The War Boer Maltreatment of Prisoners. Complaint by Lord Roberts
LONDON, Monday.—Lord Roberts has complained to President Kruger about the British prisoners being forced to bivouac in the open veld,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 56
War Notes
At Magersfontein one half-company of the Black Watch was marched out of action by the senior private, every officer or non-commissioned officer being wounded…
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A skull and crossbones is the somewhat grim emblem adopted by Captain Montmorency's scouts. Since the commencement of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Important Despatches From Lord Roberts. the Battle of Spion Kop. Severe Criticisms. Buller Warren, and Thorny-croft Condemned. Buller Expected to Resign
LONDON, Wednesday.—General Sir Charles Warren's, General Sir Redvers Buller's, and Field-Marshal Lord Roberts' despatches relative to the attack…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The withholding for a month of Lord Roberts' despatches censuring the generals in Natal, and publishing them now, is…
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The "Lancet" publishes some further interesting notes from Sir William MacCormac. He describes how Corporal Thomas, of the Worcester Regiment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A War Correspondent's Adventure
In his book, "War Correspondence as a Fine Art," Mr. Archibald Forbes tells the following story of his adventures in Paris when the German took possession of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A New War Shield
A lady is responsible for the invention of a war shield. This is Miss Stormont Murphy, an Irish girl, and her shield is such a success that, unlike others that have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War and Influenza and Insanity
Dr. Clouston, the medical superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane, makes some interesting statements in his annual report…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Uses of Pigeons in War
It is to be regretted, says the "Strand Magazine," that military lofts were not established throughout South Africa during the time of peace, for such messengers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War The Boers in Natal. a Carefully Chosen Position
LONDON, Friday.—The report that the Boers have retired from the Biggarsberg is regarded as a feint to draw on General Buller prematurely…
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Improbable as it may seem, the French army has lately been making experiments with the view of testing the value of stilt-walking for military purposes. Stilts are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Cost of War
There are some interesting calculations in the "Home Magazine" as to the cost of war. A careful estimate we are told, places the amount spent by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A "Stop-the-war" Meeting
During the "stop-the-war meeting" held in Queen-street Hall, Edinburgh, Mr. Theodore Napier, a picturesque Highlander, was treated very much like a football. An…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War The Siege of Wepener. Severe Boer Losses. an Attack Repulsed
LONDON, Friday.—The Boers report that they have 8000 men, with 15 guns, attacking Wepener. LONDON, Saturday.—The Boers on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hamilton Military Fair. Mr. D. O Connor, M.p., on the Boer War
The presence of Mr. D. O'Connor, M.P. for Philip Division, drew a great crowd to the Hamilton Military Fair on Saturday evening. Mr. O'Connor, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Red Cross at Bloemfontein. Boer Amazons. Killing Wounded British
LONDON, Sunday.—The Commander-in-Chief has inspected the Red Cross section of his army at Bloemfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Siege of Wepener. Boer Reinforcements
LONDON, Sunday.—The Boers round Wepener, where the gallant band under Lieutenant-Colonel Dalgety of the Cape Mounted Rifles resists vigorously,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A King's Amazonian Soldiers
A hitherto unpublished paper by Sir Richard Burton, describing the Amazons of women soldiers of the King of Dahomey, as he saw them in 1803,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Roberts in Bloemfontein. Re-opening of Trade. the Boers' Positions
LONDON, Monday.—Lord Roberts is re-opening and developing a large trade in the Free State with a view to obtaining revenue from the Customs…
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