The War. a Commando Disbands
Commandant Fourie has quarrelled with De Wet and his commando has broken up. It is reported that Fourie is willing to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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The War. Boer Prisoners. London
IN reply to questions in the House of Commons to-day, mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, said if further shipments of Boets abroad were made, the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic Intelligence. Later War News. Boers Quarrelling. London
COMMANDANT FOIRIE has quarrellled with DewWet, and his commande has broken up. It is reported that Fourie is willing to surrender…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stern Methods of War
"All war is barbarous," President Loubet is said to have remarked to Mr. Kruger, when "Oom Paul" complained to him of the conduct of the British armies in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. London, Thursday. London
Commandant Kruitziriger reported to having crossed Elands River, has now been driven north. On Sunday last be lost forty men, killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Terms Declined by Botha. London
It is officially announced that General Botha has declined the terms of peace offered by Lord Kitchener…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraphic Intelligence. Later War News. De Wet at Heilbron. London
De Wet is near Heilbron in the northern portion of the Orange River Colony, where the Boers are scattering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Severe Fighting
Severe fighting took place on Friday at Hartebeestefontein. Major Scobell's column on 20th instant severely handled Commandant Scheeper's commando at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Botha and the Peace Proposals
Mr. Chambelain states that General Botha made no specific objection to Lord Kitchener's terms of peace, nor did he make any counter proposals, but had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. the Defeat of Delarey
Lord Kitchener reports the defeat of Commandant Delapey by General Babington near Ventersdorp. The British casualties were 2 killed and 7 wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. the Germans Expelled. London
GREAT BRITAIN has agreed to compensate the German subjects who were expelled from the Transvaal upon British troops entering into occupation. The maximum amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. a Pro-boer, London
Sir Edward Clarke, hitherto a strong pro-Boer, states that the rejection by General Botha and other Boer leaders of the generous terms offered them has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegraphic Intelligence. Later War News. Delarey's Defeat. London
PARTICULARS of the recent defeat sustained by Delarey, show that the Boers suffered heavily. The New Zealanders and the Australian Bushmen distinguished themselves, and the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Funeral
THE remains of Trooper C. Mason, of the Citizons' Bushmen Contingent, who died in the Homoeopathic Hospital, Melbourne, on Friday last, were interred at the Waverley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Battle at Dewetsdorp
General Hamilton on Wednesday had a running fight at Dewetsdorp for 20 miles with Commandant Four[?]e, who escaped before the British had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in China. London
THE Japanese troops at Chili are strengthening their forces by fifty per cent. A regiment of Sikhs, with eight pam-poms, is leaving Shanghai to guard the Tieu-Tsin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. a Boer Surrender. London
Commandant Eaglebrecht, an influential Orange River leader, has surrended to Liout. General French, commanding the British forces in the south-easten Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later War News. Telegraphic Intelligence. the Old Game. London
AS overwhelming force of Boers surrounded a patrol of Marshall's Horse at Zauerberg Mountains, killing an officer and five men. The rest surrendered, were disarmed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of a South African Soldier. Sydney
John Swan, recently returned invalided from Sonth Africa, died in the hospital on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in China. London
REUTER'S Agency reports that advices have been received at Washington to the effect that owing to China not having signed the Manchuria agreement Russia has threatened a…
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