Transvaal War Buller's Artillery Shelling the Boers. All Whites in the Free State Commandeered. More Troops Sail From Britain. German Rifles Reach Pretoria. the New South Wales Lancers in Action. New Zealanders Also Under Fire. a Thunderstorm Explodes Kimberley Mines. a German Cargo Overhauled at Aden. London, Jan. 5
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3
The British artillery with General Sir [?] Buller's force, near Chieveley, shelled the enemy's trenches on the plain at the foot of Inhlawe Hill, to the eastward of the British position and…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2
PENDING the results of the great battles which will be presently fought we presume in Natal and in Cape Colony, we turn with interest to the valuable work being done by…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 3
All the people of Capetown turned out en fete day to welcome the Canadian and Australasian troops, who had travelled 7,000 miles to serve their colony, excepting Premier Schreiner! The traitor…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 3
The Washington Bureau of Ordnance recently issued some interesting statistics of the details of the cost to the United States of annihilating the Spanish navy. Admiral Dewey spent some £9,000…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 5
According to the Daily Mail, it is certainly a crumb of comfort to a man about to fight for his country to know that in battle not more than one in every 1000 projectiles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War Sir Redvers Buller Busy. Operations Near Colesberg. Boers Beaten Off. New South Wales Lancers Engaged. Reinforcements for Major-general French. Fighting Outside Ladysmith. an Incident in Lord Roberts's Voyage. the War Funds. Further British Victories Reported. the Siege of Mafeking. "A Gallant Sortie by the British. Alleged Boer Vandalism. London, Jan. 6
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 3
General Sir Redvers Buller, near the Tugela River, is direction effective scouting operations. His artillery is also doing effective work. Eighty-three guns are shelling the Boer trenches…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2
GENERAL JOUBERT has evidently endeavoured to take Ladysmith before he in turn is assailed in force by Sir Redvers Buller. From throe o'clock in the morning of Saturday…
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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2
THE N S. Wales Lancers at Reisberg, under Major Lee, were sent to prevent the Boors looting and wrecking tho commissariat trains. They were…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2
IT has come out that all the colonies except N.S.W. are sharing splendidly in the enormous supplies required to feed and maintain for an indefinite…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 4
A pathetic war incident at Elands Laagte is described (says the Daily Mail) in a letter from one of the bearer company:—"We were out looking after the wounded at night when the fight was over…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 3
The British artillery with General Sir Redvers Buller's force, near Chieveley, shelled the enemy's trenches on the plain at the foot of the Inhlawe…
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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2
SIR,—As we well know, this subject is now occupying and filling the thoughts and attention of all the civilized world with the terrible and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Fighting at Ladysmith. Boers Repulsed from the British Camp. The Enemy Taught a Lesson. Gallant Sortie from Mafeking. Battle at Colesberg. LONDON
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 3
Two New South Wales Lancers have been slightly wounded in a skirmisk near Rendsburg. The Lancers, under Major Lee, were sent to prevent the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War Great Battle at Ladysmith. the Fiercest Fighting of the Campaign. General White Hard Pressed. the Boers Repulsed with Heavy Loss. 400 Taken Prisoners. British Demonstration Near Colenso. Fighting Near Colesberg. Retreat of a British Detachment. Surrender of Kuruman. Seizure of German Contraband Steamers. General Wauchope's Last Words. Ladysmith and Colesberg. How Treacherous Guides Died. a New Kind of Musical Instrument. an Oath of Neutrality. Sir Redvers Buller's Forces. More Volunteers. London, Jan. 8
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 3
Further particulars are to hand of the fighting around Ladysmith, General Joubert, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, attacked the British at Beaters, due west of Ladysmith, at 3 o'clock on…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4
A troop of the Composite Household Cavalry has been entrained at Capetown to reinforce Lord Methuen on the Modder. The Mounted Infantry…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3
The N.S.W. Lancers under Major Lee were sent to prevent the Boers looting the wrecked commissariat train. They were exposed to a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War the Battle of Ladysmith. Gallant Charge of the Devonshiers. General Buller's Inactivity. a Princely Donation. Artillery Warned to Be in Readiness. Mr. Balfour on the Situation. the Queenslanders Eulogised. the Position at Ladysmith. Activity of the Colonial Troops. Free Staters Surrendering at Arundel. Volunteers From India. British Interests in the Transvaal. London. Jan. 9
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3
The widespread suspense regarding the fate of Lady with was relieved late yesterday afternoon by the War Office publishing heliogram from Lieutenant-GeneraL Sir G. S. White…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3
Mr. Theodore Schreiner, brother of the Cape premier, writes to the Cape Times, detailing a conversation which he had with Mr. Reitz, in Bloemfontein, 17 or 18 years ago, when the latter was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Battle of Ladysmith. Boers Repulsed Everywhere. Seventeen Hours' Fighting. Entrenchments Taken and Retaken Heavy Losses en the Side of the Enemy. Boers Between Colenso and Ladysmith. Many Siege Guns in Position. LONDON
Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3
Yesterday's brief announcement that Lieutenant-General Sir George S. White, commanding the beleaguered British garrison at Ladysmith, had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War a General Likely to Be Superseded. a Spy Sent to Ladysmith. the Boers Withdraw From Colesberg. Night Attack by the Suffolks. Plucky Offer by the New Zealanders. the Position at Modder River. 30,000 Boers Need to Act on the Defensive. the Battle on Magersfontein. Munitions of War for the Transvaal. Dordrecht Garrisoned by Rebels. Dutch Prisoners to Be Tried for Treason. Complaints About Generals. American Democrats and the Boers. Impressing the Natives. London, Jan. 10
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3
British soldiers, in their letters home, abound in complaints about the generalship which led to the result of the battle at Magersfontein. The Daily Mail hints that one of the general…
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