The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)Thursday 28 December 1899 p 5 Article
After thirty days of weary steaming we at last sighted the South African coast. We saw a line of low scrub-covered bills, without any sign of habitation. At the edge of the sea were ... 2584 words
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)Friday 29 December 1899 p 7 Article
Leaving Albany the pilot took the Kent through the channel very slowly, while the troops bound for the seat of war all stood on the bridgedeck watching, and listening to the leadsman's ... 2528 words
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)Friday 12 January 1900 p 5 Article
My last letter was wrtiten from Capetown, on the eve of our start for the interior. We were played to the station by a band of the local Highland Regiment, and a few residents of the town ... 4799 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Wednesday 23 May 1900 p 6 Article
The brigading of the Victorian and other Australian forces in one bridge is steadily proceeding. The Victorians are in a corps which comprises the ... 2135 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Thursday 24 May 1900 p 7 Article
Since closing my letter of yesterday all the Australians have been ordered to the front, and ordered in no end of a hurry, too. I have only slayed for the ... 1748 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Tuesday 29 May 1900 p 7 Article
The rainy season has come on in earnest here, the camps are quagmires, and the tents let in the damp till one's clothes are always clammy, and there is no comfort ... 1594 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Friday 15 June 1900 p 3 Article
At time of my writing the last letter there was a general feeling of unrest and uncertainty. The Boers had been driven out of Bloemfontein, and were occupying ... 2886 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Tuesday 19 June 1900 p 7 Article
The day after the fighting described in my last letter we started early to get round behing the Boers, who were fighting Rundle. They were holding a great big ... 1891 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Friday 22 June 1900 p 7 Article
When we reached the enemy's lines in search of our wounded we saw a crowd of rough, dirty, bearded men, just like a lot of shearers or farm ... 2434 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Wednesday 18 July 1900 p 11 Article
It is now a fortnight almost since we left Kroonstad—about as eventful a fortnight as one could wish to go through. French's cavalry, supported by Hutton and ... 1922 words
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Wednesday 15 August 1900 p 9 Article
It is grey dawn. The stars are growing pale in the cold frosty sky, and away to the esat a faint cheerless white light begins to spread over the plain. Away on all ... 3633 words
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)Saturday 6 October 1900 p 7 Article
All through the Transvaal war the attitude of the Basutos has been a matter of great interest. They were described as being in "a state of unrest," and only kept from joining in the strife by ... 2698 words
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)Tuesday 12 February 1901 p 4 Article
Mr. A. B. (Paterson ("Banjo"), the well-known war correspondent, arrived in Brisbane last night. Mr. Paterson comes on a lecturing tour which ho will o[?]en to-night ... 265 words