The death is announced of Sydney William Herbert Pie[?]vpont, third Earl of Manvers, in his 75th year. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe troops in occupation of Rendsburg under General French are continually harassing the enemy. A fifteen-pounder gun was recently dragged ...
Article : 92 wordsThe sixth new bridge for placing over the Tugela, which is being built at Wednesbury, will be finished in three weeks' time. It ib being shipped in sections. ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is reported that 31 members of the London Stock Exchange and 81 clerks are going to South Africa with various volunteer corps. During the course of yesterday's business at ...
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Advertising : 69 wordsReports from Pretoria state that Dr. Caldwell, an Englishman, who was commandeered, has been sentence to four years for attempting to desert. ...
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Advertising : 2,629 wordsSplendid work is being done by Rimington's guides, who have returned from Norvalspont, where important information was gained as to the enemy's movements. The guides had some ...
Article : 43 wordsAnother armoured train has left for Durban, this being the fourth sent out for use in Natal. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Times correspondent telegraphs that very heavy artillery firing was heard on Monday in the direction of Springfield,to the south of Ladysmith, where General Buller is ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is reported that no less than 24 of the largest hotels in the French and Italian Riviera have offered to accommodate British wounded. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe press censorship is exercised in the extreme until General Buller notifies officially the result of any movement. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Portuguese Customs authorities at Delagoa Bay have seized a field signalling apparatus consigned to Pretoria. ...
Article : 22 wordsDespatches from General French state that a column under General Wood successfully crossed the Orange River at Zoutpansdrift, south of Jacobsdal, in the Free State, and has ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is announced by the War Office that despatches have been received confirming the death of Arthur Jones, of Camperdown, a member of the first Victorian contingent, who ...
Article : 41 wordsGeneral Frederick Carrington has been ordered to proceed to South Africa. ...
Article : 19 wordsInformation has been received from South Africa that Earl de la Warr, Lord Brassey's son-in-law, who went to South Africa as war correspondent of the Globe,has abandoned that ...
Article : 77 wordsDespatches from General French state that during the progress of a dust storm at the British camp at Slingersfontein, in the vicinity of Rendsburg, the enemy opened fire with their ...
Article : 86 wordsOne of the Times correspondents at Natal telegraphs that a French steamer in December last landed six " Long Tom"guns, manufactured in the Creuzot works, and 50 tons of shells at ...
Article : 53 wordsFurther levies have been made upon the British out-stations for troops to serve in South Africa. The 2nd Battalion of the Queen's Own ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is announced that a conciliatory committee has been formed in London with the object of promoting a peaceful settlement of the South African difficulty. ...
Article : 30 wordsDespatches from General French state that his artillery yesterday shelled and wrecked the Colesberg road bridge, the object being to embarrass the enemy's retreat. ...
Article : 29 wordsA number of anglo-Australians are said to be anxious to join the proposed corps of bushmen. Three thousand of the volunteers of the ...
Article : 42 wordsIn accordance with the rules laid down by the British authorities, the foodstuffs on board the Maria, an American vessel, seized in Delagoa Bay, have been released. Mr. ...
Article : 74 wordsLatest reports from Reuter's correspondent regarding the movements of the forces under the command of Major General French, state that the Boers on Monday tried to storm the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 wordsThe Ceylon Government has received an affirmative reply from the Colonial Office with regard to the offer made by Ceylon to supply a contingent for service in the Boer ...
Article : 54 wordsThe War office has issued instructions for the immediate mobilisation of the 2nd Battalion of Grenadiers and Coldstream Guards, and the 10th, 26th and 92nd Field Batteries of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsThe Pretoria board of directors of the National Bank have been anxious to get rid of their manager at Lorenzo Marques, Mr. Lloyd, an Australian, who was appointed by the ...
Article : 55 wordsIntelligence from Durban states that news concerning the movement of troops under General Buller is being withheld pending important operations. ...
Article : 63 wordsFurther arrests have taken place, among whom is Vermootin,a well-known attorney,who is arrested on a charge of inducing the British populace at Dordrecht to sign the neutrality ...
Article : 40 wordsSome fine samples of Victorian saddlery have been shown to toe Minister of Defence, and assurances given that 500 sets could be supplied with ease. ...
Article : 192 wordsIt has been ascertained that the casualties sustained by the Boers during the storming of Kuruman, which was garrisoned by a small body of Cape mounted police amounted to ...
Article : 38 wordsReports have been received from several sources stating that the enemy have abandoned Grobler's Kloof, north of Colenso. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Boers' movement is believed to indicate that the Boer commander-in-chief has received information that an attack on his positions on the Tugela River and at Colenso is imminent, ...
Article : 131 wordsLord Methuen reports that several Boer spies have been seen reconnoitring in the vicinity of the camp, dressed as Highlanders. ...
Article : 28 wordsIt is announced that the Indian Government is sending guns for the equipment of heavy field batteries in addition to native muleteers. ...
Article : 25 wordsIt is reported that Lord Roberts has received an offer of 3000 Spanish soldiers to serve under him. The offer has been courteously declined. ...
Article : 33 wordsNo news has been received from Sir Redvers Buller since the 11th inst, and profund anxiety exists here in consequence of the conflicting nature of the unofficial news forwarded. ...
Article : 34 wordsA report dated "Mafeking, 6th inst," states that on that date the town was still safe, but that its bombardment had been resumed. ...
Article : 33 wordsA message which has passed the censor states that Sir Chas. Warren, with .11,000 troops, has occupied a strong position north of the Tugela River. ...
Article : 34 wordsR . L . Moore of the Equity Trustee has confessed to the manager that had embezzled certain moneys. An examination showed that considerable sums are missing, ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. Mitchell, the standard's war correspondent at Ladysmith, has died from typhoid fever, and the Morning Post's correspondent was killed during the assault upon the ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is reported that the Boers have evacuated Colenso and the river entrenchments. It is surmised that they found themselves unable to hold such extensive lines as they had ...
Article : 84 wordsLatest news from South Africa is to the effect that 60 New South Wales Mounted Rifles and 120 of Rimington's scouts on the 12th inst, drove the Griqnaland, west rebels ...
Article : 18 wordsOpposition held a [?] meeting [?] ...
Article : 8 wordsFurther particulars regarding the fighting at Ladysmith on the 6th inst, state as proving the severity of the Boer losses on that date, that the British assisted in carrying 95 of the ...
Article : 46 wordsA meeting of Australians was held yesterday in London on connection with the proposal to send a Bushmen's Crops from Australia to South Africa . Many influential persons were ...
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Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), Thu 18 Jan 1900, Page 3
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