The War. a General's Last Words. Volunteers. Smuggling in Arms. General Buller's Force. London, Monday. "Don't Blame Me."
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2
The last words at Magersfontein of General Wauchope, who was killed in the attack there, were—"For God's sake, men, don't blame me for this."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Facts About Soldiers
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 1
A curious regimental custom is now in vogue with one English regiment. The captain and subaltern of the day always sit down to mess with their swords on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal War. Fighting Near Ladysmith. the Enemy Repulsed. General Buller's Reconnaissance. Engagement Near Colesberg. Heavy Boer Losses. the Siege of Mafeking. London, Jan. 6
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 4
General Sir Redvers Buller, near the Tugela River, is directing effective scouting operations. His artillery is also doing effective work. Eighty-three guns are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3
General French reports that four companies of the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment made a night attack on the enemy. The Boers sounded the British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How the War News Comes
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2
ALL the cables from Africa are in the [?] of British companies. By international con[?]tion, says the GLOBE, priority is always given to Government telegrams from whatever quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. General French’s Column. London
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2
With a view to re-opening communication with Bothâs Drift by the waggon bridge, 1000 B[?] at 5 oâclock on Thursday morning, attacked the British left flank three miles north of Colesberg. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Fighting Around Ladysmith Fiercest of the Campaign. Boer Losses Heavy. Seventy British Captured. Kuruman Bombarded. Attack on Ladysmith. Boers Repulsed at Every Point. Enemy's Losses Heavy. London, Jan. 8
Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4
FURTHER particulars are to hand of the fighting around Ladysmith. Genera Joubert, attacked the British at Besters, due west of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →History of the Transvaal War
Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4
K[?] After the conference at Bloomfo[?] I offer a seven years’ franchise with restrictions. Chamberlain—I demand a seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Munitions of War for the Transvaal
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2
It has transpired that in 1895 the Afrikander Bond party in the Cape House of Assembly secured the appointment of two examiners of Customs at Capetown, and that these officials passed the import…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Siege of Ladysmith. Another Great Battle
Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2
LONDON, Monday.—Yesterday’s brief announcement that Lieutenant-General Sir George S. White, commanding the beleaguered British garrison at Ladysmith, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Ladysmith. Boers Using Electric Wires. Enemy Abandon Territory. London, Tuesday. Ladysmith Secure
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4
According to newspaper correspondents no anxiety is felt as to the ability of Ladysmith to hold out. ELECTRIC WIRES…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dan Barry’s Dramatic Coy. “Soldiers of the Queen.”
Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2
THERE is no name more widely known in the eastern colonies of the Australian continent than Dan Barry’s, or more popular in the strictest sense with tens of thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. a Spy Sent to Ladysmith. Differences Between British Generals. the Fighting Near Colesberg. Plucky New Zealanders. London, Jan. 10
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2
General Joubert on Friday sent to Lieutenant-General Sir G. S. White an imaginary complaint by a messenger who carried the white flag, and who is believed to have been a spy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Complaints of Generalship. Closing of a Military College. American Sympathy with the Boers. Exhibiting Prisoners. London, Wednesday Afternoon. the Generalship at Magers-fontein
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2
Soldiers, in their letters home, abound in complaints about the generalship at Magersfontein. STRENGTHENING THE ARTILLERY. It is propose to strengthen the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. the Battle of Ladysmith. Boers Repulsed Everywhere. Seventeen Hours' Fighting. Entrenchments Taken and Retaken. Heavy Losses on the Side of the Enemy. Boers Between Colenso and Ladysmith. London, Jan. 9
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4
THE widespread suspense regarding the fate of Ladysmith was relieved late yesterday afternoon by the War Office published the heliogram from Lieutenant-General Sir G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Philippine War
Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2
The Americans have defeated the Filipinos at West Bacoor, killing many of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Summary of Events. London, Jan 3
The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3
The United State Government has instructed Mr. Joseph H. Choate (United States Ambassador to England) to obtain re[?]ross for the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Lecture by the Rev. Father Fagan
The Yass Courier · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2
The Rev. Father Fagan, of Coraki, delivered an able lecture at Swan Bay on the 17th November last on the war in South Africa. As one who has lived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. [By Telegraph] the Transvaal War. London
Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2
BRITISH soldiers writing home send numerous complaints about the generalship which led to the Magersfontein disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Engagement at Sunnyside. London, Jan 4
The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3
Later reports of the engagement at Sunnyside, in which the Canadian and Queensland troop routed the Boers, state that Private Victor Jones and…
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