The War in South Africa
FURTHER details of the victories announced in our columns leave no doubt of the superiority of the British forces, even before the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
399 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 20
Latest War News. London
General While bas been successful in repulsing another Boer attack. A force of Boers is also proceeding to the support of General Cronge, in his attack…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The British Wounded. Safe at Dundee. General Symons Has Chance of Recovery
It is considered that the British soldiers wounded in the battle of Glencoe, of whom there were 180, who have been left at Dundee in hospital by Colonel Yule, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glencoe and Elands Laagte. Boer Leaders Killed and Wounded. London. Oct. 23
Further details of the victories at Glencoe and Elands Laagte are published, and they show that the Boer losses were even more serious than was at first stated…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Some War Correspondents Captured. London, October 20
Whilst the Boers held the railway line at Elandslaagte, a station 16 miles from Lady-smith, and 26 miles from Glencoe, a goods train fell into their hands…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The War. Another British Success. London, October 24
Colonel Baden Powell has made a sortie from Mafeking in an armored train. He encountered a large force of Boers, who made an attack upon the train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Boers and British. SYDNEY, Saturday Morning
Colonel Baden-Powell , who is in command of the British forces in Mafeking has effected a brilliant strategical move…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. a German on Boer Rights
In an article in the Neue Jahrhundert, on the historical rights of the Boers, Dr. Max Ohnefalsch Richter describes how he had visited the Transvaal as an enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Transvaal War. the Elandslaagte Fight. a Desperate Engagement. London, Sunday Night
Additional details are now to hand of the fight for the recovery of the railway line at Elandslaagle, where a strong Boer force had cut the British line of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Glencoe Abandoned. Retirement on Ladysmith. Free Staters Driven Back to the Hills. Boers Repulsed at Mafeking. London, October 25
In the House of Commons last night Mr. George Wyndham, the Under-Secretary for War, made an important announcement with regard to the movements of the British force…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The War. Wednesday's Wires. Another Attack on Glencoe Imminent. The Losses at Elands Laagte. The Gordon Highlanders Suffer Heavily. Colesbrook in Danger. LONDON
General Yule is concentrating his forces at the Glencoe Junction, owing to the advance of large Boer forces from the North and West. The movement is to meet a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Great British Victory. the Battle of Glencoe. Magnificent Feat of Arms. Another Brilliant Engagement. British Again Victorious. Heavy Casualties on Both Sides. Several Boer Leaders Captured. Serious Fighting in Natal. London, October 19
Reports having reached Ladysmith that the Boer forces were concentrating in strength on the railway line between Van Reenen's Pass and Ladysmith, Sir George…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Transvaal War
WHILE it was expected that there would be differences of opinion about the justice of a war with the Transvaal Republic before it commenced, it seems out of place that, now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. (“Argus” Cables)
A great battle is now raging at Glencoe. General. Jo[?]bert, at the head of a large Boer force, is making a fierce onslaught on Glencoe, which is 42 miles from the British base at Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in the Transvaal. London
The report of the alarming continental combination is discredited by the London " Timer." Kimberley is completely invested by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Johannesburg in August.the City Deserted the Black Danger
The following interesting but serious description of the appearance of Johannesburg is given in a letter dated August 15 by a special correspondent, which was published in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M. Hanotaux's Warning. Racial War Inevitable. PARIS, 22nd September
M. Hanotaux has a long Article on the Transvaal question in the Journal. As a past and, possibly, future Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Hanotaux does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Monday's Wires. at Kimberley. An Important Engagement. LONDON
An engagement, lasting four hours, took place at MacFarlane's farm near Kimberley. A thousand Boers, well posted; endeavoured to decoy the British troops over mined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Europe and the War. Anti-British Feeling in France. German Disgust with the Boers
Paris, 17th September.—The communication that M. Declasse sent on Saturday to the French press confirms what I have always said about the policy of that Minister in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal War. Alleged Storming of Mafeking. Houses in Flames. Privation Amongst the Enemy. London
Dawson City has offered 100 marksmen for the Transvaul. A Boer report states that the Transvaal forces are shelling Mafeking, and that the…
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