The War
A troop of ninety Dragoons charged the Boers on Sunday and recaptured 91 prisoners taken on Saturday at Koorn Spruit, including eleven officers…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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The force captured at Reddersburg, formed a portion of Gatacre’s command. The column occupied an indefensible position without food or water for 24 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Tuesday's News. Roberts's Advance Delayed by Sick Troops
Lord Roberts's advance from Bloemfontein is delayed owing to many attacks of pneumonia among the troops, caused by the lightness of their uniforms…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War 1899-1900. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxii. Throwing Off Disguises
AT the very time that the incidents described in the last chapter were transpiring, a tragedy, which was destined to hasten the movement of…
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Ex-President Steyu declares that the imprisonment of Cronje and other Boers at St. Helena justifies the Boers in placing British prisoners in the depths of the Johannesberg mines…
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General Gatacre is returning to England, and other official changes are imminent. Correspondence between Steyn and Fisher has been discovered at Bloemfontein which shows that…
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ON Friday, February 24, the annual mooting of the shareholders of the Do Beers Consolidated Minos was held. Mr. Rhodes, chairman of the company, made the following reference to the…
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A sensational account of the Koor[?] Spruit incident has been published. Avowedly it has emanated from a Boor source. Commandant Do Wet declares that be found…
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Colonel Plummer was within six miles of Mafeking on the 31st March, bat was out-numbered, and compelled to retire with 10 killed and 27…
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THE Boers report having shelled a body of armed Kaffirs escaping from M[?]king, killing 31 of them. A Boer commando of 2000 men is marching…
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A RECRUITING-SERGEANT one evening sauntered into a quiet tavern wh[?]ae a small party were playing cards, and overhead someone exclaim, as he…
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A force of Dragoons recaptured 00 of the British prisoners taken at Koonspruit. General Clements marched five…
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It is estimated that at the end of March 5000 Boor prisoners were in the bands of the British, and 3466 British prisoners in the hands of the…
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Colonel Plumer was within 6 miles of Mafeking on the 31st March, but he was outnumbered and compelled to retire, with 10 killed and 27 wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War.--the Position
THE apparent delay in the British advance from Bloemfontein for so long is said to have arisen from the necessity of waiting for remounts, as 10,000 horses were up in the march to that…
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Trooper William T. Bannor, 1st Australian Horse, was killed in a fight at Glen Siding on the 20th ultimo. Corporal Trumpeter, D. H. Booth, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonel Plumer Wounded. Roberts acting with Firmness. Kitchener Guarding the Railways. LONDON, April 11
Colonel Plumer was within six miles of Mafeking on the 31st March, but he was outnumbered and compelled to retire with 10 killed and 27 wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Received by Wire Since Last Issue
Mafeking was safe on the 1st April. The enemy on March 27 abandoned the advanced trench east of the town. Sergeant Peage, of the Gape police,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Boer Conspiracy. a Tale of the Transvaal War 1899-1900. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter XXII.—Continued
The whole trial was, of course, conducted in Dutch, before a j[?]ry of Boers, for no Uitlander could serve upon a jury. The public prosecutor,…
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Siege of Wepener continues, during 4 days lighting, British lost 18 killed, 130 wounded, Boers fatigued and despondent and fear to be surrounded by relief forces…
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