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The Queen sent a cablegram to Lord Roberts directing him to convey her condolences to Mrs. Jonbert. Her Majesty asked her assurance to be…
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The Queen sent a cablegram to Lord Roberts directing him to convey her condolences to Mrs. Jonbert. Her Majesty asked her assurance to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Broadwood, with the Tenth Hussars, the Household Cavalry, and two batteries of Horse Artillery, left Colonel Pilcher's force to garrison…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE ADVICE OF K[?]AIES AND KREEDS. The party returned to Hsrrismith in carriages which had been provided for the trip, only the mountain climbing beings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Now is the time," says the Nowra Leader, "when the war fever is upon us, to interview soldiers." So being aware that Mr. J. Collins, of this town, had seen service in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →" Now is the time," says the NOW[?]A LEADER, "when the war feven is upon us, to interview soldiers." So being aware that Mr. J. Collins, of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reuter's correspondent reports that, owing to the approach of a large commando of the enemy, Colonel Broad wood, who, with the 10th Hussars, the Household Cavalry, two horse batteries and Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE official details of the ambush state that the Boers had 8,000 in ambush and opened fire when the waggons entered the drift. The drivers and horses were shot at short range and seven guns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER some days of comparative quietude, hostilities have been resumed in a manner showing that the Boers are still active and full of fight. Since his throat of a few weeks since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Koruspruit disaster gallant attempts were made to rescue the guns of "A" Battery, the horses being continuously shot. All the officers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British officers who escaped from Pretoria Gaol have arrived at Delagoa Bay. They hid for eighteen days in a damp hole beneath the prison, living on bread and water supplied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Roberts reports that owing to the enemy's activity on his immediate front, a few miles north of Bloemfontein and their hostility towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Roberts explains that when the enemy came up with Colonel Broadwood's force at the Bloemfontein waterworks, the commando commenced shelling the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Gatacre is co-operating with Bloemfont in, and protecting the ground to the eastward of the town. He is adapted to the Boer tactics…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lieutenant-General Gatacre is at Springfontein and is co-operating with the British forces at Bloemfontein in protecting the lines of communication…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The contrast between the two men in whose hands at this juncture lay the future fate of South Africa was great. The Transvaal President was a man of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three thousand two hundred Boers were engaged at the Reddesberg fight, and the British losses were 10 killed, 35 wounded, and 546 taken prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boers at Kroonstad reinforced Commandant Olivier. The enemy is in some force at Bushmen's Kop, and is threatening to make raids on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is officially reported that a strong Boer force with four guns in Wednesday surrounded and captured three companies of the Irish Rifles and two companies of the Ninth Mounted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE cables inform us that the Boer officials at Pretoria claim that they secured a victory over Colonel Plumer's force at Ramathlabam, about 18 miles to the north of Mafeking, and that at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The transport Winkfield, which collided with the Mexican near Capetown, brought remounts for the British forces. Perfect discipline was maintained on board, and the mails were saved…
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