The Transvaal War. London
Mr. Kruger is reported to be breaking up. Mr. Wolmarins and other Boer delegates exercise the act of authority, Dr. Leyds being their subordinate according to the report and practically…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
223 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 12
The Transvaal War. London, Thursday. Heavy Boer Casualties
General Rawlison engaged Commandant [?] on Monday near Frankfort, causing heavy casualties and capturing much transport…
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It is reported that General Botha is at Pietersdorp, and that numbers of Boers are hiding in the Winberg Forest, near the eastern border of the Transvaal…
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"I couldn't interest that girl at all." "Why not?" "Every time I began to describe a battle or a naval engagement she told…
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"Can yon Mention the west famous dates of the war?" "Guess I can. There's Fob. 7." "Feb. 7? Wbut happened then?"…
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Colonel Fortescue encountered Heiller’s commando on-October 27th north of Balmoral. A running fight ensued which lasted the whole day…
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The battle at Brakenlaagte was stubborn. Botha broke through Lyttleton's column and joined a big commando entrenched at…
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Thousands of recent arrivals at the Cape from Europe are apparently Boer mercenaries bound for the seat of war in the north. The Secretary for War has promised that if the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Office Foolishness
This is how the War Office does business, and the particulars are true. Among the inmates of Portsmouth Workhouse is an Army veteran who receives a small…
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The Secretary for War states that the Boers have frequently murdered Kaffirs in order to conceal their tracks from the. pursuing British columns…
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Colonel Rawlinson’s column operating near Bethel, in Southern Transvaal, has killed six Boers, The Mounted Infantry dispersed Scherman’s commando near the Bloemfontein waterworks…
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The Pretoria correspondent of the Times states that 70 Boer commandoes numbering front 50 to 400 each are now in the field. 26 Boor commandoes are operating in the…
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Lord Methuen reports having captured 36 Boers. Colonel Rimington’s column has killed several of the enemy, including Field Cornet Keopper…
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Lord Kitchener is at Stranderton, directing operations. The War Office has published his statement implicating five commandants in the cold blooded…
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The garrison at Fontelboschof, numbering twenty, repulsed three Boer attacks, and fought each night for four weeks, in order to Obtain…
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The capture of Commandant Kruitzinger is regarded by the Boer leaders in Europe as the heaviest loss since the surrender of Cronje. With 30 men Kruitzinger entered Cape Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spending Xmas Christmas on a Man-o’-war
NOWHERE is Yuletide observed more punctiliously than on board ship. Early in the morning decks are swabbed, ropes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Odd Notes. by Theo[?]. the Victorian Court Martialled Soldiers
The world is long [?] this familiar with the occurrence in South Africa which led to three members of the last Victorian Contingent being Court martialled and sentenced to death. It will…
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The Minister for Defence says a contingent will be ready to embark within a month. Orders for enrolment will be called for at once…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Girl He Left Behind Him. an Incident of the Transvaal War. Original Story. Chapter I.
"And these o'er unknown [?]ess to unknown lands shall cross, [?]caping wreck, detying death: And, all uncon[?]clously, shape every not And bond each wandering stop to this one end…
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