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LONDON, Sunday.—Lord Kitchener, reports that the enemy has been headed off from the south, and the Boer, attacks have been repulsed at Benoni,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Friday people who saw them didn't think the contractors would be able to finish the arches. On Saturday everybody was convinced they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The London "Daily Telegraph" war fund realised £234,438. All the fund has been distributed excepting £8680…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—Further particulars of the capture of Helvetia by the Boers state that the enemy surprised the town early in the morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Now that the militia are returning to their homes, it is interesting to recall call the fact that This is the fifth time this branch of the military force has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is a curious fact, however little real significance it may have, each change in the century, beginning with the close of the tenth and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Ammunition in a Boer waggon at Senekal exploded. Four men were killed. A daughter of Commandant Haasbrook was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The troopship Orient is due at Sydney from Capetown about the 7th inst. with about 900 returned soldiers from South Africa, During the voyage Cooper Salter, of the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—Replying to a Mayoral address on his arrival at Southampton, Lord Roberts reiterated his implicit confidence in Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Much has been written and spoken during the past twelve months regarding the British army and its defects. The fact is that in every war the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Salisbury was the principal speaker at the banquet given recently by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London in the Guildhall, when close upon nine hundred ladies and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thursday.—The feeling at Capetown, is that strong reinforcements are imperative, and the absence of an actual rising of the Dutch in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The defence of Elands River by a small [?]ary of Australian Bushmen against a Beer attack in thirteen days has been already described in this journal, but interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Saturday.—Lord Roberts has assumed his duties at the War Office as Commander-in-Chief of the army…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—Lord Kitchener is clearing the various districts, and has laagered the inhabitants of Jagersfontein and Fauresmith at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Western Boer commando in Cape Colony is proceeding to Calvinia, 250 miles north of Capetown. The Eastern commando…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Daily Chronicle" says:—The war against the Boers will lead to an unprecedented issue of medals. What the precise number may be is yet an open question, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a preliminary meeting held last evening for the purpose of arranging for a suitable reception to be given by the people of East Maitland to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There is perhaps no public body in the United Kingdom upon which so much criticism has been, and will yet be, directed as the War Office. This is a brief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Colonel Babington has defeated the commandos under Commandants De la Rey and Steenkamp at Nauuwpoort, forcing…
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