The Boer War Important Fighting in Natal: General Buller's Adyance. Assailing the Boer Positions. Thirty-four Thousand British Engaged. Pierce Shell Fire and Bayonet Work: the British Progressing. Going Forward to Ladysmith. British Lose 230 Men: Boers Preparing to Retreat. Lord Roberts Arranging to Strike. Fighting in Cape Colony. [Reuter's Messages.] Marching on Ladysmith. General Buller Progressing. Two British Victories. a Successful Feint. Fiercest Cannonading of the Campaign. London
Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2
News is commencing to filter through concerning General Baller's forward movement in northern Natal. General Buller attempted to cross the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
Western Grazier · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 3
The following letter, written from En[?] by [?] Stock, of the first [?]ictorian [?] has been boarded to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War Items
Western Grazier · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2
Presidents Kruger and Steyus have protested against the destruction of Boer form houses. Lord Robert replied that the charges were vague and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Relief of Ladysmith Buller Again Advancing. Further Fighting on the Tugela. London, Feb. 7
Western Grazier · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2
News was received yesterday that the advance of General Buller across the Tugela had not been confirmed, but a late cable states that the report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. the War. On the Western Frontier. A Boer Boast "A" Battery in Action. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Friday Afternoon
Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 4
Brigadier-General M'Donald says he would have been enabled to surround and cut the Boers off at Koodoosberg if the expected strong cavalry and artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Towards Ladysmith. Buller Holds a Strong Position. Hopeful of Getting Through. Roberts at the Front. the Highland Brigade Fighting. M'donald Ordered to Retire. Gallant Acts of West Australians. Operations Tn Cape Colony. [Reuter's Messages.] the Advance on Ladysmith. the Crossing of the Tugela. Placing the Artillery in Position. London
Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2
While Colonel Wynne, on the left flank of General Buller's advance, was in action on Monday one of his guns was overturned. The gun, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diary of the War
Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1900 · page 2
The following diary shows the progress of the war taken from official sources and despatches to the first of the year. Since then the attack on Ladysmith and the fighting at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonials in Action. Warm Fight Near Colesberg. a Tasmanian Wounded. Two War Correspondents Missing. W. J. Lambie and "Smiler" Hales. the Boers' Position. London
Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1900 · page 2
On Friday 50 Australian and Tasmanian mounted troops under the command of Captain C. St. Clair Cameron, of the Tasmanian Contingent,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Telegraph.] the War Funds. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1900 · page 2
The Patriotic Fund has now reached £18542 and the Bushmen's Contingent Fund £26,656. ADELAIDE, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Operations Before Ladysmith. General Buller Again Retires. an Untenable Position. Avoiding a Boer Trap. Lord Roberts at Modder River. Fighting Around Colesberg. Gallant Work by the Australians War Correspondents Missing. Sir Francis Clery Invalided. [Reuter's Messages.] Operations Before Ladysmith. Buller Again Retires. Heavy Shelling by the Enemy. a Boer Report Confirmed. Lieutenant-generalclery Invalided. London
Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1900 · page 2
Considerable consternation has been caused in London by the receipt of news through a Boer source that General Buller, who on Monday crossed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A French Strategist on the War
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2
Colonel Villebois Mareuil, of the French army, who is General Joubert's chief of staff, has written to a friend in London the following interesting and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Telegraph.] the War Funds. Sydney, Tuseday
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2
The Bushmen's Contingent Fund has reached £26,679 and the Patriotic Fund £19,106. Included in the latter amounts is £14, realised from the sale of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Australians in a Corner. a Hot Conflict. the Enemy Defied. Three Men Wounded. London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2
During a skirmish at Pietsberg, near Slingersfontein, in Cape Colony, 20 of the West Australians, commanded by Captain H. G. Moor, discovered the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Reassuring News From Ladysmith. the West Australian Engagement. One Man Killed. War Correspondent Lambie Killed. London, Monday Afternoon
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2
Reassuring heliograph messages have been received from Ladysmith. The garrison, says Lieutenant-General White, is able to hold out for weeks yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. the War. Operations in Natal. Cape Colony Loyalists. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Monday Afternoon
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 4
The British were in the act of seizing a Vicker's-Maxim gun at Vaal Krantz, north of the Tugela River, when a team of horses from Commandant Viljoen's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Reassuring News From Ladysmith. Buller to Make a Fourth Advance. Warm Fighting Near Colesberg. Australian Troops Engaged. One Killed and Several Missing. War Correspondent Lambie Killed. Numerous Narrow Escapes. Lord Roberts' Movements. [Reuter's Messages.] Before Ladysmith. Buller Intends Another Advance. the Boers Operating. Narrow Escape of the Queen's Grandson. London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2
Major-General Lyttelton, whose troops occupied Vaal Krantz when the British crossed tho Tugela River on Monday, reports that the position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
Western Grazier · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2
THE was from the front this week is not what we expected. In the first place we have all been somewhat raised by General BULLEN'S speech, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War Items
Western Grazier · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 3
The "Daily Chronicle" states that if the Boers continue to arm the natives, England may consider the employment of Indians for garrison…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Risks Run by War Correspondents
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2
Cable advices just to hand announce the death of Mr. W. J. Lambie, representing one important section of the Australian Press, and the capture of Mr. Alfred Hales, also on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Funds. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2
The Bushmen's Contingent Fund has reached £26,957 and the Patriotic Fund £19,478…
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