War News. Oct. 27
News has just been received of a successful sortie from Kimberley, which has been closely invested by the Boers under General P. A. Cronje. On Tuesday two armoured trains, conveying 500 troops,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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The Latest War News. Tuesday 10 a.m
Non-resident civilians at Ladysmith have been ordered to leave the town in anticipation of a Boer attack. A body of cavalry under Major-General…
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London, Monday—The nonresidents and the civilians of Ladysmith, in Natal, have been ordered to leave the town in anticipation of an attack by the Boers…
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KIMBERLEY is for the moment the centre of interest in the blood-red drama now being enacted in South Africa, and, if we mistake not, it will…
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Severe engagement on Monday in Elands[?] road. British lost between 80 and 100 killed and wounded. The enemy’s loss was much heavier. Artillery duel lasted 2…
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A SEVERE engagement took place on Monday on the Elands Laagte road. The British lost between eighty and one hundred killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. (Per Press Telegram Association.) Latest War News. The Position at Ladysmith. Splendid Work by the Guns. Germany and France. The Kaiser's Visit to England. Cables Interrupted. SYDNEY. Friday 10.20 a.m
LIEUTENANT WHITE has officially reported that the position at Ladysmith is not affected by the capitulation of the two regiments last Tuesday…
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General Sir G. White on Sunday night sent a mountain battery, the Irish Fusiliers, and the Gloucestershire Regiment to the hills, intending to clear his left and southern flank. During the firing…
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General Buller has started for the front via Durban. Lord Rosebery, in a resolute speech at Edinburgh, stated that Britain means to see…
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London, Thursday,—General Sir Redvers Buller has started for the Front via Durban the port of Natal. Lord Roseberry, in a resolute speech at…
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It is officially announced that the Royal Irish Fusflliers, the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, who, together with a mounted battery, were despatched to…
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The latest despatches from the seat of war state that a terrible fierce artillery duel is raging at Ladysmith, where the Boers have attacked the…
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General Sir G. White holding is position at Ladysmith satisfactorily and is confident. An armonened train is patrolling the railways line between Ladysmith and Colenso, Yesterday the…
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The steamer Ninevah, with the New South Wales Lancers on board, arrived at Capetown on Thursday. The men were immediately marched to the railway station and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Monday. the War. The Auerdeen in Hobson’s Bay
The s.s. Aberdeen, with the N.S. Wales forces on board, arrived in Melbourne yesterday, with all well on board,. The crews of the warships anchosed in…
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The latest despatches from the seat of war state that a terribly fierce artillery duel is raging at Ladysmith, where the Boers have attacked the British with great vigor and in…
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General Sir G. S. White is holding his position at Ladysmith satisfactorily, and is confident. Some powerful railway tracks, constructed by ships' artifiers at Durban, were utilised to convey guns to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War Cables. Our Lancers at Capetown
London, Monday.—The steamer Ninevah with N.S. Wales Lancers arrived at Capetown on Thursday. They were immediately marched to the railway station and sent to…
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Four thousand additional troops have left Southampton for South Africa. The British prisoners taken by the Boers during the campaign, who have been sent…
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Further particular of the [?] 16 miles south of Ladysmith state that has[?] fearing it would be surrounded by a Free State commando of 5000 withdrew to Eatcourt…
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