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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    The Boers at Nitral's Nek, 18 miles from Pretoria, captured 200 British and two guns. Five companies of the Lincolnshire Regimant, a Squadron of the Royal Scots ...

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  5. Battles of the Past

    At the period of which we write. (says the "L. V. Gazette"), when-Jem Ward was making a bid for the championship, that is to say, in the early twenties, there were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. "EPSOMANIA."

    A peculiarity of the Derby is that the favorite seldom wins. In fact, it is an S to a chance against the horse passing the winning-post first. Out of the 120 Derbies ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. A BOER CAMP CAPTURED.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Mahon's column and Lieuteuant-General French's Cavalry Brigadre dashingly captured the Boer positions at Reitfontein. The Boers fled, leaving ...

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  8. SCHREINER WOBBLING AGAIN.

    A Router's message states that Mr. W. P. Schreiner (ex-Prcmier of Cape Colony) thinks that the South African Republics ought to retain a measure of their ...

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  9. THE PEKIN MASSACRE—REPORT CONFIRMED IN ALL ITS HORRORS.

    Sheng, the director of the Chinese telegraphs, who admits that he had constant information from Pekin, but suppressed or altered it, fearing the consequences of the ...

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  10. THE BOER STRENGTH.

    It is estimated at Pretoria that there are 11,000 men in the commandoes under General Botha and General De Wet. ...

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  11. DESTINATION OF BOER PRISONERS.

    Field Marshal Lord Roberts intends to send the Boer prisoners to Ceylon. ...

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  12. BETHLDHEM CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH.

    Major-General Clements and Major-General Paget had sharp fighting for two days with the Boers in the vicinity of Bethiehem and captured the town. ...

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  13. MR. RANK AND THE DERBY.

    The above shows the comparative success attending racehorse owners in the contests far the Blue Riband of the Turf. Thus, twenty-six Derby winners have been owned by lords and so on. For further details ro [?]cus, cou[?]te, etc., see text. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    In the attack which the Boers made on Rustenburg Private P. M. Walsh and Private L. Hoy, of the New South Wales Bushmen, were wounded. ...

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  15. RACEHORSES WITH NERVES.

    The nerves of aristocratically-bred horses are always highly strung, and occasionally they develop peculiarities which have to be humored in many different ways. ...

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  16. BOER DELEGATES BANQUETED IN PARIS.

    The Boer Peace Delegates have arrived at Paris, where they were formally received by M. Delcasse, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. ...

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  17. AN EXCITING RACE FOR LIFE.

    On April 24 Privates Nicholson and Musselthwatte, of the 19th Hussars, on emerging from a donga, where they had been watering their horses, found themselves among a party of Boers, who called upon them to nurrender. They preferred to make a dash for liberty. Nicholson came to grief in a douga; and was taken, and Musselthwalte lost his charger after is had been hit three times. He drew his carbine, fired a parting shot, and crawling along a spruit, regained his comrades.-"Illustrated ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. DE WET IN JEOPARDY—BOTHA ATTEMPTS TO SUCCOR HIM.

    General Botha's attacks on the British at Nitral's Nek and at Derdepoort, near Pretoria, constituted a desperate effort by the Boers to relieve the pressure on ...

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  19. NATIVES DEFEAT THE BOERS

    Scccucuni, a loyal chief of Basutoland, has severely defeated the Boers who were marauding his territory. ...

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  20. BRITISH VICTORIES—THE BUSHMEN'S SPLENDID FEAT — RETRIEVING A GUN.

    Major-Gencral H. L. Smith-Dorrien. commanding the 19th Brigade, defeated the Boers with heavy loss at Krugersdorp on July 11. ...

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  21. NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHMEN DOING WELL—A FORCED MARCH AND HOT ENGAGEMENT.

    A detachment of Australian Bushmen made a forced march from Zeerust, near the western border of the Transvaal, to Rustenburg, a distance of about 100 miles, ...

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  22. SURRENDERS.

    Mr. P. J. Blignaut (State Secretary), Mr. Dickson (State Attorney), and Mr. Vantonder (a member of the Council of the Orange Free State), have, surrendered to ...

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  23. DESTROYING RAILWAYS AND TELEGRAPHS.

    The telegraph line and the railway line between Greylingstad and Standerton, on the Transvaal-Natal Railway, have been repeatedly cut by the Boers. ...

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  24. HOW DERBY WINNERS PASS THE POST

    On three occasions only has the Derby been won by princes—in 1788, 1875, and 1896. Other winning owners include one count, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. The Chinese Crisis

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Tlmos" declares that Great Britain and Russia are perfectly agreed as to the solution of the China crisis. ...

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  27. THE FAMOUS TATTENHAM CORNER.

    THE POINT WHERE SO MANY DERBIES ARE LOST OR WON ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. THE FOREIGNERS SHOOT THEIR OWN WOMEN AND CHILDREN—TO SAVE THEM FROM THE BARBARIANS.

    A courier from Pekln declares that the sortie from the British legation occurred in the early morning of July 1. The foreigners, whose Maxims were ...

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  29. ALLIES INTENTIONS.

    The Allies have decided to confine their operations for the present to fortlfylng Tien-tsln and to establishing communication with Takn, which is cut off by the ...

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  30. MORE TROOPS FROM INDIA.

    Another army division is being prepared in India for dispatch to China. ...

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  32. CHINESE TROOPS SENT TO PEKIN.

    In response to an Imperial ediet the Viceroys of the previnces are sending troops to Pokin, nominally to suppress the rebellion. ...

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  33. THE TIEN-TSIN SITUATION—ALLIES WORSTED.

    Vice-Admiral Seymour, commanding the British forces at Tien-tsin, cabled to the Admiralty as follows:— "The enemy's position to the south-west ...

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