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Murray · The wars & local soldiers
967 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 49
Lord Roberts telegraphed on Tuesday that he had token possession Bloemfontein. He was met two miles from the town by the mayor and other officials…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The engineers cut the telegraph lines, and exploded the railway northward of Bloemfontein, preventing General Joubert's arrival with reinforcements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Desperate sapping and counter sapping is proceeding at Mafeking whence Colonol- Baden Powell reported hopefully from on the 13th. The Boers investing the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of delegates from Mulwala, Clear Hills, Urana, and Savernake was held at the latter centre on Saturday, to consider whether any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The news received on Friday night of the bloodless capture of Bloemfontein by the British troops, was received with frantic enthusiasm by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In a letter to the Banner last November I said: "England never admitted that she relinquished her right, by the Convention of 1884, to interfere in the affairs of the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →M. Lockroy, a former Minister of Marine in France, and a well-known writer on naval questions, in which capacity he is a strong advocate of increasing French naval…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →It is announced that 800 Fr[?] Staters have surrendered at Eadenberg. General Gatacr[?] has captured 40 waggons, two engines nod a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was lately reported that the diss[?]sions between the Free State and the Transvaal Boers, which originated during General Cronje's campaign on the Modder, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer fire at Mafeking has slackened off. Trains are again crossing the Tugela, bringing supplies to General Buller,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corporal Raff, at Driefontein, bayonetted a Boer firing under the white flag, and was immediately promoted to the rank of sergeant. The New Zealanders marched from…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →President Steyn, replying to Lord Roberts as to abuse of the white flag, denies all knowledge of the occurrence. He says the British fired on their own…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The general verdict on the Presidents' despatch is that it is canting, hypocritical insolence. Lord Salisbury's clear, dignified, stem…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →News from South Africa states that Corporal Raff bayonetted a Boer who was firing under the protection of a white flag at D[?]ontein…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appearances point to the speedy continuation o[?] Lord Robert’s advance to the north from Bloem[?]ontein. The cavalry have been actively engaged in reconnoitring to the north, towards Brandfort,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London “Times” of February 7 says:— A correspondent of Natal sends us some correspondence which took place many years ago with regard to a proposed survey of the Drakensberg…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Synman, with a large force, attacked Colonel Plumer near Lobatalon the 15th inst. The action was indecisive, the enemy losing a few men and guns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The enemy, with four guns, holds a ridge across the Vaal River, facing Warrenton. Lord Methuen has secured the crossings on the river cast of Fourteen Streams, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An item of news recently cabled to this country by a correspondent with Methuen's column relating how a commission had been offered to, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported that the War Office has received a message brought by Colonel Plumer's scout to the British in Rhodesia, that Mafeking has been relieved. The…
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