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2,127 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 107
A REPORT was receive to-day through Boer sources to the effect that such a strong artillery attack had been brought, to bear upon the British forces that Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A troop of Inniskillings, with 50 Victorian Mounted Rifles under Colonel Salmon, supported Captain Cameron's advance, and a party of the latter were hotly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian "A" Battery, at Capetown, went to the front on Sunday. The Mayor commended the men's smartness, and favorably commented on the battery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is very difficult to understand, at this distance from the theatre of war, and in the light of the very conflicting nows that reaches as, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Buller crossed the Tugela river on Monday. The Boers were completely surprised. The British operations were excellently placed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the fighting at Tugela River on Monday the Boers expected the British to cross at Skiebdrift, and for the purpose of preventing them doing so,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with the retirement of General Butler's forces, Major-General Lyttleton reports that there were no facilities for the placing of artillery in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the fighting at Tugela river on Monday the Boers, expecting the British to cross the river at Skiet's Drift, massed in thousands at Doorn Kloof with 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The forces of General Buller which on Monday crossed the Tugela, and which advanced on Tuesday and Wednesday, after having Leon heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts has issued a proclamation inviting the enemy to desert, promising them generous treatment. He has also authorised an enrolment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boers have been bombarding Kimberley with a 6-inch gun since the 7th instant, and they are increasing and working trenches close to the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No news of moment from the seat of war was evidently received in London during the forenoon of yesterday, as no cable messages reached Australia up to 3 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts, after inspecting the Highland Brigade, now under command of Major-General Hector Macdonald, addressed the men stating that they would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another sharp skirmish, in which the Victorian Mounted Rifles were engaged and behaved with gallantry and steadiness has taken place near Rensburg. A picket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reassuring heliograph messages have been received from Ladysmith. The garrison states that it will be able to hold out for weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TROOPER NORMAN PRIDDLE, of the Gu[?]lagal Troop of Australian Horse, has forwarded the following letter to his brother Ernest, at Yammatroe:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Imperial Government has decided to submit a supplementary, army estimate covering an expenditure of £?13,000,000. This sum will be in ad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Roberts and General French with the latters’s cavalry, have arrived at the Modder River. Further reinforcements are arriving for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe fighting has taken place in the neighbourhood of Colesberg where the B ere outnumbered the British by 5 to 1. The enemy mounted a 40-pounder at Bue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LORD RORERTS, in receiving the Highlanders at the Modder River, said the Brigade would soon have a chance of avenging Magerefontein. He predicts…
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