The War London, December 12
Colonel-Baden-Powell reports that Mafeking was “all well” on November 30 A 100-pounder Boer gun had been silenced…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
212 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 11
War News. the Relief of Kimberley. Dec. 11
THE Boer forces, numbering 11,000 at latest advices, under General Cronje, are entrenched in as micircular hilly position across the Kimberley railway line from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News. The Battle at Magersfontein. Further Particulars. Both Sides Lose Heavily General Wauchope and the Marquis of Winchester Killed. 30,000 Reinforcements Wanted. Further Help from the Colonies Expected. Mafeking in Distress. SYDNEY
LORD METHUEN officially reports that the Highland Brigade attacked the south end of a kopje at daylight on Monday but failed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War Cables. Ladysmith Relieved
A private cable has been received stating that Ladysmith has been relieved. The same cables says that Six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. Defence of Mafeking
Mafeking. October 28.—Since my last despatch, via Dururman and Hope Town, matters have been very lively in this garrison Colonel Baden-Powell has been keeping the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. The British Reverse
Farther particulars have now come to hand regarding the British reverse near Stormberg Junction, in Northern Cape Colony, when Major-General Gatacre, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in Parliament. Great Excitement
Sydney, Friday.—The news of the latest British reverse occasioned great excitement in Parliament yesternight. The Premier hastily summoned a cabinet meeting and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An OLD Braidwood Man at the War
A letter has been received by Dr. Cummings from Mr. Peony, who will he remembered as a resident of Braidwood some years since. He has been for some time in South Africa where he is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest War Hews. Friday. 9 20 a.m
Methaen's Kimberley relief column suffered a severe repulse at Magerafontein, midway between Modder River and Kimberley. The Boers occupied a strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treading on the Lion's Tail. The "Times" Thunders. British Retiring to Modder. 893 Killed and Wounded. Can't Shift the Boers. Great Sensation in England. Fearful Slaughter
London, Thursday.—Lord Methuen officially reports that the Highland Brigade attacked the south end of the Kopje at Mrgersfontien at daynight on Monday, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. SYDNEY, Sunday morning
GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER has sent the following dispatch to the War Office:--He moved in full strength of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Church View of the War
In the end the Church will gain enormously. The overthrow of a corrupt and degrade tyranny masquerading as a civilised Government, the insistence on some measure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War London, December 15
Lieutenant-General Sir G. S. White the commander of the granson at Ladysmith, has blown up the bridge over the Modder Spirit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Intelligence Sydney, Monday the War. The South African Reverses
The news of sir Redverse Buller’s reverse caused the most intense excitement throughout the city on Saturday night . Up to a late hour crowds thronged the newspaper offices,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. (Per Press Telegram Association.) Appointment of Fresh Officers. Natal Requires Buller's Attention. Remainder of Reserves to be summoned. Australian and N.Z. Troops in Acting. More Boer Losses. 20,000 Boers Massed to Oppose the Advance on Kimberley. Total British Losses. Boers Lose 2000 at Magersfantein. Railway at Modder Destroyed. Boers. Entrenching at Stormberg--4000 Strong at Colesberg. SYDNEY
LORD ROBERTS has been appointed Commander-in-Chief and Lord Kitchener Chief of the Staff in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. After Stormberg
Affairs seemed to have remained practically unaltered in North Cape Colony since the British reverse at Stormberg. A force of 1800 Boers advancing to the eastward of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News London, December 15
Additional lists of the British casualties at the battle of Magersion[?] show that the killed include Lieutenant-General H. C. Coode, of the let and 2nd batralions Royal Highlanders (the Black…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest War News
The Defence Committee of the Imperial Cabinet, considering that the position in Natal requires General Buller's undivided attention, has appointed Lord Roberts to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Volunteers for The War. Queanbeyan Well Represented
THE following is a copy of a circular addressed to the members of the late half company (Queanbeyan) Mounted Rifles.--"1812'99. Meet me at Pooley's Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. The "Times" Recognises the Gravity of the Situation. The British Loss at Tugela River Tugela the Boers Stronghold. Formidable Boer Entrenchments. Barbed Wire Utilised. £50,000 for a London Volunteer Corps. Buller Suggests Sending 8000 Imperial Yeomanry. Lord Methuen Awaits Reinforcements. SYDNEY
THE Times, in a lending article, comments upon the extreme gravity of the situation and says Lord Methuen is hemmed in while General Buller…
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