Latest War News. Battle at Osfontein. the Boers Outflanked and in Full Retreat. London
The Boers facing Lord Roberts at Osfo[?]tein are mounting heavy guns and entrenching their position. LATER…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 44
The Boer War. Affairs in Natal. Boers Retreating From Natal. Losses in General Buller's Army. Typhoid in Ladysmith. London
Ladysmith had only four days full rations left, but a supply of provisions and luxuries was found in the Boer tents outside the town. The British scouts report that there are no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Relief of Ladysmith Cost the British 5000 Men. London
Lord Robert's proclamation (that President Steyn, and not the burghers of the Orange Free State, would be held responsible for the invasion, and that Great Britain would retain no ill-will to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Course of the War. the Fights for Ladysmith. British Valour Prevailed. by Geo. C. Craig, Sydney. the Key of the Position
The relief of Ladysmith must not be lightly passed over as it was one of the hardest fought and most brilliant reliefs since Lucknow. A nine day's fight cannot be shortly told. Readers must…
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The Boers left their cooked dinners at Osfontein, also a Krupp gun and several waggons. The cavalry brigades outstripped the…
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The whole of President Kruger's valuables have been lodged in the Bank of Amsterdam. General Buller reports the additional…
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The Mayor of Albury has cabled to London:— "Albury, the proposed Federal oily, overjoyed at the success of the British troops." The cost of feeding the British army in South…
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Lord Roberts reported on Wednesday: "Yesterday the Boers, abandoned their position (at Osfontein) in such haste that they left their cooked dinners. We captured a Krupp gun and several waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Course of the War. Five Phases of the Struggle. the New Strategy
After long grief and pain, hope deferred and prolonged straggle, we are now able to see the permanent turn of the tide of victorious battle. The war is now entering upon its fourth phase, or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. Battle at Osfontein. 10,000 Boers Completely Routed. Mafeking Hard Pressed. London
Lord Roberts completely routed 10,000 Boers at Osfontoin. The Boers occupied a position extending four miles north of the Modder River and 11 miles…
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It estimated that the African war will cost New South Wales one million sterling before it is all over. A few miles out of Tenterfield a local resident…
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The C[?]eshire Yeomanry and Canadians have proceeded to Prieska, on the Orange River, near the frontier of Griqualand West. The West Australians have been sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in the Philippines
A NEW YORK message on January 26 says;—The war in the Philippines is over. No further surrender can be hoped for. The danger in the situation is that a blood feud may arise between…
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General Roberts has completely routed a force of 10,000 Boers. The British Cavalry and General French's Horse Artillery did great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News. Sydney
General French has occupied the hills commanding Bloomfontein. He lost 60 killed and 320 wounded in the engagement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the War is Over
DISARMAMENT of the Boers will be one of the consequences of the war. But something more will have to be dope to peaceably settle South Africa. It will be necessary for a time, at any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Irishmen and the Boer War
AT the annual dinner of the Hibernian Australasian Society, held at the Hotel Cecil, Sydney, the Minister For Works replied to the toast of " The Ministry."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War. British Victory. The Australians Engaged. London
The War Loan is a huge success. The Bank of England is besieged with applications. The subscriptions amounted to about NINETY MILLIONS sterling!…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Boer War. With Lord Roberts' Force. Engagement at Driefontein. Further Boer Treachery, Advance on Bloemfontein. London
Lord Roberts, telegraphing from Driefontein, reports that the Welsh Fusiliers and Essex regiment expelled the enemy from two strong positions at the point of the bayonet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. British Successes. the Capital of the Free State Captured. Lord Roberts Welcomed by the Residents. London
THE following despatch has been received by the War Office from Lord Roberts:-- "Driefontein, Sunday.--The enemy…
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