The Transvaal War. Latest Cable News. LONDON
General Warren left Frere the headquarters of the Ladysmith relief column. on Saturday in an easterly direction, with a strong column to attack the Boers on…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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Transvaal War. Disaster to N. S. Wales Lancers. Out of 16 Men—Five Killed, One. Wounded. The Remainder, but Two, Captured Advancing Over the tugela River Sir Charles Warren's Successful Move. LONDON
A PATROL of 16 N.S. Wales Lancers and some of the Adelaide Light Horse were ambushed near Renesburg. They were attacked by the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cablegrams. Press Telegraph Association. London, Thursday. The Transvaal War
The following particulars of the movements of General Buller's forces on the 10th instant have been received :—General Dundonald, by a dashing movement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Items. Contingents of the Colonies. How the Figures Stand
IT is interesting at this juncture to compare the relative strength of the forces (rank and [?]) already sent and being sent by the several Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How the British Soldiers Are Fed. Some Extraordinary Figures
CURIOSITY is natural as to the method by which British soldiers are fed when in the field. In the combatant or noncombatant branches of British forece,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. Passage of the Tugela. British Crossing Unopposed. The Defence of Ladysmith. "Well Done, Col[?]ls!" New Zealaders Warmly Praised. Boer Outrage at Mafeking. LONDON
The Times correspondent telegraphs that very heavy artillery firing was heard on Monday in the direction of Springfield, which was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War Advance of Generals Buller and Warren. Dundonald's Dashing Movement. British Confident About Ladysmith. Strength of the British Force. Expected Union of British Brigades. Thanksgiving at Ladysmith. the Mishap to the Lancers. Treachery Suspected. the Colonials Made a Gallant Fight. London, Jan, 19
The War Office has received a cable from Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, stating that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren hoped to be able to turn a strongly…
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INTERESTING news from the seat of war in Natal was to be expected from the nature of the intelligence in our last issue. And the news is most intensely interesting. Speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Past Wars and the Present War
SIR,—As the minds of the British people are greatly occupied with the war in South Africa, and perhaps none more to than those in Australia, an thing bearing on that topic will be received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War the Action at Acton Holmes. How the Colonials Were Surprised. Australian Flour for the Boers. One of Kruger's Grandsons Captured. Johannesburg Undermined. the Position at Ladysmith. Death of a War Correspondent. Sir Charles Warren's March. the Boers in a Tight Place at Colenso. the Boer Losses. an Engineering Feat. Comports for the New South Wales Contingent. London, Jan. 20
In the action westward of Acton Holmes the British losses were two men killed and two men wounded. Lieutenant-General J. D. P. French, commanding…
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INTEREST in the war centres for the present on the movements of Sir Charles Warren's column. As will be soon, that general is slowly but surely fighting his way round the…
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At Kimberly the Boers used Martini-Henry rifles. A number of native spies have been condemned to be shot at Capetown…
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LORD ROBERTS has cabled to the War Office to the effect that General Warren hoped to tarn the strongly entrenched Boer position five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horses for the War
Majorr Thompson, of the Imperial War Office, is still buying horses for South Africa, and at the Maitland doper there are now about 70[?] animals awaiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cardinal Moran on the War
Cardinal Moran denies the report of his sympathy with the Boer cause. He says he would regard the decay of the British Empire one of the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Transports. SYDNEY
THE transport Surrey passed Wilson's Promontory at 7 o'clock last night, reporting " all well."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. a Victory for the British London
General Clery's brigade with a portion of General Warren's force were engaged with the Boers on Saturday, the fight lasting 13 hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quong Tart on the War. He Praises the British People
AT the "send-off" which the metropolitan police accorded on Monday night to their who are departing for South Africa, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. the Disaster to the Lancers. Fuller Particulars. London, Friday, 6.5 a.m
THE mishap to the N.S. Wales Lancers and lst Australian Horse is attributed to treachery on the part of a Dutch farmer, who, it is believed, warned the Boars of the…
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