The War. Foreign Officers Captured. London, Sunday Afternoon
Lord Roberts has captured Count Sternberg, an Austrian military attache. General Baron von Dam, chief of the Boer artillery, has been captured by General…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,602 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 16 of 81
TELEGRAPHIC. The War. 3000 Boers Killed. Austrian and German Generals Captured. Foreigners Rushing to Help the Boers. Boer Soldiers Describe Cronje's Conduct in Not Surrendering As Murder. Bravo! Fighting "Bob." London, Monday, 2 p.m
The very latest particulars to hand yesterday was to the effect that Joubert, in a letter found in the deserted trenches at Elands Laagte Hill, stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. the War. Cronje in a Burrow. Transport in Danger. London, Monday Afternoon
General Cronje is using rockets with a view to attracting assistance. The surrounded Boers have burrowed into the river banks in a shell-proof rabbit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Feeling at Pretoria. Cronje's Position Hopeless. Willing to Surrender. Probable Overtures for Peace. Reinforcements Routed. Many Prisoners Captured. General Buller Advancing. London, Feb. 26
The surrounded Beer force under General Cronje at the Modder is confined in the river bed. The dimensions of the confined area are—Length, 2 miles; breadth, 150ft.; depth 50ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Boers Surrounded. No Intention of Surrendering. Cordon of Artillery Tightened. a Devastating Fire. Green Lyddite Fumes. Cronje Refuses His Wife's Appeal. Operations in Natal. General Buller's Cautious Advance. London, Feb. 24
On Tuesday three batteries of field artillery and two naval 12-pounders were being directed against General Cronje's force from the south bank of the river, while on the…
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The TIMES Correspondent at Delagoa Bay states that great consternation prevails at Pretoria, that Cronje’s position is regarded as hopeless, that Commandant Botha…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Battle with Cronje. London
The British, with fifty grins, bombarded Cronje on Monday and Tuesday, adding to his loss, Cronje asked for twenty-tour honrs’ armistice to b[?]y his dead. Lord Kitchener replied: “ Not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. Cronie's Position Willing to Surrender. Irish Brigade Lose Heavily. Unconditional Surrender. Entire Forces Prisoners. Invasion of the Free State. Buller's Operations. Australians in Action. London, Feb. 26
On Thursday the bombardment by the British was intermittent, but on Friday it was resumed in full strength. At the same time the British forces…
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Her Majesty the Queen visited the Military Hospital at Netley yesterday and told the wounded soldiers lying in the wards of General Cronje's surrender…
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Among the wounded at Paarde Berg were Corporal Owens, severely, and Private G. Chesher slightly. Both are of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Cronje’s Hopeless Position
LONDON, Monday.—The Times correspondent at Delagoa Bay reports that he has received trustworthy information which shows that the recent British successes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the War. Cronje's Capitulation. on Amajuba Day. Roberts Reinforced. London, Tuesday Afternoon
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has forwarded the following despatch to the War Office:— Paardeberg, February 27…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Buller's Advance. Royal Sympathy. Campaign Hardships. London, Wednesday Afternoon. Advance to Ladysmith
General Sir Redvers Buller reports that he has captured the enemy's main position. He has taken 60 prisoners. Later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Cronje Surrenders Unconditionally. After Desperate Fighting. Repulse of Reliefs. Boers Concentrating. General Buller's Advance. London, Feb, 27
The cordon around General Cronje's forces is daily being more closely drawn. On Friday the 1st battalion of the Gordon Highlanders rushed 200 yards in advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Details of Capitulation. Four Thousand Prisoners. Enthusiasm in Great Britain. Gallant Canadians. Foreign Feeling. Heavy Losses. London, Feb. 28
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has cabled as follows:— "Four howitzers which I received from Do Aar intensified the bombardment of General Cronje's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War
THE horrors of war are being presented to the Boers in a manner which will convince oven the most desperate and determined that the conflict they have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes
Police Constable Sharp, of the Blackburn Force, who is a private in the lst Shropshire, with Lord Methuen, Writes to a friend:—"While we were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters From the War
Lieutenant Griffin has received a letter from Arundel from Lieutenant Osborne, and another one from Potfrontein Warrant Officer Duncan, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War the Strategy of the Campaign
I propose now (writes the military expert of the Daily News) to speak of the comments of the German general recently published. I do not see how…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest War News. Ladysmith Relieved. London, March 1
The War Office officially announces that Ladysmith has been relieved. A detachment of Australian troops occupied Mocifontein, after a sharp…
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