The War. London
After a aeries of reveries the lide of the South African campaign seems to be once again flowing in Grant Britain's favour in, at least, one of the most important districts…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
967 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 49
The Transvaal War (“Argus” Cables.)
Preparations are evidently being vigorously pushed on by Sir Redvers Buller to deliver another blow at the Boer portions on the Tugela River. No particulars are forthcoming, but the latest telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-balloons in the Transvaal
No army in the world has a balloon service equal to that of the British army, says the i lustrated, mail for the very balloons themselves are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Notes
It is announced that among those who have been enrolled as members of the contingent of Australian bushmen, is Mr. Waddell, M.L.A., who is an experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous War Items
The whole of Buller's available troops made a demonstration at Colenso, and found the trenches occupied by the enemy. The Eighth Division of the Army Corps is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous War Items. The Position in Natal. An Attack on Ladysmith. LONDON
General Buller has been further reinforced, and now holds the Boers on three sides of the town. On Friday, General Buller made a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. the Sunnyside Engagement. Queenslanders Under Fire. Boers Routed From Douglas. Intermittent Fighting at Colesberg. London
Further particulars of the recent engagement at Sunnyside, twenty miles to the north-west of Belmont, show that the Boer larger was mostly occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Monday's Wires. a British Attack at Mafeking Repulsed. Traitors Give Information to the Boers. LONDON
Colonel Baden-Powell made another determined attack on the Boer positions outside Mafeking. A night surprise was arranged, and a picked force was despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Telegraph's Cape Letter. The Politics of the War. Dutch 'Humiliation and Prayer. Steyn's Duplicity and Arrogance. CAPETOWN, Nov. 21
History in South Africa since my last letter has taken the form more of politics than of war, though, of course, war has been a potent factor in them…
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The Queensland and Victorian contingents were hotly engaged against the Boers at Sunnyside, went of the Modder River, on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Humours of War
If peace hath her humours, so too has war; and, though fighting more often than not is very heavy work, it is not without its lighter side to relieve the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gifts for the Wounded
A correspondent writes to the Times (November 25), stating that absolutely no more gifts in kind were wanted for the sick and wounded by…
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One of the native runners employed by Router's Agency to get into communication with Mafeking and bring out dispatches fell, near Vryburg, into the hands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's War Factory
Woolwich Arsenal is (says the Times of India) a busy place always (although it is said that a few months ago a fire-eating official of this gigantic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Methuen's Four Battles Letter From One of the Wounded
A very interesting letter has been received from Private F. W. Stakes, formerly of Easendon, who was severely wounded at the Modder River engagement, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Salaries of War Correspondents
While war adds appreciably to the circulation of every daily newspaper, it at the same time runs up the outgoings to an enormous extent, far exceeding the profits…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Latest War Items. Sydney
The work of selecting 25 men to form the Mounted Unit Army Medical Corps was completed this afternoon. A fine body of men were chosen, several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Notes. Battle of Belmont. Scenes and Incidents
The London Daily Telegraph on November 27 published the following telegram from its correspondent, being additional details on those taken from the Cape Argus:-…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The War. Notes on the Cables. Saturday’s Battles
Serious [?] received by the Tuesday [?] from Ladysmith, wherein it was [?] that the [?] [?] on all sides and,…
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