The Transvaal War
BARKED wire has been placed across the bottom of the Tugela River fords. The guns captured by the Boers at the battle. on the 15th inst., were thrown into…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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The Transvaal War. General Buller's Forces. Necessity for Mounted Troops. Great Event Impending. Investment of Ladysmith. Sortie From Mafeking. German Steamer Captured. Depression in Pretoria. London, December 29
MOST of Lieutenant-General Warren's division of 11,000 men, who lately arrived in batches at Capetown, have arrived in Natal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Indian War Fund
The Indian War Relief Fund now amounts to £12,000. The men of the 3rd Bengal Cavalry, a corps of mixed native races, have donated a day's pay to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes. Criticism of British Tactics
The Evening News correspondent, writing from Estcourt, November 19, says:—Up to now the history of the war has been a chapter of British reverses, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War, the Accursed. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—Canon Pitichard hopes your readers will not be misled by what he is pleased to term "the clever fullaey "of "Pax Vobiscum." I have no desire to so mislead the public, nor do I admit having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Boers Out-manœuvred. the Siege Train. Reinforcements. London
After a series of reverses the tide of the South African campaign seems to be once again flowing in Great Britain's favour in one of the most important districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Delay of Transport Equipments. Colonial Contracts Urged. London, Jan. 1
The great delay which has arisen in the delivery of the transport equipments of the First Army Corps now in South Africa is hampering the mobility of the forces commanded by General Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the War. American Sympathy. Tax on Mines. an Offer Declined. Reported Successful Sortie. London, Sunday. American Sympathy with the Boers
The New York and Boston City Councils have carried resolutions in favour of the Boers. TAX ON MINES…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. a Great Event Impending. Boers Recross the Tugela. Closer Investment of Lady Smith. Sharp Skirmish at Victoria West. Sortie From Mafeking. a Steamer Captured at Delagoa Bay. London, Dec. 30
THE special war correspondent of the Morning Post at Chieveley, where General Sir Redvers Buller has nearly 30,000 men, states that a great event is impending…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Delay of Transports. Boers Withdraw to Colesberg. Affairs in Cape Colony. Colesberg Occupied. London, Jan. 1
THE great delay in the deliver of the transport equipments of the First Army cops in South Africa is hampering the mobility of General Buller's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pause in the War.—temporary Checks Hotwithstanding. the Main Design of the Boer Invasion Frustrated by the British.—defensive Versus Offensive Warfare.— Colonial Assistance to the Mother-country.—unfriendly Critics.—hopes and Fears of Continental Intervention Equally Baseless
THE pause in warlike operations in South Africa gives opportunity for consideration of the circumstances, present and precedent, of the conflict…
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The movements of the British armies at the Cape are being greatly hampered by the delay in transport equipments. The Daily Mail declares that Sir Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Demand for Horses
A MATTER of the utmost importance to horse breeders throughout the district is announced by the fact that Major Thompson of the Imperial Army will visit Yass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Sir Garnet Wolseley on Our Guns. the Boers in Strong Force at Tugela. London, Tuesday. Armoured Train
An armoured train has arrived at Estcourt. EUROPEAN ADVENTURERS. European adventurers are entering Delagoa Bay under the guise of the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Colesberg Occupied. a Successful Flank Movement. the Enemy Dismayed. Fighting Near Dordrecht. Railway to Colenso Destroyed. London, Jan. 1
WHEN the Boers were compelled by Major-General French to vacate Rensberg a strong force of British artillery and cavalry harassed the enemy whilst in retreat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Colonial Troops in Action. the Enemy Completely Routed. Forty Prisoners Captured. Enthusiasm in Canada. the British Victory at Colesberg. London, Jan. 2
The Queensland and Victorian troops were hotly engaged yesterday at Sunnyside, near the Modder River, about 20 miles north-west of Belmont. Jan. 3…
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It was master in the art of war who epilomised the importance of transport in the pithy sentence that an army marches on its belly. THe truth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War with the Indians
A DESPATCH from Guadalajara, Mexico, says that the 20th Infantry Regiment, in command of General Torres, has been called into the campaign against…
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The siege of Kuraman, in British Bechuanaland, has been raised, the Boers having withdrawn from the neighbour hood of the town…
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The soldiers were in the front with Christmas festivities and sports at Ladysmith, and treated 200 children to a Christmas tree…
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