The Matabele War. Death of a British Officer
LONDON, Friday.—Telegrams from Capetown state that Captain Campbell, who was shot in the leg during an engagement between the British and the…
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LONDON, Friday.—Telegrams from Capetown state that Captain Campbell, who was shot in the leg during an engagement between the British and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Monday.—Dr. Jameson, the administrator of the British South African Company in Mashonaland, reports that 1000 scouts are beating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Tuesday.—Daring an attack upon Fort Tati by the Matabele, who were repulsed, four of the leaders were captured, one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FROM time to time the people of this district are startled with sensational reports brought by shipmasters who arrive here from Brazil. At times accounts are received of the ravages…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CAPETOWN, Tuesday.—The utmost indignation has been caused here by the publication of intelligence that positive orders have been received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPETOWN, Thursday.—Further developments in connection with the Matabele war are anxiously awaited. It is expected that a decisive battle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—Sir Frederick Carrington, the colonel commanding the Bechuanaland police, who are now assisting in the war against the Matabele,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MADRID, Monday.—Further particulars received regarding the recent severe engagement between the Spaniards and Moors at Melilla, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—Sir Frederick Carrington, who is on the eve of departure for South Africa to confer with Sir Henry Loch regarding the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir Frederick Carrington, who is about to join Sir Henry Loch in South Africa, in order to confer with him regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Wednesday.—The native chief, Guqunhama, who recently sent an envoy to England to make formal submission to the Queen, is preparing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Thursday.—Further particulars in connection with the Matabele campaign give the history of the movements of the forces since October…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Saturday.—Further intelligence from Matabeleland states that Major Forbes has burned Buluwayo, the Matabele capital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MADRID, Monday.—The town of Santander, on the north-west coast of Spain, which was set on fire by the explosion of a cargo of dynamite on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The Radical outcry against the present hostilities between the South African Company and Lobengula's forces is increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Intelligence from British Central Africa states that some fighting has taken place in the Shire country between the British forces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Wednesday. — News from Matabeleland is very meagre and indefinite, causing great anxiety as to how matters stand. Latest reports…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPETOWN, Thursday.—Latest news from Mashonaland states that further engagements have taken place between the forces belonging to forts Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPETOWN, Friday.—Intelligence has been received from the seat of war that Lobengula, the Matabele King, and his leading chiefs have located…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The Russian Government has completed negotiations for the purchase of several privately-owned trunk lines of railway,…
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