The Transvaal War. London
Lord Methuen’s Kimberley relief column scored a complete victory over the Boers at Belmont on Thursday. The Boers occupied a strongly entrenched position…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
476 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 16 of 24
The Transvaal War. Battle at Belmont. N.S.W. Lancers. Enemy's Positions Captured. British Troops Under Fire. Flight of the Enemy. Position at Mafeking. London, Nov. 24
In consequence, it is believed, of the threatening attitude of the British on the south-eastern frontier of the Orange Free State, the Boers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A War Correspondent Wounded
Mr. F. F. Knight, the special war correspondent of the "Morning Post," was wounded by a dum dum bullet during the engagement at Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A War Correspondent Wounded. London, Nov. 26
Mr. F. F. Knight, the special war correspondent of the "Morning Post," was wounded by a dum dum bullet during the engagement at Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Brother to Earl Beauchamp Wounded
His Excellency Earl Beauchamp has received a cablegram to the effect that the Hon. Robert Lygon has been slightly wounded at the battle of Belmont. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Fund
Mr. R. L. Tooth, of New South Wales, has given £10,000 to the War Relief Fund. It was recently announced by cable that Sir Julian Salomons, the Agent-General for New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Relief Fund. London, Nov. 24
The subscriptions to the War Relief Fund have now reached £310,000. A large hospital ship has been fitted out with money supplied by the Princess of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Treachery of the Boers. London, Sunday Afternoon
The frequent use of the white flag by the Boers to obtain a temporary suspension of hostilities, and to draw officers or soldiers into the open, has aroused much bitterness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. British Advance. Fighting in Bechuanaland. London, Monday. British Advance Northwards
Ten thousand British troops are marching northwards from Estcourt towards Ladysmith. The Boers are rapidly retreating. The Boers are rapidly birdge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir W. Harcourt on the Crisis. Support for the Boers. No Suzerainty Mr. Kruger's Concessions. War Unjustifiable
[The following speech, delivered at Bradford, England, has been forwarded to us for publication by Mr. Argyle McCallum:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Battle at Belmont. Decisive Defeat of the Boers. the N.S.W. Lancers in Action. London, Nov. 24
The New South Wales Landers have had their first brush with the enemy near Arundel, about midway between Colesburg aud Naauw Poort…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. the Advance on Kimberley. the Enemy Again Defeated. the Boer Commandos Reported to Be Starving. President Kruger Seriously Ill. London, Nov. 27
President Kruger is suffering from Bright's Disease. He is seriously ill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Battle at Belmont. Decisive Defeat of the Boers. Flight of the Enemy. the N S.W. Lancers in Action. N.S.W. Lancers. London, Nov. 25
A detachment of the New South Wales Lancers under the command of Lieutenant S. F. Osborne was engaged in the fighting against the Boers at Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London
There has been six days continuous fighting near Kurmnans in Bechuanaland. The Boers, numbering five hundred, retired alter losing, thirty killed .and twenty-eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Great Battle at Belmont. the N.S.W. Lancers Engaged. LADYSMlTH’S Position.the Battle of Selmont. London
Lien tenant-General Lord Methnen, at daybreak on Thursday attacked, the Boers, who were in a strongly-entrenched position, at Belmont, and which was defended by five guns. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Advance on Kimberley. Battle at Grasspan. Six Days' Fighting. Boers Retreating. Advance on Kimberley. Safety of 9Th Lancers. Australians Eager. London, Nov. 27
President Kruger is suffering from Bright's disease. He is seriously ill. All the Beer commandos are reported to be in a starving condition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Fund
The coalminers of Wales heave each given 6d to the. War Relief Fund, and will each contribute to the fund 1d per week during the continuance of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
LONDON, Monday.—Another sharp fight has taken place between the Boers and Lord Methuen’s column advancing to the relief of Kimberley. A force of 2500…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost of the War
Speaking at a gathering of the National Union of Conservatives at Dowsbury last night, Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury., in referring to the situation in South Africa, said that although it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Relief Fund
The War Relief Fund amounts to £326,000. Sir T. J. Lipton has given £10,000 to the Princess of Wales, to be expended at…
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