Boer War Notes. [All rights reserved.]
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 re-continue, more or less…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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The War. British Reverse. London
A severe engagement took place on Monday on Elands Laagte road. The British lost between 80 and 100, killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes by the Way. the War and Other Things
It is extremely satisfactory to the jingo premiers of Australia, who are running their countries into debt with light hearts, to find that they are to get a set-off to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speech of the Secretary of War. Praise of Colonial Action. London, Nov. 3
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for war, speaking at the Cutlers' feast at Sheffield last night, said the Boer ultimatum had followed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Fire Artillery Practice. Naval Big Guns. the Ladysmith Reserve. London, Nov. 2
THE assistance rendered by the Naval Brigade in Monday's fighting at Ladysmith is considered by military an horities to have been of the utmost importance. As soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A War Song. Foe the Use of Our Swashies. When in the Van. Ambulance, Fread, or Otherwise
Drown yourselves in b[?]ozs, dear boys, And hiccough out this song; Drown the cry of conscience, boys, That tells you you are wrong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Old Soldier's End. a Strange Document Discovered
A Ballarat telegram of Tuesday says: An old soldier named John Gurney, a native of Hailesbury, Buckingham, who is now proved to have received a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Ladysmith Bombarded. Marvellous Accuracy of the British Artillery. Thirteen of the Enemy's Guns Silenced. the British Disaster. the British Prisoners Sent to Pretoria. Sir Redvers Buller Starts for the Front. London, November 1
The men forming the two battalions of infantry captured by the Boors, near Lydsmith, hire been sent to Pretoria. It is reported that the security of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest From the Seat of War. "Express" Special Service. Through Reuter's Agency. Telegraph Wires Between Lady-smith and Cafe Town Cut. British Loss in Recent Battle Slight. a Second Canadian Contigent Proposed. London, November 8
Official advices from Ladysmith dated Thursday, state that Lieut. Egerton, of the Naval Contingent, had been dangerously wounded in the knee cap by the bursting of…
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"An, Tommy, Tommy Atkins," you have more serious work in front of you in The last and the largest empire, The map that is half unrolled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. SYDNEY, Saturday. 9.12 a.m
A TERRIBLE fight is raging at Ladysmith. The Boers attacked the British with great visor. The British artillery replied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Philippine War. Report of the Commission. London, Nov. 3
The report of the Philippine Commission has been issued. The report states that it is absolutely imperative for the United States to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Condemned As a "Capitalists' Job." London, Nov. 4
The Right Hon. James Lowther, M.P. for Thanet, formerly Under-Secretary for the Colonies, condemns the war in South Africa as a "capitalists" job."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. General Buller goes to the Front. LONDON, November 2
General Sir Redvers H. Buller, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in South Africa, is empowered to vary the plan of campaign if he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. News From Ladysmith New South Wales Lancers sent to the Front London
THREE thousand Beers have seized the position midway between Ladysmith and Colonse and shelled the town. The Beers occupy all points of vantage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Position in Natal. an Anxious Outlook. Boer Advance on the West. London, Nov. 5
SINCE Friday, when Sir George White reported that "all was well" at Ladysmith, no news has been received from the British commander. It is officially stated that,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest From the Seat of War. Through Reuter's Agency. Sixty Thousand Transvaal Refugees. More British Reinforcements. London, Nov.5
Three more battalions of militia Jure been embodied in Great Britain. Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor of Cape Colony, estimates that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal Bella, Horrida Bella an Ominous Silence. the Skirmishing at Ladysmith. Reinforcements for the West. the Boer Forces Active. the Losses So Far. a Protracted War Probable. the Lyddite Spreads Conternation. London
THE War Office has received intelligence from Ladysmith, under date Thursday, 2nd inst., stating that the Boers were bombarding the town, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Position at Ladysmith. Fierce Artillery Duel. Disastrous Effect of Lyddite Shells. General White Holding His Own. Women and Children Escorted Southwards. the Enemy Invading Cape Colony. British Losses During the Campaign. London, Nov. 3
Further telegraphic despatches have just conic to hand giving some particulars of the bombardment of Ladysmith by [?] Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. The Boer War. SYDNEY
A terrible battle is raging at Ladysmith. The Boers attacked the British with great vigour. The British artillery replied fiercely with the quick…
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