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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    The intelligence given last week that General Buller had crossed the Tugela was confirmed towards the end of the week by a War Office despatch, which intimated that ...

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  5. Boondi's Budget for the Smokeroom.

    GREAT BRITAIN'S colonising efforts lead up to the reflection ...

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  6. KRUGER AND THE BANK.

    President Kruger has seized Robinson's Bank at Johannesburg and transferred the customers' accounts to the National Bank. ...

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  7. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF BOER PRISONERS.

    Five Boer prisoners, who were, confined at Simonstown, near Capetown, made a desperate attempt to escape. They seized a number of firearms,and wounded a ...

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  8. KRUGER INVITED TO LOOK AT BULLER'S GUNS.

    President Kruger and President Steyn, of the Orange State, having complained to Commandant-General Joubert of the inactivity of the Boer forces in Natal, the latter ...

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  9. MAJOR-GENERAL MACDONALD'S MOVEMENTS.

    The Highland troops, under Major-General Hector Macdonald, encountered a strong force of the enemy to the west of Koodoosberg. ...

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  10. LADYSMITH SAFE AND CONFIDENT.

    Reassuring heliographic messages have been received from Ladysmith stating that the garrison is able to hold out for weeks. ...

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  11. DUTCH DISLOYALISTS.

    The disloyal Dutch who were taken prisoners at the recent engagement at Sunnyside, in which Canadian, Queensland, and British troops took part under Lieutenant. ...

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  12. MORE AUSTRALIANS WANTED.

    The Capetown, correspondent of the "Times" says that the more Colonial troops sent to South Africa the better. The continual stream ot Colonials, he says, ...

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  13. HORSES FROM HUNGARY.

    The British Government has purchased 5000 horses in Hungary. ...

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  14. THE COMMANDER-IN CHIEF AT MODDER RIVER.

    Field-Marshall Lord Roberta, the Commander-in-Chief, has arrived at Modder River from Sterstroon, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception by the troops. ...

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  15. BOER FORWARD MOVEMENT.

    The Boer forces have occupied a hill on Bray's farm. South of the Tugela, and within an hour's ride of Chieveley. The occupation of this position, ...

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  16. BOERS AT WORK IN ZULULAND.

    The Boers have taken control of the magistracy at Nkandhla, in Zululand. Previous to his departure the magistrate, Mr. Knight, exploded the magazine, and ...

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  17. REASONS FOR RETIRING

    Prior to the retirement of the British forces under General Sir Redvers Buller on Wednesday evening across the Tugela, Major-General the Hon. N. G. Lyttelton ...

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  18. A VICTORIAN VOLUNTEER.

    Mr. P. L. Russell, of Carngham, Victoria has accepted a commission in the South Staffordshire Milltin,and will proceed at once to the front with his regiment. ...

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  19. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

    Supplementary Estimates to the amount of £10,000,000 have been, laid on the table of the Committee of Supply in the House of Commons. The money will be used for ...

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  20. A SORTIE FROM LADYSMITH.

    The Boers report that heavy firing took place on Wednesday night in the direction of Ladysmith. It is believed the garrison was attempting ...

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  21. THE BOER ARTILLERY.

    According to a secret memorandum, prepared for the Transvaal Volksrand before it closed its session, the Boers had 230 modern guns prior to tho war. ...

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  22. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CLERY RETURNS TO ENGLAND.

    It Is announced that Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery, K.C.B in command of the second division of the Army Corps, at present operating in Natal, is returning to ...

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  23. FOREIGN ATTACHES GO FORWARD.

    A Reuter message states, that the foreign attaches who recently arrived at Capetown have left for the front. ...

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  24. AN ARMORED TRAIN INCIDENT.

    The Boers assert that they compelled an armored train, with a force of 2000 men, which was threatening their right on Tuesday, to return to Chleveley. ...

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  25. COLONEL H. A. BAGER'S RELEASE PROMISED.

    President Steyn has promised to relcase Colonel H. A. Eager, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles who was wounded and captured at Magerafontein, as soon as he is ...

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  26. RECONNAISSANCE NEAR COLESBERG.

    On Friday 50 Australia and Tasmanian troops, under the command of Captain C. St. Clair Cameron, the commanding officer of the Tasmanian Contingent, made a ...

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  27. GENERAL BULLER'S BALLOON RECONNAISSANCE, AND WHAT IT REVEALED.

    A balloon reconnaissance has revealed to General Sir Redvers Buller a dozen cunningly-masked guns at Doorn Kloof, commanding the Ladysmith road. It was the ...

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  28. THE BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA—194,000 MEN BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

    By the end of February the British forces at the front in South Africa will number 1,94,000 men, including 20,000 militia. ...

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  29. CORRESPONDENTS KILLED AND CAPTURED.

    Mr. W. J. Lambie, the correspondent for the Melbourne "Age," has been killed and Mr. A. G. Hales ("smiler"), a Western Australian pressman, captured. ...

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  30. THE BOERS IN A STRONG POSITION NEAR COLESBERG.

    It has been ascertained that the Boers are not surrounded near Colesberg, as was reported to be the case. They hold the whole of the northern semi-circle ...

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  31. NEW SOUTH WALES TROOPS UNDER FIRE.

    A corps, composed of New South Wales troops, was shelled by a Vickers-Maxim gun near Coles Kop. No casualties resulted. ...

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  32. A GOLFER KILLED AT KOODOOSBERG.

    Lieutenant F. G. Tait, of the Black Watch Regiment, a noted golfer, was killed in action at Koodoosberg. It is estimated that the Boers lost 100 men. ...

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  33. BOERS SAID TO BE SHORT OF HORSES

    A prisoner states that the Boers have had so many horses killed that they are forming infantry corps. ...

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  34. THE POWER OF LYDDITE.

    Lyddite has silenced the Vickers-Maxim gun which was annoying the British and Colonial troops near Cole's Kop, inthe vicinity of Colesberg. ...

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  36. KIMBERLEY CLOSELY PRESSED.

    The Boers have been bombarding Kimberley with a six-Inch gun since the 7th instant. The assallants are increasing in numbers ...

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  37. REINFORCEMENTS EMBARK.

    Five thousand additional troops embarked on February 10 for South Africa, included the first troop of Lord Loch's Coutingent of veterans. ...

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  38. GALLANT AUSTRALIANS.

    Twenty Western Australian troops, under the command of Captain H. G. Moor, discovered the Boers in the act of placing a gun near Slingersfntein, eight miles ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT CENSURED.

    Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P. for Plymouth, has been censured by his constituents, for his attitude with regard to the Boer war, as indicated by his recent ...

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  42. PROPOSED MEMORIAL IN LONDON.

    The "Spectator" proposes the erection in the heart of London of a conspicuous monument to the colonies, with the view of commemorating the devotedness of ...

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