The Transvaal War London
GENERAL BULLER has arrived at Maritzburg. Major Hildyard has occupied Erere with 10,000 troops, and hopes to intercept the enemy, who are retreating via We[?]nan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
123 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 7
Boer War Notes. [By J. D. Hennessey & J. Von Tromp.]
THE latest news to hand from the seat of war shows that matters on the whole fire progressing favorably for the British, the Boer advance upon the capital of Natal having been relinquished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War Battle at Belmont—the Boers Routed. N.S.W. Lancers in Action. London
AN important combined British movement is imminent at Natal. The Sixth Army Division is mobilising at Aldershot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By Wireless Telegraphy. War Office Sending Marconi Instruments to Natal
THE Government have entered into a contract with the Wireless Telegraphy and Signalling Company for the use of the Marconi system in South Africa during the war (says the London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal, War. Battle of Clencoe. the Boers Fight Bravely
THE 'S. M. Herald's special war correspondent, writing from Durban on October 22, says: All that one can do in the brief hours before hurrving to the front is to give an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Commander-in-chief Goes to Relief of Ladysmith. British Forces to Be Increased to 90,000 Wen. at Modder River British Soldiers Fought for 10 Hours Without Food or Water. British Troops Fought with Great Valour. at Grasspan Effect of British Shells Was Terrific. Naval Brigade Faced Murderous Fire Delivered at 300 Yards. 13 of Their Officers Killed and Wounded Out of 16. Still They Rushed and Routed the Boers. Stoppage of All Authentic News From Natal. London
The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Redvers Buller, is proceeding to the relief of Ladysmith. The British forces in South Africa are to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. an Austrian Officer Commands the Boer Artillery. Grenadier Guards' Loss. Naval Brigade Lost Heavily. Lieutenant-general Hildyard Hopes to Intercept the Enemy. General Gatacre Advancing on Colesberg. Princely Donations to War Relief Fund. London"
An Austrian ex-officer commanded the Boer artillery at Kaiffirsdorp. Eighty-one Boers were killed, and 61 waggon loads of ammunition destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. the Surrender of the British Force. Gallant Fight to the Last Against Crushing Odds. All Ammunition Spent
LADYSMITH, October 31.—The following official statement has just been published:—Early yesterday morning Sir George White took out from Ladysmith a brigade of mounted troops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and Shoulders
THE French Army has been malting experiments to detormine how mon should walk during long marches in order to cover the greatest distance in the briefest time with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Great Battle Tuesday. General Methuen Dfeats 8000 Boers at the Modder River. One of the Hardest Fights of British Army. Naval Brigade Specially Distinguish Themselves. Boers Vacating Camp South of Kimberley. Trooper Byrne of N.s.w. Lancers Missing. Australian Troops Ordered to De Aar., Pro-bcer Legion Being Raised in New York. Transvaal Gold Mines Will Be Taxed Towards Cost of War. London
A telegram just to hand states that General Methuen's force defeated 8000 Boers on Tuesday at the Modder River. The fighting was of a desperate character…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Risks of War
What fighting means is being brought home to us in a very vivid manner. We note, however, that in the "Gem" a War Office official makes the statement that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transvaal War. London
There are no official details of the battle at the Modder River, published accounts of which have already appeared from, press reporters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. the Returned Lancers. Some Prepared to Return to the Cape
(From the Daily Telegraph correspondent on the Nineveh.) THE returning Lancers arrived at the quarantine station on the Nineveh on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farewell to Soldiers at Edinburgh Catholic Cathedral
AT the principal service on Sunday at St. Mary's Broughton-street, Edinburgh, says the 'Scotsman,' when the Catholic men of the Scots Greys and Gordon Highlanders…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War London
FURTHER particulars of the Modder River battle state that the army never faced a severer sustained fire. A dozen men of the Coldstreams, with several officers, swam…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South African War. Lecture by Father Fagan
By request the Rev. Father Fagan delivered a lecture at Swan Buy on the 17th ultimo on the South African trouble. After briefly referring to the great interest centred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War the Modders River Battle. London
FURTHER details of General Methuen's victory at Modders River, state that the British numbered 7000, and early on Tuesday morning they discovered the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items
OF the 123 wounded at Glencoe and Elandslangte, brought round to Capetown and sent to Wynberg, only three had to be carried off the Jelunga in cots: all the rest, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After Elands Laagte. Sad Plight of the Wounded. Ladysmith, Oct. 25
THE bloody battle of Elands Langte, which proved costly alike to both Boer and Briton, was fought on Saturday, October 21. All night the wounded lay upon the tield, for the last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. London
Further details of the battle at the Modder River state that the fighting' commenced at daybreak and continued till dusk. It is estimated that the Boer forces…
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