Latest War News. London
Further official particulars of the surrender of Cronje are to hand. Lord Roberts got up four more howitzers from De Aar and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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The War London, February 27
General [?] has surrendered unconditionally. Later. Heavy fighting occurred around…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. Cronje in a Death Trap. Refuses to Surrender. London
The British bombarded Cronje's forces on Monday and Tuesday, adding greatly to the enemy's losses. Cronje asked for 24 hours' armistice…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Transvaal War. Ladysmith Relieved by General Dundonald. After Six Days' Heavy Fighting. Particulars of Cronje's Surrender. Major-general French Advancing on Bloemfontein. London
EARLY on Wednesday morning, after dashingly seizing a point 80 yards from the Boer trenches, in which the Canadians had eight killed and thirty wounded, General Cronje,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Cronje Surrendered Unconditionally. 6000 Prisoners Taken. Great Enthusiasm in England. Free State Government Removed. Boers Concentrating Near Bloemfontein. White & Buller Co-operating. London
Heavy fighting took place around Grobler's Kloof on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Eight officers were killed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News of the British-Boer War. Cronje Surrendered Unconditionally, After an Ineffectual Attempt to Retrieve His Position. Boer Commandos Hastening to Bloemfontein From All Directions. Sydney, Wednesday 7 55 A.M.
General Cronje has surrendered unconditionally. SYDNEY, 8.35 A.M. There was heavy fighting around…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest News of the British-Boer War. Further Particulars of the Capture of Cronje and the Relief of Ladysmith, SYDNEY, Saturday 8,40 A.M.
General Buller reports that the Ladysmith garrison require a little nursing before the men are fit for active service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Dr. Loyds States that Kruger Wants Peace. Extraordinary Demonstration in London. Army to Be Increased by [?]30,000 Men. Boer Prisoners Delighted at Cronje's Surrender. Women We[?]t to Accompany Their Husbands. 75,000 Boers Said to Be Still in the Field. Mafeking Again Repulsed Enemy. Particulars of the Relief of Ladysmith. One Hundred Boer Prisoners Taken. General Buller States That Boer Defeat Completed. the Ladysmith Garrison Almost Exhausted. Vast Quantities of Ammunition and Stores Abandoned by the Boers. Boers Retreating. Australian Mounted Troops Leave for the Front. Colonel Price's Troops North of Colesberg. Kruger Announces That Cronje Ran Short of Food and Ammunition. the Queen Congratulates General Buller. Severe Fighting Near Dordrecht. Several Positions Captured by the British. London
The Army Estimates provide for the enrolment of 430,000 men. The expenditure is set down at £61,499,400. There were universal rejoicings and unbounded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our War News
IN our last issue the public of the Macleay had a very fair object lesson of how rapidly news in conveyed through the cable, in the announcement of the surrender of the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War
THE following is a summary of cable news showing the progress of events connected withe the war in South Africa since our last issue:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War. London
The Boers who retreated from Ladysmith are recuperating their houses in the Transvaal, where the grass is now good. A strong British force has marched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War London, March.[?]
The Boers who retreated from ladysmith are re[?]perating their horses in the tran[?]. A strong British force has merched northwards from Kimberley with the object of relieving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Sydney
The Imp[?]rial Government has cabled to the Australian Premiers for an additional force of 2000 [?] general service in South Africa, the who[?]e ex[?] to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Progress of the War
WHEN the Boers found that the British Government intended to force the reforms upon them required by the Uitlanders, and began to send troops…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War News. LONDON
The Boers occupy a position four miles from Osfontein, where Lord Roberts has established his headquarters. The enemy hold the kopjes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Some Compensation for the Calamity of War
THE Pall Mall Gazette publishes the following letter:—"SIR,—The following appears to me to come under the above description:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Issue of War Loan Stock. London, March 6d
The Government is issuing the hoods or stock for the loan at a fixed price. The term of the loan is not to exceed a decade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters from the Front. the War As Seen by Tommy Atkins
THE English papers are full of letters from the front, and they form most interesting reading. The epistles give one a good idea of what a battle is like as seen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Imperial Budget. Proposals of the Government. a War Loan of £30,000,000, Increased Taxes. New Stamp Duty Proposed. London, March 9
In the House of Commons last night Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his Budget speech…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest News of the British-Boer War. More Skirmishing. Further Particulars of the Relief of Ladysmith. Mobilisation of a British Reserve Fleet. Sydney, Wednesday. 8.28 A.M.
The Boers who retreated from Ladysmith are recapturing horses on the Trabsvual border. A strong British force has marched…
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