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Commandant De Wet abandoned a gun and immense quantities of forage and many tents when retreating after the battle of Osfontein. De Wet dreaded the chance of cutting his communications…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following letter has been received from Mrs. M. L. Waller:-- "Parkside, Parramatta, March 9. "Dear Mrs. Davey.--Thank you so much for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Borers closely besieging Mafeking and now take the streets with a new siege gun. The garrison are despondent but determined to hold out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A LETTER from Kruger has bee found among the stores on the Tugela, stating that if Ladysmith were relieved, the Boers' cause would be doubtful and precarious, but if the town were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Brabant, with 1,800 men holds Fort Labuschagnes Nek; Boers were mercilessly pounded and expelled from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Confirmation received of disorganisation of Boer forces; early submission of Free Staters expected. Joubert resigned and gone to Pretoria owing to a quarrel with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The report that preliminary steps have been taken to remove all women and children from Johannesburg has created a great sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major-General R. A. P. Clements, operating in the north-western portion of Cape Colony, is rapidly advancing. He has seized Norval's Pont, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonel Powell at Mafeking warned General Synman, the Boer leader, that unless the latter census using native soldiery, he will direct the Bechanuas to raid the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonel Broadwood's cavalry, belonging to Colonel Kelly-Kenny's division, had a severe and successful engagement at Driefontein, south of Abraham's Kraal, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is no more saying but an actual outcome of the experience of war that that general is most fortunate who makes the lowest mistakes, and that there are not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FURTHER details of the battle at [?] in which the sixth division of the Army Corps, commanded by Lieut.-General Kelly-Kenny, and a cavalry force under Lieutenant-Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE main army in the Orange Free State is is still forcing its way towards the enemy's capital, and Lord Roberts is now close up to this first objective. But his advance guard has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour read the Boer President's peace overtures in the Imperial Parliament. The Presidents declare that they had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE transport of the army by land and sea is the heaviest initial cost of the war. A hundred and twenty ships with a Million tonnage, carrying the biggest British army in the history of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MAFEKING was reported to be safe on the 6th inst. Colonel Plumer at Lobatsi further reports that the Boers are using explosive bullets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Roberts cables: " I regret announcing the death of LieutenantColonel Umphelby, of Victoria, who was injured in the battle of Osfontien."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lieutenant General French seized the hills commanding Bloemfontein after a hard fight on Monday night The British losses were 60 killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Beers left cooked dinners at Osfontein, also a Krupp gun and several waggons. The cavalry brigades outstripped…
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