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Murray · The wars & local soldiers
967 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 49
The following interesting letter has been received by Miss Scanlan from her brother, Mr. James Scanlan, of Albury, who went away with the first N.S. W. contingent. The…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, M.P. for North Wilts, and brother of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary for War, has announced his intention of moveing, on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →General Warren captured a Boer position at Spion Kop on Tuesday night. The Boer ar[?]illery fire was a very severe one on Wednesday, there being many British…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Among the thousands of citizens of Natal a great proportion of the young men of that colony responded to the call for volunteers. Their enthusiasm in Britain's cause knew no bounds. Many who held back at the com-mencement of hostilities through business…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The usual forecast of the Queen's Speech to be read are the opening of the Imperial Parliament to-day is published. The speech is mainly notable for the absence from the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Times says there is a strong probability that Ladysmith must ultimately fall. Its loss, the Times goes on to say, will not entail any great strategetical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The depressing effect of the withdrawal of Lieutenant-General Warren's division from its line of attack by way of Trichardt's Drift, as a sequence to the not yet satisfactorily…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Particulars have at length been received of the engagement which led to the capture by the British forces under Sir Charles Warren of the heights of Spion Kop. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The contintental military authorities declare that the Boer position around Ladysmith is impregnable, and that the British must seek new fields of operation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The published lift of the British casualties at Spionkop give 56 killed, 141 wounded, and 8 missing. The list is in complete, but the Cameronians and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More cheerful news having arrived from Natal the feeling of deep suspense that has pervaded all classes since it was known that Sir Charles Warren’s troops had recrossed the Tugela River has been much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Modder to the mother:--"The Highlanders lay for six hours, their bare legs being exposed to the sun so that their sinews are all contracted, and they'll…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RECENT reverses in South Africa will not weaken the resolution, now manifest throughout the Empire, to persevere with the war till success is achieved. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A British flying squadron has reached Northern Zululand. It consists of experienced colonial scouts, and will probably harass the Transvaal communications above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In one of his novels, Henry Kingsley has an officer who gives a disappointment in love as the reason for his being in the army; and the same…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A later cable states that the New Zealanders, Remington Scouts and Squadron Life Guards swept the hills on General White's extreme right flank, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A British corporal has been shot for fraternizing with the enemy during the Spion Kop engagement. A Hanoverian officer declares that ten…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonel Thornycroft ordered the retirement from Spion Kop. General Buller acquits the Colonel of all blame, and declares that he directed his men with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen is deeply touched and gratified at the receipt of a message from the Mayor of Mafeking, dated the 27th January, the hundredth day of the seige,…
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