The Boer War. Another Blue Book What Sir Alfred Milner Says
LONDON, April 18.—A Blue Bank dealing with South African affairs hus been published. In a despatch dated February 6, Sir…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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The Budget. Cost of the War, £147,500,000. Deficit of £53,000,000. Fresh Taxation. London
In the course of his Budget speech, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the expenditure of the past financial year was £183,500,000, which included…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British Budget. £60,000,000 War Loan to be Raised Coal People Object. German Admiration. LONDON
The English Custom House has been kept very busy on account of the immense clearances in anticipation of the War Loan proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Capture of Boers and Stores. Boers' Want of Horses. Illness of Lieutenant-general French. London, April 22
Since April 16 last Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Beatson, Brigadier-General Plumer, Major-General Kitchener, and Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Benson have captured 81…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slandered Soldiers
Those who stoop to say uncomplimentary things of the conduct of our troops in the war have Dr. Conan Doyle to reckon with. The creator of Sherlock Holmes will have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldier's Confession
A London correspondent writes:—Some of the confessions whispered into doctors car by dying soldiers in South Africa have, I believe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
The commando under Commandant Kruitzinger, which has been raiding in Cape Colony, is advancing in the Albert district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British Budget. Deficit of £53,000,000. The Estimated Expenditure. The Cost of the War. London, April 19
IN the course of his Budget speech, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the expenditure of the past fin[?] ancial year was £183,500,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal War. Cost of Operations. Arrival of New South Wales Troops. Boer Prisoners. Warning to Disloyalists. London, April 23
In the House of Commons last night Mr. St. John Brodrick stated that the weekly cost of the war in South Africa was £1,500,000. Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for…
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The war loan him closed to London applicants. Country applications arriving this morning will be received…
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UNDOUBTEDLY from one point of view, the cost of the war in South Africa is enormous. Bat in every instance of bargaining price always boars a relation to what is obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raiders Recalled. A Minister imprisoned. The British War Fund. Subscribed Five Times Over. London
The commando under Commander Kruitzinger, which has been raiding in Cape Colony, is advancing in the Albert district. All the raiders have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Boers Being Bogged. The Enemy Short of Mounts. General French Sick. [By Cable.] London
SINCE Tuesday last, April 16, MajorGenerals Sir Bindon Blood and F. W. Kitchener, Brigadier-General C. O. Plumer, Colonels F. C. Beatson and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Negotiations for Peace. Boers Surprised at a Dance. Distinguished Canadians. Awards and Honours for Australians. Pursuit of Boer Commandoes. London, April 24
Mrs. Botha has again visited her husband, General Botha, the Boer Commandor-in-Chief. There are persistent reports of for renewal of negotiations for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. a Home Letter
Mr W. Bruyn, (son of Mr and Mrs Jos. Bruyn, of Phillips Creek), now in South Africa, writing from Victoria road, South Africa, to his neice, Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Intelligence Department
A summary of a little volume issued in June, 1898, appears in The Times of March 15. It goes to show, contrary to the general opinion, that the Intelligence Division of the War…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"In Love and War"
OF course we must go to the Calderham ball," announced Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hill for the War
Undoubtedly from one point of view, the cost of the war in South Africa is enormous. But in every instance of bargaining price always bears a relation to what is obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Raiders Harassed. Position Carried by Assault. Kruitzinger Pursued. LONDON
SEVERAL British columns are operating against the Boer raiders in northern Cape Colony, who are striving to return into the Orange River Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Transvaal Operations. a Disastrous Engagement. Sentences Foe Treason. London, April 26
Commandant Ben Viljoen, with 300 Mien, a pompom and two Maxims, has gone south from Roosenkai, along the Steelpoopt Valley. He has abandoned a number of waggons and has destroyed a 15-pounder…
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