Barrier Miner. Tuesday, October 3, 1899. After the War?
IT is a big contract that we have taken up in South Africa. Not, of course, merely as to the coming campaign; for the defeat of the Boers is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
345 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 18
The Transvaal Crisis Preparing for War. the Prediction of Dr. Leyds. War Will Be Declared To-day. Bellicose Activity. [Reuter's Messages.] Prediction by the Boer Ambassador. "War Will Be Declared To-morrow." London
Fighting may now commence at any moment. Dr. Leyds, the Ambassador from the Transvaal to Europe, has predicted to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost of War. London, Wednesday Afternoon
The British Parliament, when it meets on the 17th instant, will, it is expected, be asked to vote £10,000,000 for the carrying out of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kruger Wants War. a Message From Dr. Reitz. London
The latest news from South Africa is that President Kruger is intent on war. Dr. Reitz, Secretary of State for the Transvaal, has replied to a telegram sent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal Crisis Boer Artillery Moving. Probable Invasion of Natal. Efforts at Peacemaking. Kruger Intent on War. [Reuter's Messages.] Kruger's Ultimatum to Britain. Cease Sending Troops. Exodus From Johannesburg. Great Seizure of Gold. Miners Advised to Leave. London
It is reported at Paris, according to news to hand this morning, that President Kruger has sent an ultimatum to Great Britain, declaring that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal Crisis the Progress of War Preparations. Boer Brutality. Refugees Starving. [Reuter's. Messages.] a Dutch Petition
Forty Dutch members of the Cape Assembly the other day petitioned Queen Victoria to relinquish interference with the Transvaal on the part of Britain, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England and the Transvaal. an Ultimatum From Kruger. Reinforcements Regarded As Casus Belli. Arrival of Indian Contingent. Kruger Intent on War. Natal to Be Invaded. the Boers Getting Impatient London, Oct. 4
The Transvaal authorities have seized gold in transit to the value of half a million sterling. It is reported that President Kruger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Declarations of War
As well as in many other matters (the Daily Telegraph remarks) there is no clear conception in the public mind regarding a declaration of war, and this can scarcely be a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 30 p.m. the Crisis in South Africa. Boers Retire from the Frontier. Seizure of Coal. An Unrecognised Appointment, "Soldiers of the Queen." [Reuter's Messages.] London, Sunday Afternoon
Late news from South Africa states that the Boer troops in the vicinity of the Buffalo River, on the Natal frontier, have retired, leaving only patrols to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the Crisis in South Africca. Boers Retire from the Frontier. Seizure of Coal. An Unrecognised Appointment. "Soldiers of the Queen." [Reuter's Messages.] London, Sunday Afternoon
Late news from South Africa states that the Boer troops in the vicinity of the Buffalo River, on the Natal frontier, have retired, leaving only patrols to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An English Prediction. " the War Will Be Short." London
Lord James of Hereford, speaking at Aberdeen last night, predicted that the war would be short. He said also that in the hour of victory the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enthusiasm in London. a Lady War Correspondent. London
Patriotic demonstrations occurred on the London Stock Exchange and at an amateur theatrical performance given at Drury Lane yesterday afternoon. When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Telegraph.] Signal to the Fleet. "A State of War." Sydney
A signal was yesterday seat round to the British men-o'-war in Sydney Harbor, and transmitted to the other vessels on the Australasian station, notifying that a state of war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poisoned Soldiers. [Reuter's Message.] London
In the case of the three soldiers who died suddenly at Aldershot, it was supposed from the effects of eating bad New Zealand churre, the jury at the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal Crisis a State of War. Troops Advancing. Fighting Imminent. Boers Seize a Train. and Enter Natal. [Reuter"s Messages.] Advance by the Boers. Entering Natal. a Train Seized. Losdon
News has just reached London that the Boers are advancing ou Laiag's Nek unopposed by the British troops. The town of Newcastle, in Natal, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War at Last
AT last the gage of war appears to have been thrown down, and, although there has been no direct declaration, the invasion of territory amounts to the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Theatre of War
In the "St. James's Budget" Mr. F. R. Cana has lately been contributing an interesting series of articles on "Boers and Uitlanders," in one of which,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England and the Transvaal. War Declared. the Boers Abut to Invade Natal. Laing's Nek and Northern Towns Occupied. Hostilities Threatened. Sydney
Admiral Pearson received a cable to-day, announcing that war with the Transvaal has been declared. LONDON, OCT. 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Boers' Tactics. Seizing Trains. an Alarming Report. Great Loss of Life. Escaping Women Killed [Reuter's Message.] a Boer Threat. London
President Kruger, in the course of a cablegram of thanks for sympathy from the United States, said that if the Transvaal was compelled to become a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 30 p.m. the War. Barkley West in Danger. Attack Expected at Mafeking. British Forces Ready. More Gold Seized. the Boers in Natal. Kaffir Deserters From the Rand. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Friday Afternoon
The full text of the Boer ultimatum when published aroused almost universal indignation in Cape Town. Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the Cape…
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