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Lord Methuen. who was sent by Commandant Delarey to Klerksdorp on Thursday, received a Martini-Henry bullet wound in the eight thigh, and the femur is fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rear-Adimiral Lord Charles Berestorn spoke before a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce yesterday on the state of Navy, He said that when he went to the Mediterranean as second in command…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE township of Learmouth, in the Ballarat district, was thrown into a state of excitement yesterday morning by a report that at about 2 a.m. a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the engagement which ended in his capture by the Boer leader, General de la Rey, LieutenantGeneral Lord Methuen was wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Methuen has furnished to the War Office a report of the disaster which occurred to his force near Tweebosch while on the march from Vryburg to Lichtenburg on the morning of the 7th instant, He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Friday.—Lord Kitchener wired from Pretoria on Thursday as follows:—"Lord Methuen was brought into Klerksdorp to day. He is doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the House of Commons last night Mr St. John Broderick, the Secretary of State for War read the following despatch from Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Standard states that the Boers scattered before the westward drive of British columns in the Orange River Colony, but that 50 captures were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME people seen to think that Lord Kitchener invented block houses; others that he was at least the first general to use them systematically, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Botha is retiring eastwards before Major General Bruce Hamilton, after having made several unsuccessful efforts to cross the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The war correspondent of the Standard has telegraphed to that paper an account of the disaster to Lord Methuen's force. The Boers, the correspondent says, formed five lines and galloped straight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A report has been received from Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen giving an account of the recent disaster to his troops between Tweebench…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Barton has received a cable from Mr. Chamberlain to the effect that another 2000 men from the Commonwealth for service in South Africa would be gratefully accepted by His Majesty's Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brigadier-General Brace Hamilton, in the Eastern Transvall, surprised a commando on the 15th instant in the Ngethi Basin. Four hours were killed and 23 were captured, including six wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Methuen has furnished to the War Office a report of the disaster which occurred to his force near Tweebosch whilst on the march from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Reuter's correspondent says that last week's drive westwards in the Orange River Colony resulted in the capture of 127 Boers. The British pursuing columns are now in touch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Reuter's correspondent says that last week's drive westwards in the Grange River Colony resulted in the capture of 127 Boers. The British pursuing columns are now in touch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Stanley, financial secretary to the War Office, was present at the annual dinner of the Royal Arsenal Association of Foremen at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR St. JOHN BRODRICK, the Secretary of State for War, in reply to a question in the House of Commons today, stated that Boers who were…
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