The Transvaal War
The newspapers generally agree that De Wet's brilliant prowess at Tweefontein, recalls the late General Joubert's attack at Majuba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New England · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1902
514 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 26
The Transvaal War. London
A number of Major Bridgford's men, who were captured by the Boers under Gommandant Britz in the Beginderlyn district of the Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Years of the War. What Might Have Been
Mr. Henry W. Luey, writing to the S.M. Herald, says: —"Tuesday was the second anniversary of the outbreak of war in South Africs and on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. De Wet's Attack, Heavy British Casualties
Details of the fighting at Tweefontein, east of Bethlehem, where Commandant De Wet attacked four companies of the 11th Battalion of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Dissatisfied Returned Soldiers. Writs Against the Government
Three writs will be issued against the Government shortly by returned soldiers, on behalf of the second contingent, comprising citizens, bushmen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wires. [?] Through Grevile's Telegraph Company. the Boer War. London
COMMANDANT De Wet is still south of the Langberg. De Wet detached columns to attack Brigadier-General Dartnell's and Major Damant's forces, reserving 800 men…
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A convoy which was proceeding to Calvin[?]a, Western Cape Colony, was attacked by Boers, who were repulsed, 5 of the enemy being killed, and 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London
Commandant De Wet is still south of the Langberg. De Wet detached columns to attack Brigadier General Dartnell's and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. the Transvaal War
The correspondent of the Standard has telegraphed a graphic account of the recent fighting with Commandant De Wet's force in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter from the War
TROOPER G. V. CLEARY sends an interesting letter to Mr. H. Harper, of Armidale, written at Greylingstad, South Africa, under date of Nov. 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late War News. LONDON
The British losses during December were:—30 officers and 190 men killed; 49 officers and 382 men wounded, and 393 deaths from accidents and disease…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. De Wet Active. LONDON, January 1
Standards special correspondent provides a graphle narrative of De Wet's recont operations. The latter realises that a chain of blockhouses and mobile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldiers. SYDNEY, Monday Night
THE steamers Fortunes and Runic with a number of returned soldiers on board from the Cape arrived this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. London
The calumnies against the army in South Africa am being acutely revived on the Continent, especially by the German newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cablegrams. London, Monday. the Transvaal War
The Italian and Austrian attaches in South Africa declare that the outrages attributed to the British Army are incredible,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late War News. LONDON
Doctor Krause, who is under committal upon charges of inciting to murder, etc., in the Transvaal, and who was released on bail, has visited Berlin. While…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fate of a War Balloon
DURING the seige of Paris in the Franco-German war no less than sixty-four balloons made their ascent from the capital. Out of this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Transvaal War. LONDON, January 6
It has transpired that Major Rundle— who, with the Grensdier and Staffordshire regiments, was three miles north of Treefontein when Colonel Firman's camp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home. Captain Samuelson at Armidale
On Wednesday morning Captain Samuelson the popular ex-Armidale medico who has been on active service in South Africa for upwards of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War
While reconnoitring in the Vryheid district, in the South Eastern Transvaal, 500 Boers charged the advance guard of Major Garret's column, but…
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