The Latest. the War. Stubborn Defence by Five Cavalrymen. the Boers and Johannesberg. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Friday, Afternoon. Five Against Four Hundred
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2
FIVE cavalrymen of E Squadron, belonging to Kitchener's command, were guarding a farm at the Riet River on February 15th when they were surrounded by four hundred Boers. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. the Koorn Spruit Ambush. New Zealanders Captured. British Prisoners Recaptured. Attack on Major-general Brabant. Boers Claim a Victory. Record Shelling of Mafeking. Colonel Plumer in Action. London, April 6
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2
At the Koorn Spruit ambush 17 of Major Robins' New Zealand Mounted Infantry were captured. The remainder of the New Zealanders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2
By re-occupying Ladybrand and retaking Thaba ‘Nchu, Commandant Olivier struck the only vulnerable point in Lord Roberts’ position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Olive Schreiner’s Sister on the War
Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 4
IT is well-known that the members of the Schreiner family do not see eye to eve on the question of the hour in South Africa. Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Australian on the War. Letter From an Old Yassite at Cape Town
Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2
THE following extracts from letters recently received from a former Yass resident, who has been living for some time at Cape Town, shows very plainly the feeling that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Africa. New Zealanders Captured. British Prisoners Rescured. Attack on Major-general Brabant. British Force Captured. Five Companies Surrender. Engagement at Boshof. London, April 6
Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 4
LONDON, April 6. AT the Koorn Spruit ambush seven-teen of Major Robson's Now Zealand Mounted Infantry were captured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War's Victims
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 1
Our losses have (says the Daily News Weekly) been heavy in the war up to the present time, But how do they compare with the death rate in other wars of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Colonial War Funds
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4
The Daily Mail in an article to-day makes complimentary reference to Australian liberality as displayed in the war funds, especially the Argus Tommy Atkins (Kipling) fund,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War London
Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2
THERE were 3200 Boers in the Reddesberg fight. The British losses were 10 killed, 35 wounded and 546 prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sinews of War. April 7
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4
President Kruger is minting at Pretoria coins similar to English sovereigns and bearing the date 1892. He declares that the ou[?]ut of gold from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Story of Koornspruit. British Asleep and Without Outposts. London, Monday Afternoon
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2
A sensational account of the Koornspruit incident, when the British under Colonel R. G. Broadwood lost 450 men, 80 waggons, and seven field-guns, has been published…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Cause of Roberts's Delay. Fever Among Prisoners. Dispatch of Bluejackets. London, Sunday Afternoon
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4
The remounts for Lieutenant-General French's cavalry division, now with Field-Marshal Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein, are arriving rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. a British Force Captured. 546 Prisoners Taken. Engagement at Boshof. No Boers Escape. M Mareuil Killed. London, April 7
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2
It is officially announced that on Wednesday a strong Boer force surrounded three companies of the Royal Irish Rides and two companies of the 9th Mounted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Advance of Lord Roberts. Reason of the Delay. the Reddersburg Capture. Threatened Invasion of Basutoland. Raiding Surrendered Free Staters. London, April 9
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2
The advance of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts from Bloemfontein has been delayed, owing to the many attacks of pneumonia among his troops caused by the lightness of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. a British Force Captured. Fighting for 21 HOURS. 546 Prisoners Taken. Koorn Spruit Ambush. Losses of Australian Troops. Engagement at Boshof. No Boers Escape. M. Mareuil Killed. London, April 7
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4
It is officially announced that on Wednesday a strong Boer force surrounded three companies of the Royal Irish Rifles and two companies of the 9th Mounted Infantry who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London Monday
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 3
The force captured at Reddersburg formed portion of General Gatacre[?]s command. The column occupied an indefensible position without food or water for twenty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Another Disaster.the Ambush. Engagement at Boshof. Fight at Reddersburg. London
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4
It is officially reported that a strong Boer force with four .guns, on Wednesday surrounded and captured at Reddersburg three companies of the Royal Irish Rifles and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in South Africa. Lord Roberts's Advance. the Capture at Reddersburg. Free Staters Re-arming. Mafeking Still Safe. Trench Undermined. Wepener Isolated. London, April 9
Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4
THE advance of Lord Roberts has been delayed, owing to the many attacks of pneumonia among his troops caused by the lightness of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Communicable Diseases.—the Imagination May Affect Nervous and Mental Complaints, But Cannot Create Bacilli.—unwise Statements Intended to Allay Fears May Have the Effect of Leading to the Neglect of Precautions.—guerilla War Against Rats.—suggestions
Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 2
FORMERLY many persons thought that men and women might contract diseases through imagining that they had them. The medical profession…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2
The column captured by the Boers at Reddersburg formed portion of Lieutenant-General Gatacre’s command. It was while returning from a reconnaissance…
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