Transyaal War the Siege of Mafeking. Reported Retreat of the Boers From Natal. Death of Major-general Woodgate Mr. Steyn Deposed, General Jouhert Again in the Field. Lord Beauchamp's Brother Killed. Lord Methuen on the Move. the New Zealand Rough-riders. Illness of Australians. Britibh Reinforcements. a Reinforcements. London, March 24
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 3
The indications are that Mafeking can hold on for there weeks longer. The Boors in Natal, some of whom are entrenched at the junction of the Biggers Berg and the…
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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2
IT is reported that the War Office has received a message, brought by Colonel Plumer's scout to the British in Rhodesia, that Mafeking has been…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2
Four British officers and some troopers wore attacked by Beers near Bloemfontein. The Hon. R. Lygon, brother of Earl Beauchamp, was killed…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2
It is stated that the War Office has received a message brought by one of Colonel Plumer's scouts to Britishers in Rhodesia going north that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Officers' War Fund. London
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 3
The executive of the fund being nained in England to provide for the wives and families of Imperial officere who may fall in the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Fighting at Fourteen Streams British on the Basutolanb Border. Big Battle Hapening. Free Staters Depose Stey[?]. Absurd Talk by Boer Leaders. British Officers Surprised and Shot. Death of Lord Beaughamp's Brother. Australian Casualties. London
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 3
The following deaths from enteri[?] fever are reported:— Trooper H. Budd, New South Wales Mounted Infautry, at Nawsport : Trooper T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War Movements of Free Staters. Capture of Cattle. Lord Methuen's Advance. How the Guards" Officers Were Ambushed. Proclamation by Lord Roberts. Burghers Allowed to Return Home. Griqualand Rebels. Skirmishes in Natal. Natives Starving at Mafeking. London, March 26
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 3
Commandant Olivier, with 15 guns, is reported to be north of Lady brand. Other reports Bay that he has had large desertions from his ranks, and that his burghers are fleeing wildly with the troops…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 3
Letters are being received from members of the Victorian Contingent in South Africa in which they complain bitterly of the inefficiency of certain Victorian officers. They declare they have no…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2
IT is announced in our business columns that Fitz-Gerald's Cinematographe and Cyelorama show of the Boer War in South Africa will…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4
IT is stated that the War Office has received a message brought by one of Colonel Plumer's scouts to Britishers in Rhodesia going north that Mafoking…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2
Lord Roberts reports from Bloemfontein that four officers, escorted only by one trooper, rode eight miles beyond the British camp at Modder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Heroine of Lydenberg. An Episode in the Transvaal War of 1880-81
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4
ONE forgets many things in eighteen years, and probably the story which I propose retelling here is forgotten by all except the surviving actors in it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War the English Liberal Leaders Reasonable. an Estimate of Boer Losses. Lord Methuen Preparing for Advance. Assurance of Free Staters' Loyalty Wanted. Lord Roberts Delays, Waiting for It. Heavy Rains in South Africa. London, March 27
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 3
The Standard states that the leaders of the Opposition now recognise that the extension of British sovereignity over the whole of South Africa is the only possible settlement of the South African…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 3
The Premier of South Australia claims the right of appointing a portion of the staff officers for the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent. Mr. Lyne has cabled to the Imperial Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Lord Roberts's A[?]vance. Fighting at [?]Onstad Desired. Lord Met[?] the Boers Loses. Their Present Strenght. Foreign Recruits for the Enemy. General Buller's Troops. London
Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 3
Outpost skirmishes have between Heneral Buller's troops and the Boers to the north of Elandslangte. Fresh troops are being pushed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War the Police in the Free State. Skirmish Near Ladybrand. Boers Employing' Kaffirs at Johannesburg. the Campaign in the East. the Movement to Relieve Mafeking. the Boer Programme. Russia's Reply to the Republics. Sympathises But Will Not Intervene. London, March 28
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 3
Owing to the racial susceptibility of the Free Staters, the Cape Police have not been sent to do duty in the State, but have been retained south of the Orange River…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3
The enrolment of the New South Wales six squadrons of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent has been completed. There are in the camp at Kensington 218 men more…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3
THE London Times estimates that 2000 Boers have been killed during the present campaign. Their estimated casualties to date are 15,000…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2
Commandant Olivier's column which fled northwards From Smithfidld upon the advance of the British troops, has, by a series of forced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. Big Battle Imminent. Russia Refuses Aid. LONDON
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2
Colonel Pilcher drove the Boor outposts at Ladybrand into town and captured the Landdrost. Commandant Olivier's column is…
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