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Murray · The wars & local soldiers
399 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 20
Great Britain has formally notified to the Powers that since October 11 state of war has existed between her and the Transvaal and the Orange Free State…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →News has just been received that the British forces under Lord Methuen "engaged the Boers at Belmont, and after a series of brilliant charges obtained a complete…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →It is reported that natives informed Colonel Kekewich, who is commanding the British force at Kimberley, on 23rd inst., that the Boer camp to the south of Kimberley had…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →General Buller has arrived at Maritzburg. Major Hildyard has now occupied Frere with 10,000 troops, and hopes to intercept the enemy, who are retreating via Weenen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is certainly a crumb of comfort (remarks the London Daily Mail) to a man about to fight for his country to know that in battle not more than one in every 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →General Sir Redvers Buller has arrived at Maritzburg. Major Hildyard has occupied Frere with ten thousand troops. He hopes to intercept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six days' continuous fighting has taken place near Kuruman, in Bechuansland. The Boers, numbering 500, retired after losing 30 killed and 28 wounded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The latest advices from Ladysmith are dated last Wednesday. Sir George White’s message was laconic, but very satisfactory. He reported that all at Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] M[?]huen’s Kimberley relief column scored a [?]plete victory over the Boers at Belmont on [?]lay. The Boers were strongly entrenched in [?] ridges which were defended by five guns. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Office has issued a supplementary estimate of the additional number of men, and of the further amount of money, required in the year ending March 31, 1900, in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight thousand Boers were defeated at Modder River by General Methuen's force on Tuesday after ten hours' desperate fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It may be well for the oath-breaking [?] Ms. P. and others, who are doing all they [?] can be persuade the Irishmen in the [?] to cast aside the “hatred uniform, to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A special correspondent of the South Australian Registrar, writing from Lady-smith on 9th October, says:—On Friday afternoon the medical corps to which Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No official details have yet been received of the Modder River battle. General Methuen was slightly wounded in the thigh. The news caused a great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No official details of the battle at the Modder River are yet to hand. General Methuen, who had command of the British troops engaged in the battle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further detail of General Methuen's victory at Modder River state that the British numbered 7000, and early on Tuesday morning discovered the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Additional details of the battle of Graspan show that the Boer artillery lid splendid shooting, and accurately measured the ranges. They hit an armoured train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boor prisoners in the hands of the British estimate that one hundred and forty Boors were killed at Belmont, and four hundred at Graspan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Kent with the Sydney troops has arrived at Port Elizabeth, all well, and have been ordered to Capetown. The British causalties at the Mudder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further particulars have been received of the severe wound received by Count Gleichen major in the Grenadier Guards, at the battle of Modder River…
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