When the War will Finish
FROM all accounts Sir Redvers Boiler is confident that the campaign will not last long, and that it will not be attended with any great difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
245 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 13
The Transv[?] War. LONDON, Dec. 1
Mr. [?] ath[?] de[?]unced be French [?] upon the queen, and hinted [?] serious consequences would [?]e if they were persisted in. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How the Boers go to War
THE Boer process of going to war is simple enough. They have no clothes to change, no uniform to don. They fill their bandolier, or cartridge belt, put a piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Transvaal War. Further Particulars. Great Preparations to Oppose Sir Redvers Buller. London
THE Boors at Maritzani, near Mafeking, have sold by auction a large number of horses, ploughs, and cattle, looted from the loyalists. Transvaal Boors who purchased were given three months' credit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War. The Transvaal. Mafeking Still Invested. Defenders Too Weak to Risk Engagement. General Joubert Ill. Boer Women Suing for Peace British at Modder River. Suffering From Thirst. the Battle of Modder River. Disloyalty Amongst the Cape Dutch. Strength of the British Forces. the Position in Natal. a Boer Laager Captured
Farther particulars have been received of the battle at Modder River. The Boers were very strongly entrenched on both banks of the Modder…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. General Gatacre Disastrously Defbated Near Stormberg. 596 British Troops Missing. Boers. Repulsed at Kimberley. Troops Climb Hill in Face of Heavy Fusillade. Panic Amongst the Boers. London
SPEAKING at Mercers' Hall Mr. W. H. Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, said that the Government was determined that British blood and treasure should not be vainly sacrificed in South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War. The Transvaal. Trains Now Passing Over Modder Bridge. Pretoria Ladies Come to Witness the Bombardment of Ladysmith. a Sharp Engagement with the Enemy. General Gatacre Gets Into an Ambush. 600 British Missing Successful Sortie From Ladysmith. Boers Run From British Bayonets. the Advance Un Kimberley. Lord Methuen Reinforced. Boers Massing Near Spytfontein. Strengthening Their Position. the Situation of Ladysmith. Becoming More Critical. Disaffection in Cape-colony. a District Annexed by Free State Boers
A battery of Horse Artillery and the 12th Lancers have reinforced Lord Methuen. President Steyn has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War
ALTHOUGH, when our last issue was published, there was apparently every prospect of battles being fought at both Ladysmith aud Kimberley, of a decisive…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest by Cable. Latest War. London
Major-General Gatacre's column regained Molteno after 30 hours hard work. The infantry were as cool as if on parade, and captured an almost impregnable position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in South Africa. Remarkable Disclosures. to the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle
SIR,—The article headed "remarkable disclosures," published in Cape Town on the 6th ult, and in the Sydney Morning Herald of 1st inst., respecting the secret aims of the "Africander Bund," as [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boer War Map. Selling Charges. Receiving, 6d per ton. Weighing. 6d per ton. Delivering, 6d per ton. Insurance, 1s per £10O per Month. Commission, 2 1/2 per cent
STORAGE—1 1/2 d per ton per week. Three month's Free Storage is, however, allowed on all Consignments advised on or before the 31st March, 1900. One Month's Free Storage only is allowed on all consignments advised after the 31st March, 1900…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rules of War
SOME of the rules of war are stated by Mr. Leckey in his new book on "Conduct and Character," to which he gives the title of " The Map of Life." He writes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War. London, Dec. 8
The Ladysmith garrison was reported [?]a[?]e on the 5th inst., but the situation was daily becoming more difficult. The Boer bombardment of the town is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. London
A report from Pretoria states that General Lord Methuen on Saturday attacked the Boers near Spytfontein. A sortie was simultaneously made…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hollanders in Boer Service. the Share They Have Had in Provoking the War
THE Boers, not unnaturally, look upon Holland as their home beyond the seas. And yet, by a curious perversity of custom, when an educated Boer of parts--and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. Another Disastrous British Defeat. General Methuen's 11,000 Troops Repulsed. Further Reinforcements Required. Great Sensation in England. Sir Redvers Buller Marching on Colenso. London
BETHUNE'S Mounted [?]ntantry have driven 500 Boers across the Tugela at Colens[?]. The shipment to South Africa of the Sixth Army Division is being hurried forward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest War. The Transvaal. British Defeat at Storm Berg More Serious Than at First Report. the British Retreat From Hill to Hill, and the Retiring Troops Are Fired Upon by Their Own Artillery. the Reverse Caused Intense Excitement Roth. at Home and in This Country. London Times Demands 30,000 More Troops for the Transvaal. Mr. Lyne Wants to Send Another Contingent, Latest Accounts State 833 Killed and Wounded, of Which the Highland Brigade Number 703, WITH 69 OFFICERS. 200 British Mown Down First Attack. Private Cable Says Ladysmith Is Relieved and 6000 Boers Taken Prisoners. the News Lacks Confirmation. the British Reverse at Stormberg; 672 Men Captured. Coolness of the Infantry. They Carry a Difficult Position. Find It Untenable. the Artillery Averts a Disaster. Fighting in Cape Colony. Arundel Occupied by British. the New South Wales Lancers in Action. New Zealand Troops Doing Good Work
Further details have been received of the reverse suffered by Lieutenant-General Sir William Gatacre's forcenear Stormberg, to the North of Molteno,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. Another British Reverse. Sir Redvers Buller Defeated at Chively. More Troops Being Forwarded in Large Numbers. London
LIEUTENANT-General Sir G. S. White, the commander of the garrison at Ladysmith, has blown up the bridge over the Modder Spruit. The blowing up of this bridge was doubtless with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Supplement
WITH our next paper we purpose to issue a profusely illustrated supplement dealing with the Boer war, its prominent men, and the causes leading up to the present trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War. London
Further details of Buller's reverse show that the Boers occupied an impregnable entrenched position under Groblers Kloof with their guns commanding the plain…
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