The Transvaal War
LAST Tuesday evening a cyclone storm of more than ordinary violence wrecked a number of telegraph poles and wires throughout the Northern District, and as a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
245 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 13
Latest by Cable. the War. London
Boers are leaving the Western Transvaal and preparing to migrate to German South West Africa. The Boers have captured the Conservancy…
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Anent this matter, the Macleay Argus has the following pertinent remarks:—As has been remarked before in this column the country…
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THERE are indications that Sir weavers Buller regards the relief of Ladysmith as urgent. The latest heliograph messages stated that…
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Further particulars, dated the 9th November, of the bombardment of Ladysmith state that the enemy's guns were silenced after four hours'…
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The bombardment of Ladysmith has been resumed. The re-opening of the railway line to Ladysmith is hourly expected…
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The United States troops in the Phillipines have defeated 1200 Filipinos at San Jacinto. Eighty Filipinos were killed in the trenches, and 220…
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A great Boer force, supplied with heavy artillery, has surrounded Kimberley. General Cronje, the Boer commandant, demanded the surrender of the town before…
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Through the writings of Rudyard Kipling there has been of late more than usual interest taken in the life and doings of our soldiers of that great empire, British India…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War. The Transvaal. General Joubert, Commander-in-chief of the Boer's Forces, Killed. Fearing a Basutos Raid—free Staters Are Returning Home. 300 Boers Killed at Bester. Colonel Powell Repels Another Boer Attack on Mafeking with Great Slaughter. Many Boers Left Mafeking for Pretoria.—10,000 British Troops Armed at Estcourt. an Early British Advance Contemplated. Siege of Ladysmith. the Enemy's Guns Silenced. Reported Heavy Boer. Losses. the Enemy Short of Food. Relief of Kimberley
Further particulars of the bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers under General Joubert have been received. On the 9th inst: the enemy's gans were…
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A NATIVE missionary now at Estcourt declares that the Ladysmith volunteers on the 10th instant drew the enemy into the open, and that the regulars then by a flank movement delivered a crushing defeat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War. The Transvaal. Ladysmith. Hard Pressed, Shelled Night and Day. Relief Anxiously Awaited. Battle Probable at Estcourt. Boers Massing There to Intercept British Relief Column. Methuen Marching on Kimberley. More About Churchill's Gallantry. He Refused to Escape and Leave the Men. 3000 Boers Repulsed by British Cavalry Near Estcourt. an Armored Train Captures Boer Ammunition. British Prisoners at Pretoria Suffering From Scurvy. Fighting South of Lady-smith. Crushing Defeat of the Enemy. the British at Estcourt. Boer Attempts to Cut the Railway: Reconnoitring Movement Near Colenso. a British Force Ambushed. Bravery by a War Correspondent. an Armoured Train Derailed. Hundred Men Missing
An armoured train with a half company of the Dublin Fusiliers, a half company of the Durban Light Infantry, and 10 sailors passed Chievely…
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THE news that the better part of the first English Army Corpe, which arrived in South Africa last week, has been sent to reinforce the troops concentrated at Eatcourt in…
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Ladysmith, on the 18th inst., was reported to be healthy, and it was considered could hold out for two months. A column under General Methuen,…
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An armoured train with a half company of the Dublin fusiliers, a half company of the Durban Light Infantry, and 10 sailors passed Chievely, 7 miles south of Colen[?]o, on…
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SINCE last writing on the war operations in SOuth Africa, the contestants on both sides seem to have been marking time, which, in the case of the Boers, means…
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The Boers attempted a closer investment of Ladysmith on the 14th instant, but were repulsed, losing heavily. General White's messenger reports that al[?]…
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Latest news from Pretoria states that General Joubert, the Boer Commander-in-chief, who was ill, is now better…
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THE War Office has ordered and is sending to South Africa a gigantic steam plough for the purpose of cutting trenches before any fortified positions in which the enemy may…
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IN the course of a lengthy speech in the House of Commons in 1896 on the Transvaal question, Mr. Chamberlain said:—"A war in South Africa would…
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