The Boer War. Sydney
It is officially reported that Colonel Byng defeated a large Boer force under Commandant Wesfill in the Orange…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
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War Estimates. Reduction of Expense. London, February 1
In a thin House last night, supplementary war estimates, amounting to £5,000,000, Were voted in Committee of Supply by 159 votes to 56…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Boer War. Dutch Peace Overtures. London. February 5
The notes which passed between Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of Holland, and the Marquis of Landsdowne, the Secretary of State for foreign Affairs, representing the…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Correspondence. the South African War.to the Editor Berrigan Advocate
Sir,—I notice in your issue of the 25th ult. a letter from Mr Edmund D. O’Dwyer in reference to a meeting held at Savernake, and reported by you as “A Savernake Protest.”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Peace Prospects-. Dk. Kuyper's Efforts. London, January 31
In the House of Commons last night Mr. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, stated that the reply by the British Government to the letter of Dr. Kuyper, the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Boer War. London
Kroger is reported to be calm, hopeful, and confident that the Boer leaders will not solicit peace. He continually exclaims. "God will give them final peace."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War. London
By a clever enveloping movement 'De Wet was overtaken by the British on the 6th inst., But escaped under the cover of darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Slanders on Soldiers
The Capetown demonstration to refute the continental calumnies was an enthusiastic success. The Mayor of Capetown declared that the contest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boar War
Not Boer this time. At the proceedings before the local Police Court last Tuesday the question of the ownership of a boar arose between litigants. Why did you not sue me…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War In South Africa. London, Feb. 11
The parallelogram of blockhouses in the north of the Orange River Colony, inside of which the drive of the Boers was made, in 125 miles long by 50 miles deep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. a Great 'Drive." Enemy's Losses Over 700. LONDON, February 10
Particulars have just been received from Lord Kitchener, who is at present on Wolvehoek, on the main railway near the north of the Orange River Colony, of a great…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Australian Soldiers. London, February 12
Private L. Walsh, of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, has died of enteric fever at Wakkerstroom, and Private Egbert Dawson of the same contingent, has died of the same…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Returned Soldiers
A year ago the Sydney streets were lined, the foreshores and numerons steamers crowded with people to give buzza to departing continganters. "Brave follows…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →LONDON. Thursday Evening. Transvaal War News
Mr Bennet Burleigh, the “Telegraph” war correspondent, reports that during the recent “drive” the Boer losses were 100, and during the succeeding two days 600, including many…
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Lord Kitchener reports a stiff engagement on the 12th between a battalion of Malta Mounted Infantry and a large body of the enemy. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. London
A sensational letter published from an officer at the front in South Africa, states that General Louis Botha was amongst the prisoners captured at Keno pleas in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two War-ships Damaged. London, February 18
The British cruiser Furious, 5750 tons, 10 suns, of the Channel squadron, and the torpedo-boat destroyer Flying Fish have arrived at Brest for the purpose of having…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Boer War. Lord Kitchener's "Drive." Further Details, London, February 13
Further details are published respecting Lord Kitchener's "drive" in the Orange River Colony last week, which resulted in the dispersal of the Boer force under…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Boer War. a Fight with De Wet. London, February 19
A Router's telegram states that on Sunday last the British columns commanded by Colonels De Lisle and Fanshawe engaged a large force under General De Wet at…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Number of Boers in the Field. Brush with the Enemy. London, February 14 11 British Killed, 40 Wounded. London, February 17
The prisoners captured as a result of Lord Kitchener's drive estimate that the number of Boers still in the field is 12,000. They also state that De Wet has some Krupp An official report is furnished by Lord Kitchener of an engagement between a battalion of the Malta Mounted Infantry and a considerable force of Boers on the…
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