Mr. B. Burleigh, War Correspondent
The doyen of the war reporters who went out to South Africa is Mr. Bennet Burleigh. He is now approaching 60 years of age, and has a career packed with…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
2,127 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 107
Lyddite As a Logical War Material
If the object of war be so destroy as many of the enemy an possible then it follows that the more effective the means of destruction employed the sooner will that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boer War Notes. [All rights reserved.]
The relief of Lady smith was none too soon! Those who, with the "London Times," feared the worst were evidently not so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. The Peace Propesals. LONDON
The telegrams from Presidents Kruger and Steyn, making overtures for peace on the basis of the independence of the Republics being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rebels Surrender at Dordrecht. This War Loan. London, March 15
Sergeant Looney, of the Commissariat Department, has been degraded at Mafeking and sentenced to five year's imprisonment for stealing rations. ' The Mafeking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. From Friday, Mar. 9, to Thursday, Mar. 15.)
Lord Roberts has gained another victory at Osfontein, where he turned the left flank of the Boers, who fled. The Boers at Osfontein occupied a position on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Later Cables. Throughreuter's Agency. the War Loan. Immense Success. London, Thursday Night
It is stated that subscriptions to the war loan closed at about £500,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. Lord Salisbury Speaks Out. No Power Allowed to Intervene. Action by America. London, March 16
General Sir Chas. Warren's division has embarked for Capetown, and will rejoin Sir Redvers Buller. M. Delcasso, the French Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Surrender of Bloemfontein. Triumphal British Entry. the Queen Overjoyed. Boers Advised to Make Peace. London, Wednesday Afternoon
General Synman, the Boer commandant before Mafeking, has been warned by Colonel Baden Powell that unless the Boers cease to make use of natives in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Surrender of Bloemfontein. Lord Roberts's Entry. Welcomed by the People. Impression on the Continent. London, March 15
The following is Lord Roberts's despatch announcing the surrender of Bloomfontein:— "Bloemfontein,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Shields. to Protect Them From Machine-gun Fire
There is much speculation as to the utility of steel shields for the purpose of protecting moving masses of infantry against the deadly fire of machine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France Short of Soldiers
The conscripts belonging to this year's contingents are now rejoining their respective regiments (says the Paris correspondent of the "Pall Mail Gazette") and Paris has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest from the City. The War. More Good News. Except from Mafeking, Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein Other Positions Won The Boers Preparing to Blow up Johannesburg ! Sydney
The latest from South Africa states that the Boers who have been encamped at Lobatsi are retreating to Zecrust. Il is reported from Mafeking that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Boer conspiracy. A Tale of the Transvaal War, 1899-1900. [All Rights Reserved.] Stroy Two Chapter X.—(Continued.) "Half a Million Ayear for Pocket Money and a Palace at Amsterdam."
The reader of this story who knows the little town called the thirty-five miles from Gape will remember it as one of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Latest War News. Occupation of Bloemfontein. Further Particulars. Lord Roberts' Reception. Almost Equal to Kimberley. the Union Jack Everywhere-steyn's Flight Kept Secret, Described As a Nonentity. Junction of British Forces. Boers Said to Be Massing. London
During the operations on Monday the Brigade of Guards marched for nearly 22 consecutive hours, taking less than 2½ hours' sleep out of the 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boor War. London
At the battle of Driefoutoin sixty-three British were killed, including Private W. Abrahams, of New South Wales, while 308 were wounded,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. LONDON, March 16
General Sir Chas Warren's division has embarked for Capetown, and will rejoin Sir Redvers Buller. M Declasse, the French Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Japanese Tactician. His Views on the War
ONE of the Japanese military officers—at present a colonel, who (says the Tokio correspondent of the "Japan Herald") planned the assault on Wei-lai-wel, which fortress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military Matters in Wagga. Volunteers for the War. Inspection Op "G" Company
The enrolment of volunteers at Wagga for the Australian—Imperial Busbmens Contingting proceeded so rapidly during last week that 60 men ware placed on the list. These,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. Rebels Surrender in Thousands. Many Boer Deserters. London, March 19
It is announced that 800 Free Staters have surrendered at Edenberg. General Gatacre has captured forty waggons, two engines, and a quantity of…
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