War Cranks and Others. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—Arthur Edward further he makes me emphasise an unpublished portion of my last letter, that "if mentally his inferior, physically I may be his equal." May I…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 p.m, the War. Operations in Natal. British Moving Northward. Troops in High Spirits. the Boer Retreat. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Thursday Afternoon
The municipality of Toronto, in Canada, is insuring the lives of the local members of the Canadian contingent. The transport Persic has been delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Boer War. Operations in Natal. British Cross the Tugela. Shelling the Enemy. Smallpox in the Boer Camps. Australians Caught in an Ambush. Five Men Killed. [Reuter's Messages.] Operations in Natal. Crossing the Tugela. Successful British Movement. Shelling the Boer Positions. London
A series of interesting telegrams have been received in London from Northern Natal. The Times correspondent at the front…
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The fourth armoured train has left Durhan for the front. Thirty-one members of the London Stock Exchange, and 81 clerks, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australians Caught in Ambush. How the Disaster Occurred. One Trooper Killed: Several Wounded. a Gallant Fight. London
The mishap to the New South Wales Lancers and Australian Horse at Rendsburg, in northern Cape Colony, is attributed to treachery on the part of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Advance on Ladysmith. Buller Determined. Strength of British Forges. Shelling the Boers. Colonials in a Trap. a Gallant Fight. One Killed and Several Wounded. Fourteen Prisoners. [Reuter's Messages.] Operations in Natal. Marching on Ladysmith. the British Movement. General Buller Addresses the Troops. Expressions of Determination. London
The War Office has received a cable from Lord Roberts, in South Africa, stating that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren hoped to be able to turn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. in South Cape Colony. Some Lively Encounters with with the Enemy. New Zealanders Engaged. Some Australians Ambushed London, Jan [?]
The New South Wales Mount[?] Rifles, with Major Remington's [?] drove a party of Griqualand West rebels from Prieska Drift, and chased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 p.m. the War. Patriotic Hobart. Refuses a Hearing to Mr. Holman, M.P. Jack Tars Control the Meeting. the Australian Troops. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Bushmen's Contingent Fund has reached £22,600 and the Patriotic Fund £13,581. MELBOURNE, Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War and Trade. Adelaide
The war has given a considerable impetus to the local grain trade. During the past week several consignments of breadstuffs were made to ports accessible to the seat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. the War. the March on Ladysmith. Further British Successes. General French's Forces. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Sunday Afternoon
The men of the Royal Engineers constructed the pontoon bridge over the Tugela River for the passage of Sir Charles Warren's troops in two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. British Advance on Ladysmith. Heavy Fighting En Route. Lyttleton's and Clery's Brigades. Ridge After Ridge Taken. British Losses Not Heavy. Ladysmith Garrison Jubilant. the Relief of Mafeking. Five Thousand Horse Advancing. [Reuter's Messages.] the March on Ladysmith. Positions of the Two Armies. Progress of the British Troops. Difficulties of Transport. Two "Magnificent Feats." London
The newspaper correspondents at the front with General Buller telegraph that since the British advance on Ladysmith commenced the bulk of the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. the War. British Reinforcements. Care of the Wounded. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Monday Afternoon
Three batteries of artillery and 5000 soldiers have arrived in South Africa since Friday. Sir William M'Cormac, the eminent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Funds. SYDNEY,Tuesday
The Patriotic Fund has reached £14,000 and the Bushmen's Contingent Fund £23,061. MELBOURNE, Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Key of the Position Held. Particulars of the Fighting. an Idea of the Losses. Nearly 300 British Wounded. London, Monday (Noon)
Sir Charles Warren, by swinging round a portion of his division and occupying the points vacated by the Boers, has secured a rough tableland,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Result of a War Argument. a Man Killed. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Two men (Robert Hampton, aged 38, and Richard Watson) quarrelled in a hotel at Ballarat over tho Boer war. Hampton expressed Boer sympathies, and was afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. the March on Ladysmith. Heavy and Continuous Fighting. a Series of British Successes. Several Boer Positions Taken. British Lose 290 Wounded. Artillery and Bayonet Combats. News From Mafeking. Plumer's Horse at Gaberones. an Engagement at Colesberg. [Reuter's Messages.] the March on Ladysmith. British Still Advancing. Heavy Fighting. Sir Gharles Warren's Successes. Storming the Boer Positions. London
Sir Charles Warren, with a field battery of artillery, on Saturday attacked the northern ridge of Spion Kop, where the Boers were strongly entrenched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the War. the March on Ladysmith. Further British Successes. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Sanday Afternoon
The men of the Royal Engineers constructed the pontoon bridge over the Tugela River for the passage of Sir Charles Warren's troops in two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General War Items
General Rundle has been appointed to the command of the eighth division of the Army Corps. "Seventy-two guns, 3710 men, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. the War. the Yeomanry. Two South Australians Enlist. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Tuesday Afternoon
A company of the Bedfordshire Regiment is going to South Africa as Yeomanry. After the war the regiment, it is expected, will be disbanded owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[By Telegraph.] the War Funds. Sydney
The Patriotic Fund now amounts to £14,399 and the Bushmen's Contingent Fund to £23,280…
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