The War
Colonel Kekewich's mounted infantry surprised a Boer laager at Koffyfontein and captured 10 Boers, including lieutenant Barnard, in command or Kemp's…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
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On the War
Speaking at the Church Parade at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday, the Archbishop of Sydney said the present war was a grand struggle for liberty and religious…
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Colonel Kekewich's mounted infantry surprised a Boer leager at Koffyfontein and captured 10 Boers, including lieutenant Barnard, in command of Kemp's…
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Five Commandants, two members of the Volksraad and 18 other leaders of Boers are to be banished from South Africa. THE ARMY ESTIMATES…
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Boer prisoners estimate that there are still 12,000 of their number in the field. General De Wet is said to have several Krupp guns hidden…
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The Boer prisoners sentenced to penal servitude outside South Africa are to be sent to the Seychelles, where a special gaol is being constrncted for their…
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A party of Boers dug a mine underneath the Delagoa 'railway line, hoping they would thereby rescue Viljoen while he was being conveyed to Pretoria, The…
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"Reuter" states that Colonel De Lisle' and Colonel Faushawe's columns engaged De Wet's large force near Trommel on February 16, capturing [?]en Boers and…
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Privates J. H. Alan and Robert Richards, 3rd N.S.W, Mounted Rifles, have died from enteric fever; the former at Harrismith, the latter at…
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Hans Grobelaar, with 150 Boers, repeated on unsuccessful attempt to traverse Garrelt's lines, and has fled southwards. Senekul has been re occupied by the…
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Hungry Higgins: De last time I visited me old home dey gimme a public reception. Weary Watkins: Speeches?…
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Six hundred Boers, driving a herd of cattle, rushed the outpost at Bothasberg on Sunday night. A number escaped after abandoning everything. Fifteen…
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The Financial Secretary to the War Office has announced that the war in South Africa has coat Great Britain £131,080,000 up to the end of…
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Some Bo[?]rs crossed the blockhouse line near Taf[?]ldorp by night under cover of a downpour of rain. Ben Viljoen has been transported for life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Viljoen. General Ben Viljoen will be sent to St. Helena. an Empty Convoy Captured
An empty convoy was captured near Klerksdorp on its return from supplying Colonel Von Don[?]k's troops at Wolma[?]ansted. The capture was effected…
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Further particulars received of the disaster to British troops show that when Colonel Von Donop's empty convoy was captured by the Boers the total…
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Several farmers belonging to Griqualand West have been sentenced to terms of four years and three years for acting as Boer officials…
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Lord Kitchener reports from Harrismith on Febuary 28th, that the Wilge was held by the Leinster Regiment of General Elliott's division, while the mounted rifles held…
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On February 23rd, the Boers rushed with a great mass of stock a position held by New Zealanders, overwhelming the pickets. The New Zealanders made a splendid…
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Further particulars of the disaster to the convoy at Klerksdorp state that the attempt to park the waggous across the road failed owing to native drivers…
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