The Transvaal War
London, Oct, 15—The British have occupied Piet Relief, 600 miles north of Vryheid. The main portion of General Botha's…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
133 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 6 of 7
The Transvaal War
London, Oct. 20—Commandants Marit[?] and Theron, in the western district of Cape Colony, have burned farms belonging to many loyalists in…
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London, Oct. 21.—Major Holmes, commanding a batallion of Mounted Infantry, captured Commandant David Marsis at Rietvlei on the 1st instant…
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General Botha's commandos have been driven back towards Ermelo, 60 miles north of Volksrust, the northern-most Natal station…
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Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Colen-brander with Kitchener's fighting scouts, captured 42 Boers near Zout-spaneberg…
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The great wars of the world during the last fifty years have cost n[?] short of two willion of lives [?] those alone who died from [?]…
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Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, commanding the British forces in the western Transvaal, reports the repulse of a vigorous Boer attack on a British…
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Another mishap to British troops has been cabled from South Africa. It appears that Brigadier General Benson’s rearguard was attacked at very…
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Nov. 2.—Under cover of a mist 1000 Boers very determinedly and at close quarters attacked the rearguard of Colonel G.E. Boncon's column at…
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London, Nov. 1.—Forty Beers surprised ten of the Georgetown Soonie at the Doorn River. Seven of the Scouts escaped, but the…
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London, Nov. 6.—Lord Kitchener makes the following additional report in regard to the fighting neat Bethel:—"After the Scottish Horse checked a…
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"We must either a there to the system followed during the old dynastic wars in the comparatively small armies of a bygone era, when men were more afraid to run away than to die, or we must…
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London, Thursday.—Mr. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, delivered an interesting speech yesterday at the City Carlton Club,…
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The campaign ii to be revivified by Great Britain at an early date and on a more aggressive scale. Several regiments in India will…
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John Bull is beginning to feel impatient about the prolongation of the Boer war; and the authorities are subject to the severest criticism from many quarters, at the…
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Lord Kitchener reports that the Beers captured and killed Private Christianson, of the Cape Pioneer Railway Regiment…
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London, November 18.—Three parties of Boors attached Waldon's Scouts at the Klip River. A sharp rearguard action followed. One of the…
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This in how the War Office does business, and the particulars are true. Among the inmates of Portsmouth Workhouse is an Army veteran who receives a small…
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Britain’s heart is sad to-day O’er her army’s brief reverses, Bloodier still must be the fray Ere the cloud of war disperses…
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Advices from Brussels state that De Wet has collected 6000 men, including 1500 Afrikanders, and the guerilla leader purposes commencing an…
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