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A quarter of an hour afterwards we were [?] seated in Albert's library and smoking room, and then I showed him the letter and told him what I had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Royal Engineers with Lord Roberts in the Free State are sapping towards General Cronje's laager, with the object of attacking the enemy at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British cordon around General Cronje's diminishing force on the Modder River in the Free State is daily growing closer. The Gordon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queen yesterday visited Netley Military Hospital, and told the wounded soldiers there of Cronje's surrender and the British victory. Each man was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British casualties at Paa[?]de Berg and Koedoes Rand on the 18th instant (Sunday week) are now officially stated to have been 740. Those figures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts, in a second despatch to the War Office, explains that the repeated defeats by Major-General French's brigade of the Boer reinforcements so…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Roberts has telegraphed to the War Office giving particulars of the surrender of General Crouje. He states that four howitzers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of our war correspondents, in the cou[?]e of a private letter to a friend, gives some vivid pictures of the realities of war under modern conditions:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Patriotic Fund has now reached £23,456, and the Bushmen's Cantingent Fund, £29,955…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHEN the appointment of valuers, for which purpose a special meeting of the council was held last night, had been made, Alderman Hendry said he wished the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After smart fighting, 800 Boera near Brooifontein, in the Colesberg district, were forced to retire by the troops under Major-General Clements. The Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Major-General Downes, the Victorian Commandant, says he is greatly surprised at the positive declaration of complications ia England contained in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Buller has informed the War Office by cable that he has captured the enemy's main position on the road to Ladysmith and has taken 60 prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is announced by the War Office that Ladysmith has been relieved. LATER. The War Office reports that Major-General the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cronje, when he surrendered to Lord Roberts on Tuesday morning, rode into the British camp on a Boer pony, attired as a civilian. He appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five thousand Boers were withdrawn from Natal up to Friday last. Commandos are hastening to Bloemfontoin from all directions and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The N. S. W. Patriotic Fund has now reached £25,864 and the Bushmen's Contingent Fund £30,170…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Agent General for Victoria has been making inquiries with the view of ascertaining the position that colonial soldiers engaged in South Africa occupy in regard to Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts officially reports that Commandant Cronje capitulated unconditionally at daylight Tuesday, and that the whole of his force numbering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring the fighting at, Jamestown, in northern Cupe Colony, when Brigadier-General Brabant surprised the Boers and captured the town, 50 men were…
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