Fatal Mishap to a War Correspondent
LONDON, Thursday.—Lieutenant Murchison is reported to have killed Mr. Parslow, the London "Daily Chronicle's" Mafeking correspondent, through a revolver…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 23
Death of Colonel Keith-Falconer. Shot While Helping a Wounded Comrade
LONDON, Saturday.—Colonel Keith Falconer, commanding the Northumberland Regiment, who was killed during a reconnaisance near the Orange River, it now…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A commando numbering 2000 Boers, with six seven-pounders and two French guns, engaged a large force in the vicinity of Ladismith which was…
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The scarcity of information from the seat of war in South Africa is eloquent regarding the strictness of the censorship which is being exercised by the British military…
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Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, G.C.M.G., the Governor of Natal, was born at Dublin, on August 22, 1849. After a long colonial career, including the Governorship of Maites…
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LONDON, Monday.—Reuter's agency reports that Lieutenant Winstone Churchill is a prisoner at Fretoria, and is suffering from a Wound in the hand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Fighting at Ladismith Serious Assaults on the British. The Enemy Twice Defeated. the Boers Routed and Panic Stricken. Eight Hundred Boers Killed and Wounded
LONDON, Monday.—The "Times of Natal" publishes important news from its correspondent at Ladismith. He reports that on the 9th Instant the Boers, under cover,…
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It was in the fitness of things that Colonel Ian Hamilton, who is with Sir George White at Ladismith, should have again been permitted to try conclusions…
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The wounded in Natal will have the advantage of the knowledge of perhaps England's greatest surgeon. Sir William MacCormac, whose offer of service was…
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Mr. Winston Churchill, the "Morning Post" war correspondent at the Transvaal, ought to score for a Victoria Cross when the time comes for the distribution of honours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Situation at Ladismith. the Fighting on the 9th. Can Hold Out for Two Months
LONDON, Monday.—The Manchester Regiment on November 9th encountered at short range hundreds of Boers, who were hiding in a donga, so as to have protection…
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October has been a glorious month in the annals of the British army, as well as of the navy, and now another brilliant victory has been added to the roll of triumphs which…
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The people of Britain have nobly responded to the call for assistance made on behalf of the relatives of the men who have been killed or wounded In the war. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Fund. "Patriotic British Dogs."
LONDON, Tuesday.—The War Relief Fund now amounts to £270,000, including £24,000 subscribed by the members of the London Stock Exchange…
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A few weeks ago Mr. C. H. Hannell, president of the Newcastle anneal regatta, wrote to the Minister for War, asking that a gunboat should be sent to Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Situation at Ladismith. Trenches Turned Into Bogs
LONDON, Tuesday.—Ladismith reports that ammunition is plentiful. The Boor trenches have been transformed into quagmires, owing to the heavy rains which have…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The latest intelligence from South Africa states that several strong Doer commandos to south of Estcourt are raiding within 30 miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. MR. A. Griffith's Utterances. Public Meeting of Disapproval
A large and enthusiastic meeting (numbering about 300) of the electors of the Waratah constituency was held last evening in the Hamilton Mechanics Institute. The meeting…
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An extra premium of £5 per cent. appears to be about the average demanded by the British insurance offices for covering the risk of death through war in the case…
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The towns of Ladismith, Port Elizabeth, and Lady Grey are called after the wives of Cape Government Kimberley is named after the Earl of Kimberley, who was Colonial…
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