The War London
Official accounts have been received of a very successful action that was fought by Lord Methuen at Bashof, a town in the Orange Free State, 35 miles north-east o…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
967 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 49
The War. London
Lord Reberts's advance from Bloemfontein is delayed owing to many attrcks of pneumonia among the troops, caused by the lightness of their uniforms. When the heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messages Through the Air. Major Baden-Powell's War Kites
While Colonel Baden-Powell is gallantly defending Marking, his brother, Major B. Baden-Powell, of the Scots Guards, is helping the intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Wires. the Mafeking Relief Columns. Colonel Plummer Wounded. Lord Methuen at Vryburg. General Gatacre Returns to England. Large Purchases of Horses. LONDON
Colonel Plummer was within six miles of Mafeking on the 31st March, but was outnumbered, and compelled to retire with ten killed, and twenty-seven wounded. Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Wednesday's Wires. Boer Activity in Natal. The Latest from Mafeking. Foreign Prisoners Captured at Boschof. Sharp Fighting at Wepener. LONDON
Two thousand Boers, with eighteen guns, are placed above Pomeroy. The enemy has also placed big guns near Elandslaagte and Wesselsnek. A strong force is also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Progress of the War
THE rapid march of Lord Roberts from south' of the Modder River railway line, across the Orange Free States, the still more speedier journey of General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Notes on the [?]Ables
Inexplicable blunders continue to be made, and the latest may fairly be laid to “Bubs”' charge. A small [?] of about 600 men were in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War the Reddersburg Mishap. British Fight to the Last Cartridge. London
The latest news from South Africa sates that the column of British troops captured at Reddersberg was a portion of General Gatacre's division…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Joubert's Last Words. Kruger Explains Boer Defeats London, April 4
The funeral of the late General Joubert, the Boer commander-in-chief, which in accordance with his own request, was not made a military Slate function, has taken place…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Boer War. Relieving Mafeking. Methuen's Vanguard. Arrives at Vryburg. London, April 11
No exact information as to the movements of the column which General Methuen detached over a fortnight ago to march to the relief of Mafaking has been allowed to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The War. Affairs at Mafeking. Safe and Cheerful on April 1. "Hold Out Till the Middle of May." Campaign in Natal. Boers Still in Force. London, April 10
Colonel Banen-Powell on April 1 reported Mafeking" safe and cheerful." Colonel Baden-Powell also reports. " On March 23 the enemy abandoned its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wonderful War Bill
It is a fact full of sad suggestiveness that the reign of Queen Victoria, which has witnessed such an unparalleled growth in all the arts of peace, should also go…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War London
It is stated that Burnham, the American scout, who is acting with the British, discovered the Boer ambush at Doorn Spruit, and tried to warn Broad wood's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Max O'rell and the War
Max O'Rell, who is well acquainted with both England and the Transvaal in an address to 1,500 people in the Massey Hall, Toronto, which took the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Monday's Wires. Determined Attack on Wepener. The Town Resists Well. Reinforcements Being Hurried Forward. The British Occupy Reddersberg. London
Thousands of Boers, with eight guns and two Pom Poms and two Maxims, surrounded Dalgetty's force at Wepener. A gallant resistance was offered to the enemy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War London
In a private communication, treating of the Tugelu campaign, Sir Redvers Buller has paid a high tribute to the sterling qualities of the British auldiers. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London
President Kruger has attended a conference of Commandants at Brandfort. It is reported that the Transvaalers decided to withdraw to Vet River and retire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Irish Soldier
An officer writing in "To-day" anent the intrepidity of the Irish soldier, whom be felicitously calls "Patrick Atkins," relates two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Horse
With regard to colour and age in the was horse, Colonel Biddulph, in a newly-issued history of the 19th Hussars, speaking of the Tal-el-Kebir campaign, says—" When the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Prisoners of War. London, April 16
In the strongly worded remonstrance sent by Lord Roberts to President Kruger, with respect to the treatment of prisoners, especially those belonging to Cape Colony, by…
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