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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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
123 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 7
War Items
According to the 'Diggers Transvaal News,' the Boer forces at the battle of Glencoe only numbered 600. These are some of the headlines to the account of…
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A. wound Boer gives a vivid account of the cross artillery fire at Elands Laagte. He had a better opportunity of studyintg it, since he was lying at the time with…
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Two batteries of artillery and other reinforcemeats have reached Major-General Gataere. The Free State Boers have wrecked the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rudyard Kipping's New War Poem. the Absent-minded Beggar
When you've shouted "Rule Britannia"— When you've sung " God Save the Queen."- When you've finished killing Kruger…
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THE Australian and Canadian contingents form a separate brigade under Lord Methuen. Mr. J. B. Robinson, a south African…
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GENERAL GATACRE'S column regained Molteno after 30 hours' hard work. the Infantry were as cool as if on parade, and captured an almost impregnable position against 6000 Boers…
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Schalk Burger, the Boer Commander, is being assisted by German officers in the siege of Ladysmith. The New South Wales Lancers and the…
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Prisoners taten at the battle ot Magersfontein state that the British artillery fire was most effective, entirely clearing the upper Boer entrenchments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The World's Press on the Transvaal War
THE following express some of the opinions held throughout the world:—It is reported, via Amsterdam, that the whole British Army has been captured by teh Boers, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in the Transvaal. Boer Powder and Shot. Ammunition in the Transvaal for a 10 Years' War
MOST of the ammunition used by the Boers (says the London "Daily Mail") is of German or French manufacture. A comparatively very small quantity was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Star Wednesday Morning, 20Th December, 1899. the War in South Africa
REVERSE after reverse has of late followed the British, armsin Cape Colony…
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THREE things strike us in. this war as hopeful for the future (writes the London Spectator, October 27.)One is the readiness of the Reservists to respond…
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FURTHER details of General Buller's reverses show that the Boers occupied an impregnable entrenched position under Grobbler's Hill, with thier guns commanding the plain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War Severe British Defeats. at Magersfontein and Chiveley. London
GENERAL METHUEN'S Kimberley relief column suffered a severe repulse at Magersfoutein midway between the Modder River and Kimberley. The Boers occupied…
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Further details of General Buller's operations at the Tugela River state that the Boers occupied an impregnable entrenched position across the river, and their guns also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal War. Lecture by Rev. Father Fagan
THE Rev. Father Fagan, of Coraki, delivered an able lecture at Swan By on the 17th ultimo on the South African war. As one who has lived in the country and knows the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Afrikander on the War. the Number of Boee Forces. Transvaal War Expenditure in Three Years. (From letters in London papers by J. B. Robinson.)
"IT must be quite evident that the Boers are fighting well. They have, up to the present, got as far as Colenso, and I have no hesitation in saying, from my knowledge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Eve of the War
THE special war correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, writing from Newcastle, Natal, on October 5, states: By the courtesy of the Pretorian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South African War. London
NEWSPAPER correspondents state that it is difficult to over-estimate the effect the Australian and Canadian contingents will have on the loyalty of South…
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