War News. London, November 22
Major Eliott's patrol of Griqualand Volunteers attacked commandant B[?]zindenhout's commando at Gatbernek killing six of the enemy, and capturing numerous horses. Major Elliot was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
341 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 17 of 18
The War. London, November 26
An attempt having been made to murder the British commandant at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, the loyalist inhabitants held an indignation meeting, and offered a reward…
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Most of the Cape Mounted Rifles, the Police, the Mounted Rifle Corps of the various districts, the Town Guards, and seven irregular corps have been assigned to Sir J[?]Gordon Sprigs, the Premier, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London, November 29
Although 13,000 Boers have been accounted for since May only 4400 riffles have been taken. Fifteen officers belonging to the Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, November 29
Although 13,000 Boers have been accounted for since May, only 4400 rifles have been taken. Fifteen officers belonging to the Indian Staff Corps are going to South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the Boer War. London, December 3
The Military Court at Oudts[?] has convicted Mr. J. H. Schoeman, one of the members in the Legislative Assembly for the district, for allowing a horse to fall into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, December 3
The Military Court at Oudtshoora has convicted Mr. J. H, Sehoeman, one of the members in the Legislative Assembly for the district, for allowing a horse to fall into the hands of the enemy and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier of the Queen. [All Rights Reserved.] I.
" There is on doubt about the matter, my dear Hartley," said Sir James Osborne; " She loves that fellow still, and he, like an ungrateful dog, has vanished."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War's Delay
THAT was a significant utterance of Ear Selborne the First Lord of the Admiralty. at Fulham, the other night, when he said that "For every month for which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magnificent But Not War
The German military [?] last month opened is very, disappointing fashion Not only foreign critics, but the Kaiser himself expressed their disappointment at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War London December 6
Eight hundred of General [?] force have retired to [?] to avoid being cordoned. [?] to temporary fixed bases from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, December 6
Thanks to temporary fixed bases, from which mounted infantry are enabled to suddenly raid the enemy, 250 Boers were captured on Wednesday. Major Woole Sampson distinguished himself in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War London, December 10
The garrison at Tontellboschkop repelled an attack by the commando under Maritz The Boer leader was severely wounded. On the night of the [?] Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. War over the War. London
In the House of Commons last night the Secretary of State for War, Mr Broderick, accused Sir Henry Cambell Bannerman leader of the Liberals, of stabbing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, December 10
The dock laborers of Amsterdam have abandoned the organisation of a boycott of British shipping owing to the alight support which the proposal received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London, December 13
Advices received in Brussels state that General Botha has exe[?] 15 men of the National (Burgher) Scouts whom fie had captured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, December 13
Advices received in D[?]ssels state that General B[?]tha has executed 15 men of the National (Burgher) Scouts whom he had captured. The execution of the 15 National Scouts w in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Talk of Surrender
General De la Rey's commandants held a meeting in the Lichbentenburg district, at which the present situation was discussed. Some favored surrender if the ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. London, December 20
The Boer Commandant Scheepers will be tried upon thirty charges, including murder arson, and train wrecking. (Scheepers was captured on October 12 by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, December 20
Mr. H. H. Asquith, Home Secretary in the last Liberal Administration, speaking at Bilston last night, said that if L[?]r[?] Rosebery's speech at Chesterfield had not transformed it had cleared and…
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