South African War News
FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cables received at the beginning of the week:--Lord Kitchener reports that the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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The Transvaal War. Dec. 30
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ways of Living. 'Tommy' in War Time
When an army is campaigning in a foreign country there are three ways in which it lodges itself--in cantonments, in camps, and in bivouacs…
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General Babington baa defeated the Boers at Nanpoort, and the latter retired north. The British captured Commandant Dupreez and 120 men…
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Four hundred troops having arrived at Malmesbury 48 miles north of Capetown, martial law was immediately proclaimed in the district…
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Of all the varied military accessories which we have, none are more valuable to us than the war balloons. It is stating nothing short of what is a fact when it is…
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FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cables received at the beginning of the week:-- Martial law has been proclaimed in…
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The Germans had several hours hard fighting with 3000 Chinese at the north west junction of the Great Walls 200 Chinese were killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. London Jan. 5
It is officially announced that Sir Alfred Milner. Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa, has been appointed Governor of the Transvaal and the…
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There is no disguising the fact that the South African situation is most serious. Although the Capetown authorities…
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The Boors who attacked Laanfontein on Saturday surprised the sentry and reached to within coven yards of the trenches before being identified. The leader was shot dead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese War. LONDON, January 11
Count [?] Walderace explains that the Boxers at Sze-hai-chau, the scene of the late fight, terrorised the district, and threatened yenking and Chanping…
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The invaders of Cape Colony have been instructed by the Boer officers directing the movement to strife and cut the British line of communications near the coast, and thus…
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Rustenburg, west of Pretoria, after having been short of supplies, has been reprovisioned. The inhabitants and garrison were on reduced rations for a…
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THE war in South Africa has (says the Lancet) tought many things of greater and less importance. Perhaps nothing that it has demonstrated has been more…
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FOLLOWING we give summary of the principal cables received at the beginning of the week:--A naval brigade, 2000 strong, with…
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An American millionaire has invited ex-President Kruger to visit America and give a series of lectures. Boer refugees with the British…
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General Botha and Commandant Viljoen, whenever they are pressed, retire to the north and recruit. Lieutenant General Lyttleton, who is at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. London, Jan. 13
The vanguard of the force under Commandants Herizog and Brad is now west of Calvinia, and is proceeding towards Vanrhynsdorp, about 50 miles west of Calvinia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traveller. German Soldiering
Germany has no regular army in the sense in which that term is used in America and in England. There are no regular soldiers who enlist for long…
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