Latest War. The Transvaal. Ladysmith Safe and Comfortable. Two Afrikander Rebels. Boers Moving Southward to Check Advance of British Relieving Column. Enemy Decreasing Before Mafeking. Numbers of the Cape Dutch Joining the Boers. Another Successful Sortie From Kimberley. General Joubert Again at the Front. Mafeking Holding Out. General Cronje's Son Killed. Relief of Kimberley. the Advance of Lord Methuen's Column. the New South Wales Lancers. Kruger Nervous and Irritable
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 6
Major—General Sir Cornelius F. Clery H.C.B., Commandant of the Second Division of the British Army Corps, has been appointed to the Command…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. a Brilliant Victory at Belmont. 6000 TO 8000 Boers Defeated. an Important Position Captured. London
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 November 1899 · page 2
FURTHER details of the fight at Belmont, in the Transvaal, state that from sis to eight thousand Boers occupied strong positions at Kaffir's Kopje, ten miles east of Belmont,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War. The Transvaal. Battle at Belmont. Great Gallantry of the Guards. New South Wales Lancers Behave Well. Mafeking Still Holding Out But Hard Pressed. Kruger Seriously Ill with Brights Disease. Preparing for a Seige at Pretoria. Battle at Belmont. Bombardment of Kimberley. Frequent Sorties by the Defenders. the Siege of Ladysmith. Reported Capture of the Boers Position and Guns. a Dutch Rising. President-kruger and British Prisoners
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 29 November 1899 · page 3
It is apparent from their tatics that the intention of the Boers is to rush Pietermaritzburg, the capital in Natal. It is stated that the lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 3
THE war news to hand up to last Saturday would seem to indicate that more active offensive operations on the part of the British are commencing on the north of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest by Cable. Latest War. London
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 4
General Buller has armed at Pietermariestzburg. Major Hildyard has occupied Frere, near Colenso, with 10,000 troops. He hopes to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →the War
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 6
THE war in the Transvaal is now moving a bit faster and those who love war, if only for the excitement of the thing, will probably soon get their full…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War News
Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 8
From six thousand to eight thousand Boers were engaged at the battle of Belmont. The enemy occupied a strong position ten miles to the east…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some of Britain's War Stores
Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 7
WE extract the following from the London Daily Telegraph of October 17th:-- Owing to the demand for food for troops and forage for horses, it has been found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. The Battle of Belmont
The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2
Full details are now to hand in connection with the battle of Belmont, which took place on Thursday, the 23rd instant, and resulted in a brillant British victory, after a tough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London, Nov. 24
The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 4
General Met[?]uen at daybreak on Thursday morning attacked the Boers who were strongly entrenched at Belmont, south of Kimb[?]ley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War, Another Decisive Battle. 8000 Boers Gallantly Defeated at Modder River. Boer Camp South of Kimberley Vacated. London
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 5
GENERAL Metbuen's forces met and defeated eight thousand Boers on the Modder River, after a ton hours fight, which is described by the General as one of the hardest and most trying in tho annals of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest War. The Transvaal. The Hardest Fought Battle in the Annals of the British Army, Another Great Battle at Modder River, 8000 Boers Defeated by the British Under General Methuen After 10 Hours Fighting. General Buller Takes Sole Command of Ladysmith Relief Forces. the Ninth Lancers Arrive Safely at Camp. Position at Ladysmith. the British Advance. Retreat of the Boers. British Positions Around Estcourt Too Strong. the Battle of Grasspan. Losses of the Boers. Anxiety for the Ninth Lancers. British Advance on Colesberg. the Australian Contingents at Capetown. Eager to Go to the Front
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 6
Reports received from Ladysmith are quite cheery. Major-General Hildyard commands 10,000 men at Frere, midway between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. London
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 3
THE Boers are massing at Grobler's Kop, and there are probably 2000 at Colenso. Outpost fighting has commenced. General Buller, in command of 18,000 men, is at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War. The Transvaal. the Kent Safely Arrived. Colonial Forces by Medic Sent to Relief of Kimberley. General Methuen on the Eve of a Battle. No Important Fighting. Merely Skirmishing. Ladysmith Safe on the 24Th Ultimo. Lord Methuen Wounded. at the Battle of Modder River. Other British Casualities. a Long Range Battle
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 3
No official details of the battle of Modder River have as yet been received at the War Office. Two casualty messages have come to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 9
AFTER the hard light at Graspan Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen has pushed on to the Modder River, thus bringing his forces within 25 miles of the beleagured garrison…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest War. London
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 4
At the battle of Modder River the Boers were strongly entrenched on both banks. One of the British transports has been wrecked, All the men who were on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News
Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 9
At the battle of Grasspan the Boer artillery did some splendid shooting at measured ranges, in one instance hitting the armoured train. The 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War Horse's Instinct
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 3
The horse plays a very important part in warfare. A veteran cavalry horse partakes of the hopes and fears of battle just the same as the rider…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Dec. 2
The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2
The British ca[?]ualties at the battle of Modder River were 438. Pon[?]toons have been despatched f[?]s Dur[?]n for the passage of teh Tu[?]a River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maginnis on the War
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 3
'IT's always the same when England goes to fight,' said Maginnis 'The Sussanagh will stop at nawthin'. First it was lyddite shells, that kill like…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →