Risks Run by War Correspondents
Many people run away with the idea that the average war correspondent is a man who does a modicum of work for very great deal of pay, and whose…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
967 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 49
Personalities. the Premier's Soldier Son
Lord Edward Cecil, the soldier son of Premier Salisbury, with Baden-Powell in Mafeking, is a Guardsman. He was Lord Wolseley's side-de-camp when he was in…
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Lord Robertssays:—"Reports which indicate that disloyalty exists among Irish regiments are absolutely untrue. In the hour of danger my countrymen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mistakes in War
It is no mere saying, but an actual out-come of the experience of war, than that general is most fortunate who makes the leest mistakes, and there are not many…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The "Philosophy of War"
Is war so very terrible in its results as the casual onlooker imagines? Max Nordau, who writes on the "Philosophy and Morals of War" in the North American Review…
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"While I think that we shall learn more| about England before this war is over, I think the Continent will learn still more. The people there will learn that there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Boer War. London, February 3
An Hanoverian officer declares that 10,000 trained European soldiers with 300 officers are assisting the Boers. Colonel Baden Powell reports having forced…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →War Notes. the Siege of Ladysmith
The following from die pen of the Mr. G' "W. Steevens appeared in the "Natal Adver-tiser" of January 4-The following is a typi-cal day; 1 awake at midnight with the words…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →War Office Silent. London, February 6
The absolute stoppage by the censor of all direct war news from Natal still continues. There is as yet neither confirmation nor contradiction of the report, now several days old…
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Strict censorship of telegrams from South Africa accounted for [?] most total absence of news on Monday. Just sufficient was allowed to pass…
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In an interview pablished in Friday night's Melbourne Herald, Mr. J. B. Robinson, an established authority on South Africa, says:-"I say that if an army of South Africans…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Latest by Telegraph Latest War Items. London
A later cable has been received stating that the report that General Buller had crossed the Tugela River had been officially confirmed. The War Office adds…
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It is reported that the Boers are short of shells are making desperate efforts to obtain fresh supplies from Europe. Lord Roberts is concentrating 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What French Military Autho-rities Think of the War
Although the popular feeling in Franco is hostile to Great Britain in the present war, the professional interest taken by military judges is candid and impartial. They…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Conduct of the War. Debate in Parliament. London
In the House of Commons last night, the debate on the Address in Reply to the Queen's Speech was continued. Mr. George Wyndham, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. an Albury Boy in the Battle of Colenso
Mr. Walter P. Wood, writing from Chieveley camap on 1st January, 1900, states as follows:- " I was in the battle of Colenso, engaged with the enemy on our right flank, being one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Latest War News. General Buller Across the Tugela. and Is Advancing Steadily. Sydney
Late cables state that the report of General Buller having crossed the Tugela River is officially confirmed. The War Office states that General Buller holds a good position…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The War. Sir Redvers Buller. Entire Absence of News. Advance Unconfirmed. London, Feb. 6
There is again an entire absence of news from the front in Natal, and no official confirmation has yet been received of the reports that Sir Redvers Buller has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War. a Ladysmith Message. Ready for the Enemy. Buller's Guns in Action. Reported Crossing of Tugela London
A heliograph message from Ladysmith states that on Saturday General Buller's guns were heard actively booming. The enemy appeared to be massing their guns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Wednesday's Wires. Movements of the Troops in Cape Colony. Forceful Speech by Mr. Chamberlain. Another Boer Device. LONDON
General French has despatched an overwhelming force to seize Norvalspont, on the Free State border, for the purpose of cutting off the Boers' retreat. Reinforcements are…
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