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Murray · The wars & local soldiers
399 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 20
The Boers are surrounding Kimberley, and have occupied Barkly West and Warrenton, to the north of that town. Two successful sorties have been made by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patrols sent out from Kimberley last Monday reported (hat a strong Boer force had advanced from Wiudsoiton-road, and had taken up a position on Macfarlane's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All British cruisers are being mobolised, and preparing to be placed in commission. Russian press notices are laudatory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preparations are being made by the Transvaal Government for succouring the large number of Boers who have been wounded in the recent battles…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The railway at Mafeking now runs round the town. A spy has been captured at Ladysmith tampering with the quick-firing guns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Rosebery, in a resolute speech at Edinburgh, stated that Great Britain mean; to see this South African matter through to a finish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The resident civilians at Ladysmith have been ordered to leave in anticipation of a Boer attack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twenty thousand Boers were engaged in the Lady[?] battle. The accuracy of the British artillery is now reported to have been marvellous, no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The determination on the part of the Boers to capture Kimberley where Mr Cecil Rhodes is at present, is strongly evidenced by the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has transpired that the battalions operated too far from the main British line, and were surrounded in the hills. They were, in fact, caught in a trap and hopelessly…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Government has received a report from Sir George White with respect to the disaster on Monday, when, in consequence of a stampede of the mules used for the artillery,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →An old soldier named John Gurney, a native of Hailesbury, Buckingham, who is now reported to have received a distinction which is accorded to few but the most…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday the men were paraded and marched in detachments to the western portion of the parade ground, where they were formally sworn in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Early to-day the Boers shelled with forty-pounders. The British force, under General Sir G. S. White, returned the fire, and quickly silenced the enemy's guns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boers surrounding Kimberley have occupied Barkley West and Warrenton. Batteries of field artillery have just landed at Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →General White, on Sunday night, sent a mountain battery of the Irish Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment to the hills, intending to clear his left and southern flank. General White, in his official report to the War Office, with regard to the engagement at Ladysmith yesterday, states that no blame is due to the officer commanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So far as can be gathered from what news comes through by cable from South Africa, the comparatively small force of British troops arrayed against the Boers, is holding its own, if no[?] inflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament which had met in special session to vote a war credit of £10,000,000 was prorogued on Friday. The Queen [?] speech congratulated members upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early to-day the Boers shelled Ladysmith. The fire was extremely heavy the enemy using 40 pounders. The British artillery after a heavy and short practise silenced the enemy’s guns. The Boers then…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The departure of the Victorian Contingent for the scene of war in South Africa, was the signal for an enormous and enthusiastic gathering in Melbourne on Saturday last. All the streets on the line of…
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