The Transvaal War
THE bowns of Ladysmith, Port Elizabeth, and Lady Grey are called after the wives of Cape Governors. Kimberley is named after the Earl of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 10
War
Oh! the gods are [?]ired of so[?]ling there is battle on the breeze. There is danger in the way the warships lie;…
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FULL details are now to band in connection with the battle of Belmont, which took place on Thursday, the 23rd inst., and resulted in a brilliant…
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Major General Sir William Gataere, who commands the 3rd Division of the First Army Corps, is endeavouring to secure the arrest of a leading resident of Colesberg, named Van…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London
Six daysâ continuous fighting has taken place near Kurnmnanâs in Bechuanaland. The Boers, numbering 500, retired after losing 80 killed and 28. wounded, The…
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Eight thousand Boers were defeated at Modder River by Lord Methuen's force on Tuesday, after 10 hours' desperate fighting…
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SEVENTY well-known Dutch farmers at Barkly East seized a magazine containing 300. Martini rifles and 4000 rounds of ammunition, and then joined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. [By Wire.]
FURTHER details have come of Lord Methuen's victory on Tuesday at the Modder River, 21 miles south from Kimberley. The British numbered…
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The British, under General Mathuen, attacked the Boers at Belmont. The infantry behaved splendidly. The Boers fought courageously, but the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. Friday, 9 a.m
In the Modder River engagement the British numbered seven thousand. They attacked the Boors in a widely-extended formation. The British fought ten hours…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London
Further details of General Lord Methuenâs victory at the battle of Madder River are to hand. The British, who numbered 7000, early on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Advantages of War. Letter From Miss Nightingale
THE following letter from Miss Florence Nightingale to Mr. H. Herbert, president of the Balaclava Society, was read at the dinner given on…
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Pontoons have been dispatched from Durban for the passage of the Tugela River by tho British force marching to the relief of Ladvsmith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tranisvaal War
General Sir Redvers Boller has 18,000 men at Frere, near Colenso. If the second Life Guards have among their officers the tallest man in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Buer War
COLONEL Summer, Major Storey, Captain Gibson, and Captain Slocum, of the United States Army, have been detailed to proceed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. [By Wire] Tuesday. December 5th
FURTHER items as to the battle at the Modder River, on November 27, are that the Boers were very strongly entrenched on both banks; also on an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Nightingales” for the Soldiers
Some ladies of Terara have decided to prepare a number of garments known as the “nightingale” on transmission to the wounded soldiers in South Africa. Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Nightingales” for the Soldiers
Some ladies of Terara have decided to prepare a number of garments “known as the “nightingale” on transmission to the wounded soldiers in South Africa. Miss…
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The Boers are massing at Grobler’s Kop, and there are probably 2000 at Colenso. Outpost fighting has commenced. General Buller, in command of 18,000 men, is at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Risks of War
WHAT fishing means to being bought home to us in a very vivid manner. We note, however, that in the â[?]â a War Office official makes the statement that…
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