The Boer War. LONDON
THE isolation of Mr. Kruger has become most marked. He has ceased to confide in the Dutch government and refuses to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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War News. London, December 28
Lord Kitchener reports that the eastern column of the enemy, in the invasion of the Cape Colony, has been headed off, and has been panned in the direction of Venterstad, while the western column…
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It is reported on good authority, that Kruger has advised General Botha that the burghers mast lay down their arms or continue to fight on their own account, as no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Boer War News. Kruger's Advice. LONDON
The report that Commandant Steyn is wounded has been confirmed. It is said that Louis Botha has…
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A British convoy, with twenty-five waggons, was captured on Christmas Day west of Vryburg. Famine prices prevail at Kimberley…
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London, Thursday.—The Australian contingent leaves China for home in March. London, Thursday.—General Lord Kitchener's recent proclamation, with reference…
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Ammunition in a Boer waggon at Senekal exploded. Four men were killed. A daughter of Commandant Haasbroek was wounded by the explosion. Major-General Knox after a fight…
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Fourteen hundred more Boers have been sent to St. Helena. Lord Roberts has been raised to the rank of Earl, with the right of succession in his…
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At a spontaneous meeting of surrenderers at Pretoria yesterday, a committee was formed to appeal to the Boers still fighting to surrender…
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At the first glance there does not appear to be any close connection between the South African war and the condition of those confined in our English convict prisons,…
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THE troopship Orient, with nearly 900 men aboard arrived at Melbourne about 9 p.m. on Friday. As a whole the men are hard and well, even the…
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London, Monday—General Knox has encountered a superior force of Boers near Lindley. Col. Lang, two officers, and fifteen men were killed; two officers and…
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At a spontaneous meeting of surrenders at Pretoria yesterday, a committee was formed to appeal to the Boers still fighting to surrender. Lord Kitchener addressed the meeting in a friendly…
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A spontaneous meeting of Boers who had surrendered was held at Pretoria, when a committee was formed to appeal to the men still fighting to surrender…
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Kruger is suffering from weakness of the heart's action. Sir Alfred Milner has asked the Imperial Government for a special grant of £100,000…
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VERY gratifying news (says the Telegraph) of the good done by the efforts of the women of New South Wales, which resulted in parcels of comforts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Verestchagin on War
I well remember talking of war with Verestchagin, the great war painter, who has taken part in the wars he has painted. "War," said Verestchagin, " makes beasts…
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THE Boer invasion into Cape Colony has caused excitement at Capetown. Eight hundred Mounted Infantry have been enrolled at the capital within the past…
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WHEN it became known that Lance-corporal R. Swan, was among the number of returned soldiers from South Africa who arrived in Sydney by the troopship Orient…
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