How the War News Comes. (From the “Daily News.”)
NEXT to air, food, and clothing, war news is the greatest thing in demand in England just now. And let it be according to fact, if you please. P[?]ay…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 8 of 10
The Boer War
No [?]ner did our men realise the treacherous misuse of the white flag at Landysmith than, without [?]ing a second for orders, so it is said, three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
The N[?]neveb, on her voyage Landon to the Cape, c[?]lled at T[?] on the afternoon of October 17 the Ninevch dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Saturday, 9 a.m
Chamberlain has scathingly denounced the French attacks on the Queen, and hints that serious consequences will ensue if they are persisted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. Friday, 9 a.m
The Ladysmith garrison is excited and cheered at the prospect of an early relief. Rations have been reduced, and sickness is prevalent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. [By Wire]. Friday, December 8th
THE Australian and the Canadian Contingents now form a separate Brigade under Lord Methuen. J. R. Robinson[?] the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Rations. Record Cargo for Cape Colony
The impetus given to the demand for rat[?]ots and forage by the enormous number of troops being poured into South Africa is shown by the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the War. What Will the Boers Do?
A correspondent of the London âDaily [?] writes â The River is a splendid colonist. News better. His training instincts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London, Thursday, Dec. 7
The Australian and Canadian contingent have been formed into a separate brigade under Lord Methuen. Mr J. B. Robinson, a South African…
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Pretoria reports that Lord Methuen's forces on Saturday attacked the Boers at Scholtz Nek, south of Spytfontein. It, is believed that a sortie was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. [By Wire.] London
A SERIOUS reverse has over-taken the British near Stormberg. Major-General Gatacre, with 3,000 men, on Saturday night attacked 2,500 Boers…
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…
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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Week's War
GENERALLY the week's news has been uneventful in the way of battles, though fuller details have come to hand of the gory engagements at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Friday, 8
President St[?]yn, of the Orange Free State, has arrived at Spytfontein, where he has been received with enthusiasm. There are 11,000 Boers at Spytfontein,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pathetic Side of War. Scenes at the War Office
A WOMAN stood outside Winchester House, St. James-square [?]obbing as if her heart would break. Three little ones clinging to her skirts looked up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Effects of the War
THREE things strike us in this war as hopeful for the future (writes the London âSpectator,â October 27). One is the readiness of the Reservists to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Advantages of War. Letter From Miss Nightingale
THE following letter from Miss Floren[?]e Nightingale to Mr. H. Herbert, president of the Balaclava Society, was read at the dinner on Wednesday evening to the survivors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London, Monday, D[?]c. 11
A serious British reverse has taken place near Stormberg. General Gatacre, with 8000 men, on Saturday night attempted an attack upon 2500 Boers a few miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Echoes
Kercsene on Ocotober 21 was £5 [?] c[?]se in Kimberley, and provisions generally double their ordinary prices; but the military authorities…
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