Colonial Officers. Decision of the War Office London
The War Office has decided to allow the various British colonies sending troops to nominate two extra officers for service for every 100 men they despatch…
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 9 of 18
2nd Edition Miner Office 3.30 p.m. the War [Reuter's Message.] More Troops Called Out. Volunteers in the Transvaal. an Officers Injuries. Boer Agents in Paris. London, Sunday Afternoon
Three more battalions of the British militia, making 38 in all, have been ordered to be embodied for active service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. the Latest From Ladysmith. Railway Communication Again Open. a Boer Advance. the Total British Losses. [Reuter's Messages.] the Death Bill of the Campaign. the British Losses. a Terrible Total. Over 2000 Officers and Men. Including the Captured. London
The War Office, having received its detniled despatches from the seat of war in South Africa, has issued an official notification of the British losses in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Correspondent
THERE is plenty of room to donbt whether the "war correspondent," who has been a person very much talked about lately, is quite such a valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ruskin Ard War
THE references in Ruskin's "Crown of Wild Olives" to war are being freely quoted now. Here are two or three of the most striking passages:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Eve of War. at Johannesburg. [From W.hegraty.]
From what I heard before I left Broken Hill and have been told in letters since I got here, I judge that it was the intention of a number of young fellows on the Hill to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following apperal in yesterday's second Edition:— the War. [Reuter's Messages.] Volunteers in the Transvaal. an Officers Injuries. Boer Agents in Paris
Three more battalions of the British militia, making 38 in all, have been ordered to be embodied for active service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. the Shelling of Ladysmith. Fierce Fight Near Colenso. Escape of British Prisoners. Boers Mounting More Guns Outside Ladysmith. Fierce Fight Near Ladysmith. a Dutch Report. London
News bas been received from Pieter maritzburg, the Natal capital, that Dutch residents there have received news of a fight which occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
The war news this issue is very unsatisfactory as it is for the most part founded on rumour, and unreliable rumour at that. Censorship of the press…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Australian Officer. a War Office Order. London
Lient. G. Wall, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, New South Wales military forces, who has been in England for instruction, has been ordered to South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Eve of War. Mostly at Johannesburg. From South African Papers
On the afternoon of September 29 close on 1000 Boers including many women, gathered outside Fieldcornet de Vries' office, Fordsburg, when addresses were delivered by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. the War. [By Telegraph.] Albany
The transport Medic has departed for South Africa with the Australian contingents. The Medic and the Kent bade each other "Good-bye and good luck."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. the Defence of Ladysmith. General Buller's Plans. a Fight Near Besters. Panic in the Natal Capital. the Evacuation of Colenso. a French Gift. London, Monday Afternoon
The French Red Cross organisation is despatching four fully fitted-up ambulances to South Africa—two to the British and two to the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Battle Near Ladysmith. a Thousand Boers Reported Killed. Another 2000 Wounded and Prisoners
The Morning Post this morning publishes a sensational account of a battle reported to have been fought in the vicinity of Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bombardment of Ladysmith. One Kaffir Killed. the Town Still Safe. Wounded and Non-combatants. London
A cessation of hostilities was arranged at Ladysmith between Generals White and Jonbert from Friday to Monday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Mafeking. on the Eve of War. Preparing for the Siege
Papers which have arrived from the Cape give particulars with regard to the preparations for the siege of Mafeking, which is now being [?] gallantly resisted. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Iffice, 3.30 p.m, the War. The N. S. W. Lancers. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon
A Boer artillery oflicer, disguised as an ambulance driver, has been discovered at Ladysmith. He was bringing the wounded into town when suspicion was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Fighting Near Colenso. Heavy Boer Losses. Ladysmith Still Safe. Dynamite Explosion at Kimberley the Mafeking Mines Incident. the Fight Near Besters. Boer Treachery. Defiling the White Flag Again
Further reports have now been received respecting the fighting which took place last Thursday on Tathsm's Farm, near Besters, about 15 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office 2.30 p.m. the War. [Reuter's Messages.] to the Relief of Mafeking. Railway to Kimberley Reopening. German Officers and the War. Kruger at the Front. Trainloads of Wounded Boer. London, Thursday Afternoon
Colonel Plumer's force of British and volunteers is advancing from Fort Tuli along the western Transvaal frontier to the relief of Colonel Badan-Powell in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following appeared in yesaterday's Second Edition:— the War. [Reuter's Message.] Arrest of a Spy. The N. S. W. Lancers. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon
A Boer artillery officer, disguised as an ambulance driver, has been discovered at Ladysmith. He was bringing the wounded into town when suspicion was…
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