Talked of the War
THE other night, says the SALT LAKE HERALD, a Dago and a Chinaman were holding a heated discussion on the corner of Second South and State streets. For a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
347 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 18
The Transvaal War. London
IT is reported that General Hunter has started for Mafeking. General Barton is fighting ut Rooidam. The Boers are concentrating at the Vaal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South African War. 6,000 Boers Defeated at the Zand River. Capture of Kroonstad by the British. London
THE London Standard sates that the Powers warned the Transvaal that if the Johannesburg minus were destroyed, England would be requested to exact personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in South Arrica. London
General Buller describes the hurried retreat of the enemy. Earl Dundonald's Cavalry pursued them for 40 miles, over a waterless country. 2500 Boers entrained at Glencoe, with guns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xv.—continued
It is noticeable that a commercial people are not easily persuaded to undertake the risks consequent upon revolution. They have far more to lose than a purely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Last Post. Burial of General Woodgate. Wounded at Spionkop
A GREY sunless day, such as we often have at Home, but seldom in Natal. In van the sun has tried to pierce the thick veil of clouds that darken the river and drape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War in South Africa. London, Friday Afternoon
Commandoes under Genends Botha, Delarey and Olivier are entrenching at Rhenoster River, where the bridge has been destroyed. The Rand has endorsed the transfer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interesting War Items
The difference between Field Artillery and Horse Artillery is Unit the guns of the latter are 12-pounders, while the former are armed with 15-pounders. Each of the latter guns is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transvaal War London
THE British captured the entire Boer force Outside Mafeking. It is understood that Colonel Mahon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South African War. The Belief of Mafeking. Intense Enthusiasm Throughout the United Kingdom. London
LORD, SALISBURY read a cablegram in the House of Lords announcing the relief of Mafeking, but said that the news was unofficial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items
We have received from S.S.M. Robson several copies of The Friend, the Bloemfontein newspaper edited by the war correspondents wit[?] Lord Roberts forces. The latest date is April…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. London Tuesday Afternoon
Colonel Mahon took twenty waggon loads of supplies for Mafeking. The official report states that Colonel Mahon entered Mafeking at 4 o'clock on the morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xvi. Presidential Diplomacy
It will be seen by what has already been stated, that, to the people of Johannesburg as a whole, Dr. Jameson's armed invasion of Transvaal territory came as an absolute,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed British Memorial of the War
PEARSON'S new London paper, the "Daily Express," published a leading article under the title "Lest we Forget," which was wired to the " S. M. Herald," it says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items. a Queenslander's Strange Experience
A strange experience is reported by Private James Strong, of the Queensland Mounted Ritles, who returned by the Moravian. He was in action near Paardeburg. The Boers held a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. London
The Boers are in headlong flight northward. The Times' Delagoa Bay correspondent says that President Kroger favours surrender, alleging that a continuance of the war will imperil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers from Africa. Arrival of the Moravian. Invalided Australian Troops
THE steamer Moravian, with, the invalided Australian troops from South Africa on board, arrived in Melbourne on Thursday. She reached Table Bay on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transvaal War London
A PROCLAMATION has been issued at Bloemfontein formally annexing the Orange Free State as a British possession. Lord Roberts marched 20 miles on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. London
It is officially announced that Lord Roberts has captured Johannesburg. Generals French and Hamilton are engaged 10 miles to the westward, and firing has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Boer Conspir[?]cy. a Tale of the Transvaal War. 1899-1900. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xvii. Secret Service
IT has been necessary in recent chapters, in order to sustain the continuity of our story, to deal with certain matters which have for some years been known to the world at…
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