Boer War Notes
The approach of winter in South Africa should very soon make itself felt in favor of the British troops and horses. The change may be very…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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Late War News. Friday, Morning
The total British casualties to April 7th were 17,701, exclusive of those at Reddersburg; 2171 killed. Italy declines to intervene unless…
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FIGHTING is going on between the British ga[?]tson at Wepener, under Lient[?]nant-Colonet Dalgetty, and the Boers who are investing the town During four day's…
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ADVICES from the front state that the Maleking garrison was well and cheerful on the 11th instant. The Boers who are besieging the British…
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It was perhaps too much to expect courtesy at the hands of Boer officials. Taking them individually they are perhaps no less humane than the…
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TROOPER TOM, KNIGHT, writing from Koodoosrand Camp to his parent at Broughton Village, says.—Kimberley is a very nice place, abounding in wealth,…
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At the send-oft to Mr. W. Richardson on Thursday, Rev. C. A. White, B.A., who has filled the Presbyterian pulpit for the last three weeks and preaches his final sermons…
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THE first "shipment" of Australian Bushmen, who are to join Lieutenant-General Carrington's command for Rhodesia, have started in the direction of Saturday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Patti in South Africa. Battle of Osfontein. Osfontein, March 7, 1000
Half-an-hour ago tho battles of Osfontein, which is expected to prove one of the most important in the campaign, commenced, and as I write I can see the shells from our…
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DOCTORS report that many of the Boers killed have proved to be women disguised as men, Several Bear women so disguised have been found among the prisoners at…
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THE British under Lieutenent-Colonel Dalgetty, besieged in the town of Wepener, have been making a gallant defence against the Boers, who were reported to have been…
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INFORMATION regarding further British successes in the Orange Free State has come the hand. On Tuesday the Boers besieging Wepener made a determined…
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The bombshell, which Lord Roberto dropped among the commanding officers in North Natal, has been commented upon far and wide since our…
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The British burnt several Free State homesteads, the owners being guilty of abusing the white flag, sheltering combatants, and concealing ammunition…
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Here we are at last within three miles of Bloemfontein, and I am told we are to go into the town to-morrow and camp there for a fortnight in order that our horses may have…
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A carpenter who is doing well here should stick where he is instead of going Africawards. In ordinary times, outride of the mining centres, only five…
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Mr. W. H. Spooner, special war correspondent to the "Evening News" writes on March 19, from Bloemfontein:—On our arrival at Bloemfontein we…
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NEWS from the Mafeking garrison on the 13th April stated that all the wounded were progressing towards recovery. The Boer besiegers stripped and flogged some…
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TROOPER F. L. SINCLAIR, one of the N. S. W. Mounted Rifles centingent which went to South Africa in the s.s. Southern Cross, writing from Bloemfontein to his brother,…
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Mr. Hardy, in his book on "Mr. Thomas Atkins," tells some amusing stories about soldiers and religion. Now and then recruits come up and do not…
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