Transvaal War the British Occupy Stormberg. Further Boer Reverses. on the Road to Kimberley. Siege of Mafeking. Four Thousand Boers Surrounded. Congratulations From the Mikado. Losses of the Believing Column. Boers Near Osfontein. Celebrating Majuba Day. Boers Fight Stubbornly at Dordrecht. What Ladysmith Cost in British Blood. Basutos Jubilant. London, March 6
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 3
Reuter's correspondent reports that the Boers evacuated their position at Stormberg, north of Sterkstroom, on Sunday night. Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, with his…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3
The South Australian Bushman's Contingent, consisting of 100 men, with 120 horses, embarked at Adelaide on the transport steamer Maplemors yesterday amidet much enthusiasm. The steamer…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3
In the House of Commons last night the resolution authorising the raising of the war loan of £30,000,000 was agreed to by 161 votes to 26 votes. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach declared that he looked…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3
The leading British newspapers insist upon Great Britain making- the cost of the Bo[?] war a first charge upon the revenues of the Republics…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 2
It is not the policy of this paper to blow its own trumpet. We may be pardoned, however, for repeating the c[?]logi[?]ms of others as to the manner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War Major-general Brabant's Fight. the Boers Use Explosive Bullets. a Journalist Prisoner Liberated. the Enemy at Osfontein. Great Powers Impressed by Britain's Determination. Lady Hampden's Gift to New South Wales Lancers. Dr. Leyds Threatens an Afrikander Rising. Boers Retreat Wholly From Natal. the Insanitary Condition of Ladysmith. Rebellious Dutch in Griqualand. the Dutch Reformed Church Wants Peace. Lord Roberts Turns the Boer Postion at Osfontein. London, March 7
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3
The fuller particulars which have been received of the capture of Labuschagne's Nek, north-west of Dordrecht, and the adjacent positions, by Major-General Brabant, state that he had 1800 men…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3
Two thousand applications have been received in Melbourne for service with the Bushmen's Contingent. The Premier of Victoria is of opinion that if the rate of pay to the members of the contingent is…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 2
General Brabant, with 1800 men, now holds the fort at Labushagnes Nek. The Boers were mercilessly pounded and expelled from the lower…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 2
The Boers who retreated from Ladysmith are recuperating their horses on the Transvaal border. A strong British force has marched…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 2
DURING the past few months events have transferred which the future historian will need to give a prominent place to in the history of the Empire…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3
Two thousand of the Ladysmith garrison joined in the pursuit of the Boers upon their flight from Isimbulwann before General Sir Redvers…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3
Having disposed of Cronje and Joubert in Natal, the seat of war has been steadily fixed by the Boers in the Free State, and by the advance of Colonel Plumer and the Kimberely Field Column to…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3
The Queen has ordered that all ranks of her Irish regiments in future are to wear on St. Patrick's Day a sprig of shamrock in their head-dress, to commemorate their great gallantry in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War Lord Roberts' Turning Movement. He Has Advanced Towards Bloemfontein. Cape Loyalists Desire to Know the Fate of the Republics. Kruger Foretells Heavy Fighting in the Transvaal. Cronje and His Men Go to St. Helena. Mafeking in a Bad Way. Kitchener Praises Australian Mounted Infantry. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3
Lord Roberts from Osfontein telegraphs that yesterday afternoon the enemy occupied a position stretching four miles north and eleven miles south of the Modder River. General Colville on the…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 5
The residents of Kimberley declare that the Boers shot the survivors who were lying wounded after Major Scott- Turner's sortie…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 3
The Transvaal War Fund raised in London amounted on February 2 to £654,000. The Governor has sent a message to Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, convoying…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 3
Mrs. Gill, a residents of the Horae Shoe Bend, has received a letter from her son Edward, dated South Africa, 5th February, 1900, who is a member of the A Battery N. S. Wales Permanent Artillery,…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury
The chief late event of the South African campaign has been the relief of Ladysmith after a long siege. Details of the condition of the beleaguered town appear in their place…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 5
Reuters Correspondent reports that the Beers evacuated their position at Stormberg, north of Sterkstroom, on Sunday night…
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