The War
To-day we are able to supply some interesting particulars of the movement by which General French relieved. Kimberley last Thursday. There is reason to hope that a portion at least…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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Some Compensations for the Calamity of War
The Pall Mall Gazette publishes the following letters:— "Sir,—The following appear to me to come under the above description:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War the Relief of Kimberley. the Enemy Completely Surprised. Pursuit of the Enemy. Hot Fight at Riet River. Magnificent Work by the Army. Boers Outflanked. Many Taken Prisoners. Boer Reinforcements Intercepted. Australians Behave Splendidly. the Believing Column Frantically Welcomed. Boer Positions Threatened. Colonial Forces for Imperial Service. Fierce Fighting at Rensburg. Brilliant Bayonet Charge by the Colonials. London, Feb. 17
Lieutenant-General French's column covered 75 miles in four days. His movement was encumbered by a supply train. He fought two engagements. The brigade under the command of…
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It is rumored at Lorenzo Marques that Kruger intends very soon to expel all British subjects from the Transvaal. Sir Alfred Milner has…
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At a military church parade which took place on Sunday at St. Francis' Roman Catholic Church, Paddington, the preacher, Father Fitzgerald, O.F.M., concluding his sermon said they were proud…
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The Kimberley garrison and townsfolk frantically received General French. The news of the relief was received…
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General French relieved Kimberley on Thursday. Lord Roberts' column is at Jacobsdal. Lord Roberts' force consists of…
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A LETTER has been received in Capetown from a yount Dutch colonist, who has succeeded i" malting his escape from bloemfontein. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Roberts Advancing. for the Relief of Kimberley. on the Hills Across the Modder. Cronje's Communications Cut. London, February 15
Field-Marshall Lord Roberts has described as brilliant the operations for the relief of Kimberley on the western frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Rulief of Khiebrley. British. Success. Operations in the Free State. Beers in Retreat. The Welcome at Kimberley. LONDON
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has arrived at Jacobsdal. Major-General J. D. P. French's cavalry division reached Kimberley on Thursday, the 15th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War Lord Robert's Brilliant Movement Mobility of General French's Mounted Division. a Splendid Achievement. the Boers Almost Subrounded. Pursuit of Cronje. a Battle at Klip Drift. Commandant Cronje Completely Surprised. Congratulations From the Queen. the Position at Ladysmith. General Buller Distinguishes Him-self. British Losses Light. Fighting at the Riet River. London, Feb. 19
The movement planned by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, leading to the relief of Kimberley, and causing the Boers to retreat from their strongholds between Magerstontein and Jacobedal, is…
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Constable Gill, of the Nowra police stuff, has received the following letter from his brother William, a gunner of the New South Wales Permanent Artillery, now serving in the South African…
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General French has relieved Kimberley. He reached that town on Thursday. Lord Roberts' column is at…
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THE news of Lord Roberts' victories and the relief of Kimberley has put quite a new complexion on the situation in South Africa…
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WHEN I was a young boy my father used to tell men how cruel the Boers were, yet I never paid any particular attention to it until 1893, when I…
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YESTERDAY afternoon, at the invitation of Miss Luscombe, we visited. Lustleigh, the resideuce of Mrs. Luscombe. senr., to view the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War Victorians in Action. a Detachment Entrapped and Almost Annihilated. Heroic Struggle Against Thousands. the Boers and the Australians. Capture of a Boer Laager. Reorganisation of the Army. General Buller Busily Engaged. the Irish Fusiliers Take Green Hill. Dr. Leyds's Explanation. the Relief of Kimberley Complete. Lord Methuen at Kimberley. General Cronie's Forces Surrounded. a British Convoy Captured. Major-general Button Accused of Insubordination. London, Feb. 20
A troop of Inniskilling Dragoons and a attachment of Victorian defended the kopjes west of Bastard's Nek, near Rensburg, until the enemy attacked them shells from a 40-pounder gun…
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The following were wounded at Kimberley : — Lieut. Brasaey, the Ninth Lancers; Capt. Tasen, Sixteenth Laneers ; and a Quesenslander…
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To date 524 man have been enrolled in the Bushmen's Contingent. The subscriptions to the Bushmen's Contingent Fund now total £27,928…
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I read the war news through and through With all-absorbed attention, And little has escaped my view That you, I think, can intention…
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