon, a strong committee was formed to prepare comforts for the wounded, the matter being…
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Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 4
M'Plaank, the nephew of Cetewayo, says that among the Zulus there is an almost universal hope that the British arms will be victorious. The Queen takes the keenest interest in the…
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National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
Special arrangements have been made, in connection with the " National Advocate," for giving the Bathurst public news…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Conduct of the War
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
THE cables inform its that there is a great and growing outcry in Great Britain against the unpreparedness of the Government for the war. Parliament is to meet at the end…
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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 3
Mr. Hoffman, a member of the Cape Assembly for DeAar, will probably be tried by Court martial for acting on the Boers' medical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Ladysmith Fight. London
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 3
According to the Standard correspondent, prior to the battle at Ladysmith President Kruger asked the Boer headquarters staff why the town had not been attacked. He was told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major—General French at Colesberg. Fails to Outflank the Boers. New Zealanders Slightly Wounded. London
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
Field—Marshal Lord Roberts reported on Sunday that Major-General French had failed to outflank the Boer left at Colesberg, but that the position was otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Contraband of War. an American Vessel Released. London
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
The Maria, an American ship carrying food stuffs, which was seized by the British authorities, has been released, in terms of the decision arrived at by the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Horses. Accepted by the War Office. London
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
The War Office has accepted the gift of New Zealand horses for South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Severe Press Criticism The Army Condemned. LONDON
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 3
The Imperial Parliament meet on the 13th inst. There is a growing outcry against the army's unpreparedness, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvall War. a Great Reconnaissance. the Colesberg Column. a Court-martial. Methuen's Column. LONDON
National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
"Times" private letters supply ample evidence of the urgent necessity of an immediate change in the command at Modder River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. In the Transvaal. Reconnaissance in the Free State. By Colonial Troops. Boer Homesteads Destroyed. London
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
It is reported that Lieutenant-Colonel Babington and Colonel Pilcher, with the Ninth and Twelfth Lancers, Victorians, Queenslanders, and the Now South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-night's Free Lecture and Patriotic Concert. "Help Our Soldiers."
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
In the Town Hall to-night, the Rev. T. W. Dunn, of Sydney, will lecture on "Faces we meet and how to read them." The lecture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-Spanish Soldiers Volunteer. Unexpected Aid. London
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2
Three thousand ex-Spanish soldiers have offered their services to Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, now going to the front…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. the Silence of Buller. a Colonial Skirmish. Correspondents Killed. Colonials in Action. LONDON
National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 2
Sixty New South Wales rifles, and 120 of Remington's Corps on the 12th drove the Griqualand West rebels from Prieka River, crossed the river, and…
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Leader · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 2
The British losses at Ladysmith is estimated at 48 officers and 800 men killed and wounded. The Boer losses are estimated at 2500…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South African War
Leader · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 8
By request the Rev. Father Fagan delivered a lecture at Swan Bay on the 17th ultimo on the South African trouble. After briefly referring to the great interest centred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Correspondents Killed. LONDON
National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 2
Mr. Mitchell, the "Standard" correspondent at Ladysmith, is dead of typhoid. Mr, Ferrand, the "Morning Post's " correspondent was killed in the…
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