The War
Two well-informed writers in our contemporaries have recently suggested that possibly all Sir Redvers Buller's later attempts to advance to Ladysmith are feints. The notion…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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War Topics
A war correspondent writing from De Asr states that over 100 horses taken to South Africa have died from disease. He also relates several instances where Australian troops have been mistaken for…
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GENERAL BULLER'S retirement was commenced on Wednesday night and carried out without special incident. The British casualties were mostly…
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Tremendous evens and changes take [?] 18 hours. We were all so pleased with Buller's third advance on Saturday night when I last wrote that, no one dreamed of his third retirement south of the Tugela to be followed up by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War Loud Roberts About to Strike. Casualties Among West Australians. Good Work by Victorians. Missing Tasmanians. Artillery for the British. the Bushmen's Fund. General Buller's Retirement Explained. Bravery of a New South Wales Officer. Withdrawal of the British to Rensburg. Offer of Troops From Canada. Heavy Death Rate at Kimberley. London, Feb. 13
Field-Marshall Lord Roberts in reviewing the Highland Brigade stationed at Modder River stated that the brigade would soon have a chance of avenging its reverse at Magersfontein. He said that be did…
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Mr. Simon Fraser, M.L.C., has sent a cheque for £1000 for the Victorian Bushmen's Contingent, and is ready to give another £1000 towards any further help required by the Empire…
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The following, forming part of an Advent pastoral letter from Bishop Tamer was read in the Roman Catholic churches in the diocese of…
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A PROFITABLE ENTERTAINMENT. REGRETS ABOUT WAR MOVEMENTS. A GREAT FORCE OF BOERS AT COLESBERG. A BRITISH FORCE COMPELLED TO RETIRE. COLONIAL MEN IN ACTION. BOERS ENCOURAGED BY GENERAL FRENCH'S REMOVAL. MAFEKING WELL PROVISIONED. CULLER AT CHIEVELEY. A series of tableaux, in which aristocratic and society amateurs joined at Beerbohm Tree's Theatre realised £6500 for the Widows and Orphans of the household troops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Loss Robert About to Strike. a Successful Campaign Predicted. Welcome Words to the Highlanders Magersfontein to be Avenged. Australian Casualties. A Missing Victorian. Who Assisted a Wounded Comrade. LONDON
FURTHER details of the reconnaissance on Friday by 50 Australian and Tasmanian troops under the command of Captain C. St. Clair Cameron,…
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A cablegram was received in Melbourne yesterday from Captain M'Inerney, of the First Victorian contingent, stating he has been slightly wounded near Rendsburg, and was a prisoner…
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It is a matter of indifference whether we like or dislike war; we are in it. It is a matter of indifference whether we are Boer or anti-Boer: we must fight him, crush him, and…
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Recent messages heliographed from Ladysmith are of a reassuring character, and declares that the garrison can hold out for weeks to come…
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Lord Roberts, in reviewing the Highlanders at Modeler River, said the brigade would soon have a chance of avenging Magersfontein. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Very Latest. Severe Fighting at Colesberg. Colonials in Action. Bravery of the Victorians. the British Retreat. London
Severe fighting has taken place in the neighbourhood of Colesberg, where the Boers outnumbered the British by 5 to 1. The enemy mounted a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War British Pressmen and the Boer Army. Boer Prisoners. Australian Troops Highly Complimented. Mounted Infantry Engaged. the British Closing in All Round. the Impending Blow. Commandant Cronje Isolated. Colonel Conyingham Killed. Women's Laager Shelled. Good Work by General French. London, Wednesday afternoon
Major Reay, Victorian war correspondent, and Captain Cameron, of the Tasmanians, with a white flag, visited the Boer commandant Delarey, blindfolded, and were shown the late Mr. Lambie's…
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SINCE we wrote last week events in South Africa have been such as to renew the anxiety of Britons all the world over. Sir Redvers Buller had crossed the Tugela with a great…
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Among the continental officers now on the Boers' staff is the German officer who, about two years ago sabred a civilian who accidentally bumped up against him while coming out of a cafe in Berlin. He was…
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THOSE who desire the continuance of the daily war telegrams and are willing to contribute towards defraying the cost of same will find a…
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A Capetown correspondent says:—"The offers of the Australian colonies to send further contingents have been welcomed here, as tending to increase our strength in cavalry, for the work of which arm…
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