War Items. War Correspondents at the Front
As soon as Sir Redvers Buller's headquarters are established on the frontier a very stringent code of regulations will be put in force as regards the correspondents…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 23
Verestchagin on War
I well remember talking of war with Verestchagin, the great Russian war painter, who has taken part in the wars he has painted. "War," said Verestchagin, "makes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Patriotic Offer to the War Office
The Exchange Telegraph Company states that an offer has been made to the War Office by Mr. James A. Malcolm, of Moutague Mansions, W.C., London, of a 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Prisoners of War and the American Consul
The subject of the treatment of the British soldiers who were made prisoners of war by the Boers, and are now in durance at Pretoria, has recently attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Heavy Fighting at Belmont. Lord Methuen's Column in Action. Boer Position Stormed and Taken. The British Victorious. Stores, Ammunition, and Horses Captured. British Killed, 59; WOUNDED, 152. Boer Losses Heavy
LONDON, Friday.—News has been received from South Africa that a decisive battle was fought at Belmont on Thursday between the British force under…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Dutch residents in Russia have raised a fund of 55,000 roubles, and are sending Russian doctors and nurses and 40 beds to the Transvaal…
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Natal was first discovered by Vasco di Gama on Christmas Day, 1497. He therefore christened it "Terra Natalis." A private letter which has been received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Abyssinians Train for War
A well illustrated article on Abyssinia and King Menelik appears in the November number of the "Windsor Magazine." Of the sturdiness of the people, the writer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War The Battle at Belmont. Three Brilliant Charges Three Boer Positions Taken in Succession. Stubborn Resistance by the Enemy. Charges With the Piper Bands Playing. the Coldstream Guards Distinguish Themselves. the N.S.W. Lancers in Action. the Boers Entrenched on the Modder River
LONDON, Sunday.—Further details of the brilliant victory by the British force under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, now pushing its way on to the relief of their…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. E. F. Knight, the special correspondent of the "Morning Post," was wounded by a Dum-Dum bullet during the engagement at Belmont…
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M. Louis de Rougement has sent £5, being 20 per cent. of the net proceeds of his lecture in Durban, to Dr. Haggar, in favour of the Y.M.C.A. War Refugees' Relief Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Notes. Sydney
It has been definitely decided that a regimental inquiry will be opened at Parramatta immediately after the returning Lancers are released from quarantine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. the Powers Officially Informed
LONDON, Monday.—The British Government has officially informed the European Powers of the existence of a state of war between Great Britain and the Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Battle of Graspan. Further Heavy Fighting Lord Methuen's Column Attacked by 2500 Boers. Capture of the Heights. Heavy Losses of the Boers
LONDON, Monday.—Later news states that at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning a force of 2500 Boers, with eight guns, attacked the troops under the command of…
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Lieutenant Meiklejohn, of the Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded at Elandslangte, is one of the heroes of Dargai. He was the first officer who mounted the…
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The situation in Natal again gets interesting. For the loot few days little has been heard of military movements it the "garden colony." A light took place the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War the Battle at Belmont. Returns of Killed and Wounded. an Austrian Officer Commanding the Boer Artillery
LONDON, Tuesday.—It has been ascertained that an Austrian ex-military officer, named Albrecht, commanded the enemy's artillery during the fighting at Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships with Contraband of War
LONDON, Tuesday.—The declaration by Great Britain of the existence of a state of War with the Transvaal will facilitate the search and capture of vessels at sea…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Six wounded men of the Dublin Fusiliers who were captured by the Boers in the armoured train engagement at Chieveky a fortnight ago have…
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Some time ago the Government asked Krupp to send sample field guns, such as were supplied to the Beer Artillery for experimental purpose at Shoeburyness. The…
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