War News. London, Oct. 20
The Boers in great force are attacking Glencoe Junction, thirty-five miles north of Ladysmith. The battle is general. It is reported that the War Office has received…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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The Latest War News. Tuesday, 10 a.m
At Eland's L[?]gte, the British gained a brilliant victory. The Boers' position was exceptionally strong. Three British batteries opened fire at 4000 yards'…
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News has been received of a glorious British victory at Ma[?]eking. The report states that Colonel Baden-Powell, in charge of Frontier Light Horse at Mafeking, feigned a…
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London, Tuesday.— It is officially reported that Colonel Baden Powell left Mafeking in an armoured .train, and repulsed a Boer attack . There were two British killed and15…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Intelligence Sydney, Thursday the War
The Assembly has passed a Supply Bill of £812,000, including £30,000 for the contingent, and £268,000 for special works. A loan is expected to be raised shortly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. Battle of Eland's Laagte. London, October 23
DURING the engagement at Eland's Laagie a trumpeter of the 5th Lancers, aged 14, shot three Boers with his revolver. Later accounts state that Gederal Kock,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Latest from the Seat of War. Kimberley Invested. Boears and Free-Staters Invading Natal. A Naval Brigade for the Cape frontier. Great Capture of Boer Horses. A Squadron of Hussars Captured. A Serious Engagement at Reitfaustein Movements of the British Squadrons. Mafeking being Shelled and in Flames. Starving Forces at the Free State Frontier. Relieved by the British Sentries. Free-Staters Massing
KIMBERLEY is completely infested by the Boers. The streets are barricaded and blocked with barbed wire…
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A Boer report states that the Transvaal forces are shelling Mafeking and that the houses are in flames. It is unofficially announced that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War- Incidents of Elandsaagte
In the fight at Elandslaagte, a fourteen year old trumpeter, belonging to the Fifth Lancers, shot three Boers with his revolver during the battle…
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Kimberky is completely inverted by the Boers. The streets are barracaded and blocked with barbed wire. It is estimated that 30,000 Transvaal and Free…
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It is officially reported that Colonel Baden-Powell, on the 16th instant, left Mafeking in an armored train, and repulsed a Boer attack. The casualties on the part of the British were two killed…
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Many old soldiers now feel Hie effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Rossville, York county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind of service at the…
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Sydney, Thursday.—The mebilisation been ordered of all the British cruisers. It is regarded as an open secret that the Imperial Government fear early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. The Boers Again Routed
Colonel Baden-Powell made a splendid defence of Mafeking with only six hundred men. Two thousand Free Staters occupy the…
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There was four hours’ fighting on Tuesday at McFarlane’s farm, seven miles from Kimberley. A thousand Boers, who were well posted, vainly tried to decoy the British over…
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IT was early in the fearful game they have taken in hand for President Steyn and Mr. Secretary Reitz to play their trump card. Nothing…
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Details of the latest fight at Kimberley indicate that it was one of some importance and that the experience of Glencoe was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Boys for the War. the First Contingent Embarks. Fervid Enthusiasm
FROM an early hour on Saturday morning the scene at Victoria Barracks was of a particularly lively character. The arrangements for supplying the men with uniforms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. (Per Press Telegram Association.) Latest War News. Precautions in Anticipation of Attack on Ladysmith. Boers Held in Check. Threats to Cut off British Communication with Maritzburg. Brave Self-sacrifice of Eight Boers. General Yale Destroys a Bridge. Burial of Major-General Symons. His Body Enshrouded in The Union Jack: Attempt to Wreck a Train. Boer Casualties at Glencoe. 500 Killed. Ladysmith Shelled with forty pounders. Great Battle Imminent. Other Exciting Events. SYDNEY
NON-RESIDENT civilions of Ladysmith have been ordered to leave the town in anticipation of a Boer attack…
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News has just been received of a successful sortie from Kimberley, which has been clesely invested by the Boers under General P. A. Cronje. On Tuesday two armoured…
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