The War in South Africa. London
THE invitation to the Yeomanry to re-enlist largely failed owing to the arrears of pay. The Secretary for War has ordered…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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The Boer War. London
GENERAL BOTHA has again broken through the British cordon at Piet Retief and escaped northwards. The British are gradually…
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ADDITIONAL Boer prisoners to the number of 756 have been landed at Bombay. The invitation to the Yeomanry to re-enlist largely failed owing to arrears of pay. Mr. St…
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IN the event of war between Great Britain and France, the first and most important part of the struggle would be for the command of the sea. Should Great Britain succeed in retaining…
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EARL ROBERTS, the Commander-in-Chief, speaking at the Mansion House, in reply to the toast of the "Imperial Forces," said that he doubted if ever the army had been more severely tried…
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BOTHA'S commando was driven back towards Ermelo. Commandant Scheeper and eleven other prominent Boer leaders have…
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THE Chief Secretary for Ireland says the Government is prepared to take every step recommended by the military advisers with regard to South Africa…
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LORD KITCHENER reported on October .22 :—" Since my last of a week ago columns report 25 Boers killed, 18 wounded, 150 captured, and 50 surrenders, together with the capture of 141…
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THE War Office has quashed the proceedings of the court-martial on, and has ordered the immediate release of, three members of the Fifth Victorian Contingent. The court-martial had…
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AN exchange says:—Surely there cannot be any foundation for this trooper's story, told to a SUNDAY TIMES reporter: "The hard working fighters for the Empire had to go without food…
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THE Imperial Government has allotted £69,550 as compensation for all foreigners except Hollanders and Frenchmen who were deported from South…
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A monument will shortly be unveiled in St. Petersburg to the famous Russian heroine, Nadejda Dourova, probably the only woman who bore an officer's…
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A THOUSAND Boers under De La Rey recently attacked Colonel Vandonop's rear-guard. They were repulsed with heavy loss…
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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Lord Methuen reports that Commandants Delarey and Kemp, creeping through thick bush on the 24th inetant, attacked the column commanded by Lioutenant-Colonel…
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Further particulars are to hand of the fighting at Brakenlaagte, north-west of Bethel, in the Eastern Transvaal. General Louis Botha, marching northward in his retreat from the Natal…
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LORD KITCHENER, reporting on the Brakenlaagte disaster, says the camp was attacked simultaneously, preventing support being sent to General…
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THE editor of the Singleton " Argus" has received a letter from a friend, a major commanding 500 colonial troops from the beginning of the trouble, and…
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LORD KITCHENER has notified that henceforth no Boers will be treated as having voluntarily surrendered, as such surrenders will not be accepted…
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL Lord Methuen has visited the Rustenburg district as far as Elands River. His force destroyed largo quantities of crops and captured 11 Boers and 700 cattle and…
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THE campaign is to be revivified at an early date and on a more aggressive scale. Several regiments in India will relieve those now in South Africa…
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