Methuen Slightly Wounded
London, December 1,--No official details have been published of the battle at Mokler River. Two messages giving an account of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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The Wounded Progressing Favourably. Dec. 2
Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen has despatched a telegraphic message to the Queen stating that the wounded are progressing favourably…
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THE casualties wore few, but they were horrifying (writes the S. M. Herald's war correspondent from Ladysmith). One poor fellow had his thing shaved away so that the…
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THE English mails to hand furnish interesting items concerning the war. A "Standard" correspondent, who was captured by the Boers in a goods train on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Boer War. the Relief of Ladysmith Boers Massing. the Battle of Modder River Lord Methuen Wounded. the Australian Contingent General Buller's Advance. 18.000 British at Frere
London. December 1, 1.33 p.m.--The Boers are massing at Grobler's Kop, and there are probably 2000 at [?] Outpost fighting has commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. [By Telegraph.] Transvaal War. London
LORD METHUEN was reinforced by the Argyll Sutherland Highlanders, on the eve of an engagement. Heavy losses by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. the War. the Sixth Army Division. Whites Commandeered. General Clery: at Colenso. London, Monday Afternoon
IT has been finally decided that Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, who succeeded General Buller in command of the Aldershot District, will command the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[Reuter's Telegrams]. the War. London, Sunday. Arrival of the Kent. the Loyalty of Cape Colony. Highlanders Lose Heavily
The troopship Kent, having on board the first portion of the New South Wales forces, which sailed from Sydney for South Africa, has arrived safely at Port Elizabeth. At…
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THE Northumberland Fusiliers, one battalion of which is now on the west frontier of the Orange Free State, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. British Casualties. Australian and Canadian Troops. Battle of Grasspan. Additional Details. Relief of Ladysmith. London, Dec. 2. Battle of Modder River
The British casualties in the engagement at Modder River on Tuesday numbered 438…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. the Battle of Modder River. Disloyalty Amongst the Cape-dutch. Strength of the British Forces. the Australian Troops. a Boer Laager Captured. London, Dec. 4
THE Boers were very strongly entrenched on both banks of the Modder River and also on an island in the middle of the river. The position of the enemy was especially strong on the northern bank, where it…
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“At the Battle of Modder River the Beers were very Strongly entrenched on both banks also on an island in the middle of the river. The fighting is described as being terrific,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Belief of Ladysmith.the Battle of Modder River. Britain and the Powers the Relief of Ladysmith. London
The Boers are massing at Grower’s Hop, and there-are probably 2000 at Colenso. Outpost fighting has commenced. General Buller. in command of 18,000 men, is at Frere. The Boer[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Battle of Modder River. Strength of the Forces. Transport Ashore. Later Particulars of the Battle. an Indecisive Victory. Bravery by Coldstreams. Retreat of Boers. Siege of Mafeking. London, Dec. 4
FURTHER particulars of the battle at Modder river state that the Beers were very strongly entrenched on both banks of the river and also on…
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The Queen has presented at Windsor Castle a Union Jack to a number of nurses who have offered their services in connection with the war in South Africa. In welcoming the nurses her Majesty…
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ALL night the wounded lay upon the field after the bloody battle of Elands Langte, for the last charge of the Lancers through the demoralised Boer ranks took place in actual darkness. So bad was the light…
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LONDON, Monday.—At the battle of Modder River the Boers were very strongly entrenched on both banks, and also on an island in the middle of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Appeal to End the War
Numbers of Boer women have visited the Boer lines around Ladysmith, and have implored General Joubert to end the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape of a War Correspondent
Earl de la Warr, correspondent for the Globe, was nearly shot while assisting the wounded at Modder River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Battle of Modder River. Weenen Evacuated. Lord Methuen. Tugela Bridge. London, Tuesday Afternoon
Further particulars are now coming rapidly to hand in connection with the Battle of Modder River on the 28th ult., between Lord Methnen's Kimberley relief force and the Boor commandos under…
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