The Transvaal War. London
GENERAL SIR REDVERS H. BULLER, Commander in-Chief of her Majesty's forces in South Africa, has definitely decided to relieve the Ladysmith garrison in Natal…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
92 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 5
The Transvaal War Buller to Have 100,000 Troops
An additional infantry division of 11,000. men is being mobilised for South Africa. This force, together with the troops already in South Africa and under…
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The intensity of the Boer bombardment of Ladysmith is increasing, the Boers evidently being desirous of making a final desperate effort before the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Cables General Joubert Reported Killed. Tuesday, Nov. 14
THE Boors are strongly posted moot, where they will probably resist the advance of the British Kimberley relief party.—Later accounts state that…
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The Transvaal Government announces that the total number of British prisoners now in its hands is 1338. The shilling fund inaugurated by the…
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THE Rev. Lewis J. Mathews, the Ron Catholic chaplain who was captured by the Boers when the royal Irish (Princess Victoria's) Fusiliers capitulated at…
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The 'Times of Natal' correspondent at Ladysmith reports that a vigorous Boer attack was successfully repulsed by the British on Thursday. 9th inst.—The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. London
THE Boer forces which are laying siege to the town of Kimberley wear kharki uniforms, and are thus hard to distinguish from the surrounding country or the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War the Boers "Annex" Griqualand West. London, Nov. 22
Ladysmith reports that ammunition is plentiful. The Boer trenches have been transformed into veritable quagmires owning…
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The New South Wales Lancers are it Orange River Station, and not at Naanport as previously mentioned.—Women have looted thousands of pounds worth of…
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A FORCE of Boers have taken to plundering houses and farm houses to the south of Estcourt, which is occupied by a British garrison of 10,000 men, a force of Boers is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War the Latest Information, London, Nov. 23
The Boers apparently intend to rush Pietermaritzburg. A lack of sufficient cavalry is delaying General Cleary's operations in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Battle at Belmont. the N.s.w. Lancers in Service
Further details have been received of the battle of Belmont, in which some estimate that between 6000 and 8000 Boers were engaged, while other accounts put the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. the Battle of Belmont. N.S.W. Lancers Under Fire. London
UPON the western frontier the Kimberley relief forces, under Lieutenant-General Lord Paul Methuen, who is in command of the First Division of the Army Corps, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Cables. Friday, Nov. 24
The battle of Belmont, fought on Thursday the 23rd inst., was a builliant, and most decisive British victory.—Beer prisoners state that the enemy considered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Our Boys to the Front
OUT of the eleven Berry Laucors ten volunteered for the Cape, and from the cables published below it will be sent that they are now taking an active part…
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Reports from Ladysmith are cheery. An Austrian ex-officer named Albrecht commanded the Boer artillery at Kaffirscop on Thursday. Eighty one of the…
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Another engagement has taken place between Lieutenant-General Methuen's command and a force of 2600 Boers, at Graspan, 8 miles north of Belmont. The…
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IT turns out that the members of the Lancers who were loudest in their determination to go into action in the Transvaal while coming put to the Capo were the…
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A FIERCE battle took place at the Modder River on the 28th inst., between Lord Methuen's forces and 8000 Boers, Lieutenant-Colonel Methuen, in his official…
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