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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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
195 stories in South Coast's papers · page 9 of 10
War Echoes
Lieutenant General Gatacre, who Commands 6000 men on the East London line, with Queenstown as a base, is hampered in his advance to the…
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Lord Methuen's forces in their attack upon the Boer position at Magersfontein, near the Modeler River, on Monday, failed to drive the enemy from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Battle at Magersfontein
ON Sunday Lord Methuen’s advance column attacked the Boers-at Magersfontein. Particulars relating to the battle go to show that it was a desperate contest, in which both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Saturday, 9.30 a.m
Ladysmith garrison reported safe on the 6th inst., but the situation is daily becoming more difficult. The Boer bombardment a doing considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. Thursday, 5 p.m
Gatatre has abandoned Molteno. Seven hundred men have been enrolled, at Durban for ambulance work. The transport Denton Grange has gone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal War. [By Wire] Thursday, December 14th
LORD Methuen's Kimberley relief column suffered a severe repulse at Magerstontein, midway between the Modder River and Kimberley. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London
General Methuenâs Kimberley relief column has suffered a severe repulse at Magersfontein, midway between the Madder River and Kimberley. The Boers…
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News was received on Saturday that on Friday Sir Redvers Buller had met with a serious reverse between Chievely and Colenso. The nows was conveyed in an…
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The Queensland Lieutenant-Governor has received cablegrams stating that Lieutenant-Colonel Byron was wounded in the battle at Magers[?]ontein…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Men for the War
Late on Saturday night last Major Honey, commanding the Kiama Infants Company, received a telegram from headquarters, asking for volunteers from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. [By Wi[?]e] Tuesday, December 19th
THE Defence Committee of the Imperial Cabinet considers the position in Natal requires General Buller's undivided attention, and has appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Men for the War
Late on Saturday night last Major Honey, commanding the Kiama Infantry Company, received a telegram from headquarters asking for volunteers from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wounded Australian's Experience
'HERE I am again in the hospital, but this time from a Boer bullet in my right shoulder, obtained during the fight we had at Elantslaagte, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pigeons in War
AN official despatch received by pigeon post at Durban, which was telegraphed to Sir Redvers Baller and telegraphed to the War Office, serves to draw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Week's War
SPEAKING at Dublin, Mr. Chamberlain proposed that any pro.Boer meetings be proclaimed riotous demonstrations. General Methuen's…
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It is officially stated that General Frenchâs artillery shelled Wasfontein farm, near Arundel. The New Zealand troops, who occupied a form and an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
General Buller was defeated in an attack on Chively on Friday morning intending to force a passage over either of two fordable drifts, He early saw that General Hart’s brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. (By Telegraph.) London
The Defence Committee of the Imperial Cabinet considering that the position in Natal requires General Bullerâs undivided attention, has appointed Lord Roberts to…
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In an article on Wednesday the "Times" comments on the extreme gravity of the military situation in South Africa…
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