The Transvaal War
The Orange Boers, under Commandant de Wet, made a desperate attempt at midnight on Wednesday to regain Ficksburg, near the Basutoland border, north-east of…
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The Orange Boers, under Commandant de Wet, made a desperate attempt at midnight on Wednesday to regain Ficksburg, near the Basutoland border, north-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Generals Hutton and Mahon's brigade defeated three thousand Beers who were endeavouring to injure the railway line forty miles east of Pretoria. The British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Mounted Infantry, comprising Australians and Canadians, have been entirely requipped. Mahon's and Hutton's Brigade defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boers made a desperate attempt to regain Ficksburg, north-east of Ladybrand, in the Orange Free State, at midnight on Wednesday, and were repulsed after fierce fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported from Berlin that Russia and Japan are sending 100,000 troops each to assist in the subjugation of the Chinese insurrection, and that Britain, Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported from Berlin that Russia and Japan are sending 100,000 troops each to assist in the subjugation of the Chinese iusurrection, and that Britain, Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jessie took her father's tea into his study. The news was bad enough, and she was powerless to comfort him. Words of empty sympathy would only irritate him the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jessie took her father's tea into his study. The news was bad enough, and she was powerless to comfort him. Words of empty sympathy would only irritate him the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, July 10.—It is estimated at Pretoria that the commandoes under Botha and De Wet number 11,000 men. A detachment of Australian Bushmen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARTICULARS relating to the situation at Pekin come very slowly to hand. It is known, however, that there is no immediate fear of the foreigners who have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The possibility of using kites for military purposes has attracted the attention of mines s[?]suts for a number of years, but the nearest approach to the solution of the problem has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All the members of Steyn's late Orange Free State Government have surrendered. They have persuaded him that it is useless to continue the struggle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is estimated at Pretoria that the united commandoes of Commandant-General Louis Botha and General P. De Wet, of the Boer army, number about 21,000 men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All the members of Steyn's late Orange Free State Government have surrendered. They have persuaded him that it is useless to continue the struggle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is estimated at Pretoria that the united commandoes of Commandant-General Louis Botha and General P. De Wet, of the Boer army, number about 21,000 men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All the members of Steyn's late Government have surrendered, persuading him that that it is useless to continue the struggle. De wet has solemnly sworn never to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →President Steyu, Commandant Christian Boths, Commandant De Wet, and 8000 Boers have retreated to Fourlesburg,25 miles south of Bethlehela[?], and near the Basuto border…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the House of Commons on Tuesday night Mr G. Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary for War, stated in answer to a question, that since 1895 English firms had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the House of Commons on Tuesday night Mr G. Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary for War, stated in answer to a question, that since 1895 English firms had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The next afternoon Mr Collings called with Lady Alingford. Margaret received her ladyship with quiet dignity. Lady Alingford was a pale handsome woman of…
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