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Murray · The wars & local soldiers
399 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 20
This poem was inspired by the battle of [?] where General Hymons was mortally wounded and written by the Bfoat Reverntul Wm. Alesander, D D., D.C.L., Local Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fresh drafts of Highlanders embark to-day to replace those who fell at Magersfontein. The first portion of the sixth division of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The reported relief of Ladysmith is still unconfirmed. Sir William MacCornack, the distinguished surgeon, has arrived at Frore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Buller has suffered a severe defeat at Chieveley. Further particulas later 9 p.m General Buller reports to the War Office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Premier has received a cable sating that Her .M[?] Government will accept more t[?] from the Australian colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Buller reports to the war office as follows:— He moved in full strength to Chievely at four o'clock in the morning, intending to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No actual declaration of war had been made, so the British authorities with easy confidence were unprepared for any emergency. On the 20th December, 1880, a convoy under Lieutenant-Colonel Austruther was marching from Lydenberg to Pretoria when suddenly they were confronted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Premier received through the Governor on Wednesday a cable from the Imperial authorities, explaining a previous cablegram, which stated that only "trained men"…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fuller reports are to hand of the very serious engagement between Lord Methuen's force and General Cronje's at Magerslontein, about 15 miles south of Kimberley…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Further particulars continue to be received of the battle of Magersfontein. Many incidents of a thrilling nature are recorded in the telegrams sent by the war correspondents…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Bourke Carrying Co. has offered the Government 209 first-class camels and 30 attendants for transport purposes. Several of the attendants were with Lord Roberts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further news received from Modder River confirms the view that another severe engagement between Lord Methuen's force, now encamped on the northern banks of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Further details have been received of the desperate battle fought at Colenso last Friday by Sir Redves Bulter, and, whilst bearing out the official report furnished by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fuller details of General Buller's reverse show that the Boers occupied an impregnable entrenched position under Groblers' Hill, their guns commanding the plain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest news from South Africa states that Loni Methuen during a reconnaissance on Friday dismantled one of the enemy's big guns and silenced two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the attack on Talana Hill, the [?]oers started rifle [?]ing at 3500 yards ! W[?]n the British infantry got within 400 yards of the crest, they began to lose pretty heavily, but we have it on their own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE reverses to the British forces in the Transvaal, which have occurred during the past fortnight, indicate that there is, at least, something wrong with the management of the campaign;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Wolseley has accepted the Lord Mayor's offer to organise a corps of a thousand skilled marksmen. The Corporation of London has voted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] Redvers Buller reports to the War Office as [?]ows:—He moved in full strength to Chieveley at [?] o’clock in the morning, intending to force a [?]age by either of the two fordable drifts. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most of the ammunition used by the Boers (says the London “Daily Mail”) is of German or French manufacture. A comparatively very small quantity was made in England, and an…
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