In order to strengthen the British artillery in Natal, a number of additional guns have been sent from Cape Town. These will bring up the total strength of ...
Article : 51 wordsWell-filled benches and crowded galaries declared the interest that the ministeral crisis had envoked.Lady Brassey,accompanied by Mrs.Pakenham and Lord ...
Article : 3,112 wordsFurther particulars have been received of the brilliant victory won by Lord Methuen over 8,000 Boers at the Modder River on Tuesday. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe R.M.S. Kakaia, which arrived from Cape Town to-day, brought the following letter from the special correspondent of "The Argus" at that place:— ...
Article : 1,257 wordsAs already reported, a portion of the New Zealand contingent, which arrived at Cape Town by the Waiwera, was ordered to the front, and left for De Aar. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe following items are taken from the South African papers, which arrived by the Rakaia to-day:- NAAUWPOORT, Nov. 8. ...
Article : 746 wordsHer Majesty the Queen yesterday inspected the Grenadier Guards at Windsor Castle. Around Her Majesty's carriage were ...
Article : 127 wordsYesterday the Premier received through His Excellency the Governor the following cable message from Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and High ...
Article : 131 wordsThe battle won at Grass Pan by Lord Metheun last Saturday was marked by a brilliant exploit. After a severe artillery duel had lasted ...
Article : 425 wordsMr. Chamberlain delivered an important speech at Leicester last night, in which he spoke of the war and the future of South Africa with no uncertain voice. ...
Article : 98 wordsCavalry were sent in advance to ascertain the positions of the enemy, and a successful reconnaissance was made, the report to Lord Methuen being that the river was ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Governor received a despatch to-day from Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor of Cape Colony and the High Commissioner for South Africa, stating that the ...
Article : 104 wordsThe following troops constituted the attacking force:- Artillery, with the Naval Brigade. Guards' Brigade, under Major-General ...
Article : 91 wordsThe attention of Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chancellor, has been drawn to the disloyal conduct of the Nationalist chairman of the Tipperary Council, in moving a resolution ...
Article : 59 wordsLord Tennyson has received the following telegram from Sir Alfred Milner, dated November 28:—"Congratulate you on the South Australian contingent, which I have ...
Article : 94 wordsLord Methuen can be said to have literally fought every inch of his advance. To have contested there pitched battles between Thursday and Tuesday, in a distance ...
Article : 881 wordsIn the Council to-night, Mr. Randell's motion that the commonwealth Bill, and the bill as amended by the Select Committee be sent to the people, was rejected ...
Article : 98 wordsAt 5 o'clock the action began with a steady fire from the artillery, which was well posted along the railway. The artillery duel lasted an hour, the ...
Article : 173 wordsThe hearing of the charges against the sixteen alluvial diggers, charged with the lareeny of gold-bearing ore from lease 261 E.of Brookman's Boulder Company, was ...
Article : 150 wordsThe official list of the British losses at the battle of Belmont last Thursday gives the number of killed and wounded at 290. The particulars are as follows:— ...
Article : 101 wordsLord Methuen, son of the third Baron Methuen, was born on September 1, 1845. He was specially selected by Sir Redvers Buller to command the first division of the ...
Article : 949 wordsFor 10 hours the struggle continued. The heat was excessive, and, exposed as the men were to the searching rays of the sun, it required undaunted valour to ...
Article : 80 wordsOfficial correspondence is taking place between the minister of Agriculture of New South Wales and Victoria,with regard to this colony's share of Mr.Traverner's expenses while on his recent visit to ...
Article : 405 wordsFinally the British fire became so hot that the Boers could not oppose it longer, and they abandoned their position. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe successful sortie from Estcourt on November 23, in which the liners were driven back from Willow Grange hy Major-General Hildyard, was somewhat costly, the ...
Article : 52 wordsA pontoon bridge has already been constructed by 300 sappers, under the orders of Colonel R. Pole-Carew, C.B., who has replaced Major-General R. S. R. ...
Article : 50 wordsIn Lord Methuen's official report, he states that the battle was one of the hardest and most brilliant lights in the annals of the British army. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Government has decided to greatly strengthen the Imperial forces in South Africa. Fresh troops will he immediately sent out, ...
Article : 45 wordsThe report that a serious accident had happened in the Tyrol to Dr. Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester, and formaly Bishop of Melbourne, was incorrect. Dr. ...
Article : 143 wordsNow that the Boers have been driven from the Modder River, Lord Methuen expects that they will retire upon Kimberley. ...
Article : 67 wordsSir Redvers Buller, who is now in Natal, has expressed his determination to personally conduct the operations for the relief of Ladysmith. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 1 Dec 1899, Page 5
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