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Later particulars regarling the engagement at Mafeking state that despite the fire of the defenders the Boers approached the outskirts of the town and aitempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ladysmith is described as the Alderahot of Natal. Sir Rodvers Buller will have command of twice as many soldiers as the Dake of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More than 400 transport mules reached Gibraltar lately from Spain for South Africa. The Indian contingent in South Africa will, it is estimated, cost Great British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The British forces at Estcourt are short of artillery. The Boers are now nearer to Estcourt, and hope to be able to cut off railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. B. ROBINSON, who has lately returned from South Africa, is (says the London Daily Mail) a man who can speak with authority on the Transvaal, and a very full and interesting interview with him…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LADYSMITH, on the 18th instant, was reported to be healthy, and it was considered it could hold out for two months. The column under General Methuen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many old soldiers now feel the effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson of Rossville, York county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind of service at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TELEGRAM to the NATAL TIMES states that General Joubert was killed in an action on the 9th instant. The LONDON STANDARD has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In several quarters throughout the colony the return of a portion of the Australian contingent of Lancers to their homes, instead of participating in the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sharp fight took place at Kulumons, in a northern position of Cape Colony. The Boers suffered badly. General Ciery has Leen appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As mentioned last Saturday Mr. C. C. Lance delivered a lecture here on Thursday evening last on South Africa and the Boer war. As on the occasion of his first lecture the proceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"WITH a strict censorship of Press news from South Africa,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colesberg, October 22.—A Dutchman named Rothamnn has just been arrested for treason. The Hags hoisted at the camp to celebrate the victories annoyed him, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR George White, who commands the Natal forces, is an Irish officer, who like many of his race, did all his regimental service and won his way to distinction in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE London correspondent of the Manchester GUARDIAN, dealing with the question of how long the war will last, says the most sanguine of the military party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEMORANDUM showing the principal heads of expenditure provided for the Army Supplementary Estimate, in consequence of the military situation in South Africa, has (says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAITING from Ladysmith on Oct. 25th, the S. M. HERALD'S special war correspondent says: The intruding commando was composed entirely of Free State Boers, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following members of the Richmond River lancers have returned in the Nineveh: Trooper M'KENZIE Trooper C. ROBSON…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An official despatch from Colonel Wingate in the Soudan states that a decisive victory has been gained over the Khalifa's forces on the White Nile. The Khalifa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE horse plays a very important part in warfare. A veteran cavalry horse partakes of the hopes and fears of battle just the same us his rider. As the column swings into line…
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