The Boer War. LONDON
IT is officially stated that 1000 Boers captured the British garrison at Moddorfonten, in the southwest of Krugeradorp. The Boers released the garrison, which his since reached…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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South African War. the British Sweeping All Before Them. London
OPERATIONS on a large scale have been commenced against the Boers. The British are sweeping the enemy southwards, and clearing everything…
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OPERATIONS on a large scale have been commenced against the Boers. The British are sweeping the enemy southwards, and clearing everything before them…
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MR. FRANK. W. WILKINSON, special war correspondent of the DAILY TELEGRAPH, returned to Australia by the steamer Wileannia, after an absence af 11 months. He was in South Africa for…
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The following epitaph in Brighton churchyard details a singular story:- "In memory of Phœbe Hessel, who was born at Stepney in the year 1713…
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JAMES BARNES, war correspondent of the London DAILY MAIL, wrote on December 14:— From conversation with a number of Boers who have been fighting I gather the following…
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THE War Office publishes two volumes of despatches from South Africa, covering the period during which Lord Roberts was commander-in-chief. They graphically reveal the…
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COLONEL T. D. PILCHER and Major Crewe, on opposite sides of the Tabaksberg Range, close to the Basutoland frontier, engaged a large force of Boers, commanded by General…
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There is something in this South African war which is being kept from us While our men weren't wanted, there was no special right on our part to demand anything. Now, however, that…
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The "Seat of War" for all time is that shown in the accompanying skatch. It ls situated at the Horse Guards, and the gentleman who fills it during the working hours of the day is now Lord…
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MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH is driving a large force of Boers in the direction of Piet Retief. The Inniskillings charged the Boers,…
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Included in the despatches published by the War Office is one dated March 18 by Lord Roberts, in which he drew special attention to the good services of the splendid…
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PARTICULARS of the fight at Klipplast show that 12 of the 7th Dragoon Guards, 12 Western Australians, and three police, while carrying despatches, encountered several hundred Boers…
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ALL the male inhabitants of the Grasfontein district have been arrested for haying assisted the invaders. The Australian Bushmen of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African War. Battle of Houtkraal. De Wet Well Beaten. London
FULL particulars are now to hand dealing with Friday's engagement between the Boers and General Christian De Wet, and the British under Colonel…
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Captain J. M. Conroy, who left Sydney twelve months ago with the N. S. Wales Bushmen, returned here on Sunday. As may he remembered he went to South Africa as a special service officer…
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More than ordinary interest is attached to this work, an, although written by a Transvaal burgher, it strongly upholds British policy. Mr. Thomas, who is a Swiss by birth, has spent forty years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South African War. a Severe Battle. the Enemy Again Routed. De Wet Depressed. London
ON the 10th instant Commandant Botha recommended his followers never to surrender. While 500 remained he would lead them. The burghers replied…
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FIVE hundred Boors who were at Delagoa Bay have been conveyed in transports by the Portuguese authorities to Lisbon. Four hundred of Commandant de Wet's force…
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THE Commander-in-Chief, General Lord Kitchener, reports that De Wet's invasion of Cape Colony has completely failed. Brigadier-General C. O. Plumer reports…
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