Advantages of a Soldier's life
I would that it were in my power to convey to the reader who has had the fortune to live with troops on service, some just appreciation of the compensations of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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Transvaal War Ladysmith Again Bombarded. Pretoria to Be Shelled. Arrival of Reinforcements at Capetown. Kimberley Safe So Far. Accident to a Troopship. the Very Latest. London, Nov. 10
The bombardment of Ladysmith has been resumed by the enemy. The irresponsive attitude of the Cape Dutch is hampering the invasion of Cape Colony by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Decisive Britise Victories. on the Free State Fronter. Strengthening the Boer Force quick-Wiring Guns From prteric Irresponsible Ralding parties Twenty Boer Bunaways Shot. LONDON
ALTHOUGH no official report of Thursday's battle, which took place on Tatham's Farm, near Besters, has yet come to hand, a circumstantial…
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NOT much that is sensational appears in the messages sent yesterday from the seat of war in South Africa. In Natal, while the Boers have re-occupied Colenso, on the route from…
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It is no secret now that in 1895 Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, when Secretary for War in the Rosebery Cabinet, intended that Sir Redvers Buller should succeed the Duke of Cambridge as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War Heliograph Signals. Reinforcements at Capetown. Kimberley Surrounded and Besieged. a Conflict at Belmont. Colonel C. E. Keith Falconer Killed. Attack on Mafeking. the Boers Repulsed and 50 Killed. Departure of Reinforcements. the Position at Kimberley. Boers Capture a British Position. Defence of Durban. London, Nov. 11
A heliograph station baa been established by the British south of Colenso. It is hoped that communication with Ladysmith will be secured by this means…
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Numbers of Boers living in the Western Transvaal are preparing to migrate to German South Africa. Generals Methuen and Gatacre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War Notes. Sydney, Monday, 10 p.m
The news to-day is very cheery, considering the military situation at Ladysmith, Kimberley, Mafeking, and now at Belmont (beyond Hopetown) and the undefended towns in northern Cape Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Ladysmith Again Bombarded. Pretoria to Be Shelled. Reinforcements at Capetown. London, Nov. 10
The bombardment of Ladyesmith has been resumed by the enemy. The irresponsible attitude of the Cape Dutch in hampering the invasion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Injured Soldier. [By Telegraph] Sydney
SHRGEANT HANSON, of the Australian Horse, who fell yesterday from his horse, has regained consciousness and is better to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Attack on Ladysmith. No Damage Done. The White Flag again Fired on. Seize of Kimberley—a Harmless Bombardment. Fighting near Belment. LONDON
THE irresponsible attitude of the Cape Dutch is said to be hampering the Boer invasion of northern Cape Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War the Enemy at Mafeking. Repulse of the Boers at Kenilworth. Belief of Ladysmith. General Bullee's Preparations. Free State Forces Awaiting the Boers. Boer Prisoners. Summoning the Reserves. How Colonel Keith-falconer Was Killed. the Boers at Belmont. Respect for the Gordon High-landers. London, Nov. 13
The total number of the enemy around Mafeking is estimated at 7000 men. The excellent formation of the trenches at Mafeking serves to minimise the losses in the engagements with the enemy. The…
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The Ministerial press in England disavows a declaration by the Radicals that Lord Salisbury in his Guild hall speech implied that there would be no…
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THE bombardment of Ladysmith has been resumed by the enemy. The irresponsive attitude of the Cape Dutch is hampering the invasion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War Topics
It cost the British Government £400,000 to transport the Indian troops to South Africa. To be a millionaire has its disadvantages. Mr. J. B. Robinson, supposed to be the richest man in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War and Blood. a World's Challenge. Bile Beans Stand Unrivalled the World Over As the Remedy of the Age. They Do More Than Believe Temporarily. They Cure for Keeps. the Proprietors Challenge Any-one to Produce As Good a Medicine at Ten Times the Cost
Some people think that it is an utter impossibility to produce a remedy, such as Bile Beans, at 1/1½d per box, and some of our competitors claim (because we have taken all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Transvaal War the Siege of Ladysmith. the Boers Reported to Be in a Bad Way. Servian Volunteers. Colonial Produce and Meat. the Future of South Africa. the Surrender of the Irish Fusiliers. an Impetuous Officer. General Buller to Have 100,000 Men. the Latest From Mafeking. Boer Losses. Position of Affairs at Ladysmith. Bombardment of Kimberley. the Very Latest. London, Nov. 4
Further particulars of the bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers under General Joubert have been received. On the 9th instant the enemy's guns were silenced after four hours' cannonading,…
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A man named Edward Baylise, aged forty, or no occupation, residing in Regent-street, was treated at the Hospital this Afternoon for a wound in his throat, which, though not deep, required nine…
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The steamer Cornwall, with the Queensland contingent on board, arrived at Albany from Sydney at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. One horse was lost on the voyage. Twenty members of the contingent…
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