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  2. CREUZOT AMMUNITION [?]

    It is stated that the Boers have run short of the ammunition for the heavy French guns made by the firm of Schneider at Creuzot. ...

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  3. THE TRANSVAAL.

    Amongst the subscriptions received to assist to its formation are £5,000 from the Goldsmiths' Company, £2,500 from the Merchant Taylors' Company, and £2,500 ...

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  4. RUSSIANS WITH THE BOERS.

    It is announced that three Russian officers are about to take active service with the Boers. ...

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  5. FAREWELL TO ROBERTS

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, who has been appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa, left Southampton on December 23 by the Dunottar ...

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  6. THE SEVENTH DIVISION.

    The seventh division, which is under the command of Major-General G. Tucker, has been mobilised, and the first transport —carrying a portion of the troops—will ...

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  7. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Last month the Customs authorities at Gape Town seized on board a vessel that had recently arrived there a complete plant for Marconi's method of wireless ...

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  8. KILLED BY A SHELL.

    During the bombardment of Ladysmith [?] by the Boers on the 22nd December a [?] shell fell among tbe Gloucestershire Regiment and killed eight men. ...

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  9. AN EIGHTH DIVISION FORMING

    The preparations have been completed tor the mobilisation of an eighth army division, and it will be despatched to the Cape as early as possible. ...

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  10. SPORTS AT LADYSMITH.

    The officers and soldiers under Sir George White at Ladysmith erected a Christmas tree, and gave a treat to 200 children. The force at Ladysmith has two ...

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  11. FEELING ON THE CONTINENT.

    The Vienna correspondent of "The Times" states that the reverses sustained by Great Britain have caused considerable nervousness among foreign diplomatists. ...

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  12. CORPS OF ROUGH-RIDERS.

    The War Office has accepted the offer of a corps of rough-riders from Canada, and has also asked that another similar corps be sent instead of one of the three batteries ...

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  13. BOMBARDING MAFEKING.

    The Boers bombarded Mafeking vigorously on the 21st December. Colonel Baden-Powell briskly replied, silencing the enemy. ...

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  14. TRIBUTE TO KITCHENER.

    The Khedive has placed on record his warm appreciation of the services rendered by Lord Kitchener to Egypt. He expresses regret at the severance of Lord ...

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  15. WANTING MARTIAL LAW.

    Owing to the sympathy openly and secretly expressed for the Boers by the Dutch residents in Cape Colony, loyalist citizens in that country are advocating the ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, third son of Her Majesty the Queen, who is a general in the army, being desirous of serving in the war, asked that ...

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  17. ANTIQUATED ARTILLERY.

    The British newspapers complain bitterly of the quality of the artillery used by the troops in South Africa. They declare that it is antiquated ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. AID FROM INDIAN PRINCES

    The Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharajah of Gwalior have offered to supply the Imperial Government with troops and money to carry on the war against the ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. WARNING BY THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

    The Foreign Office has issued a proclamation warning British subjects, residents of the Cape Colony and Natal, and foreigners, that all trading with the two Boer ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. KURUMAN SIEGE RAISED

    News has been received from Kuruman, a mission station in Bechuanaland, about 90 miles south-west of Vryburg. Last month the town was attached by ...

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  21. A CAPE TOWN ESTIMATE

    Cape Town authorities estimate that the total strength of the enemy is 65,000. ...

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  22. GIFT OF BRANDY.

    The South Australian wine depot, which was established a year or two ago by the South Australian Government, for the sale of wines made in that colony, has presented ...

    Article : 65 words
  23. BOERS FIGHT TILL THE LAST.

    Mr. Schalk Burger, a member of the Transvaal Executive Council, who succeeded General Joubert in the command of the Boer forces in Natal when Joubert ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. PRESENT OF AUSTRALIAN WINE.

    Messrs. P. B. Burgoyne and Co., importers of Australian wines, London, have presented 100 dozen of Tintara (South Australian) wine to the ship Maine, which ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. FIGHT AT COLENSO.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 words
  26. HERBERT GLADSTONE ON THE WAR.

    Mr. Herbert Gladstone says that the patriotism and public spirit shown by the volunteers has saved the country from a panic. He declares that it is the duty of ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. WARNED FIVE YEARS AGO.

    A statement has been published which shows that some time before the Jameson raid the Transvaal Boers had hostile designs against the British, and also that the ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. CAPE COLONISTS VOLUNTEERING.

    At Cape Town a corps is being formed to be called "Warren's Irregular Horse," which will operate with the forces under the command of Sir Charles Warren. ...

    Article : 123 words
  29. AUSTRALASIANS IN ACTION.

    Two of the New South Wales Lancers showed great bravery in carrying a wounded English officer from the field of battle under a heavy fire from the enemy. ...

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  30. CATHOLIC SUPPLICATION.

    Cardinal Vaughan, archbishop of Westminster, has taken prominent action in connection with the war. He has directed the Catholic churches in ...

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  31. ENGLAND'S UNPREPAREDNESS.

    The question of responsibility for not having sent troops to South Africa months ago is now creating much discussion in England. ...

    Article : 240 words
  32. AN UNFAIR CAPTURE.

    Lieut.-Colonel G. M. Bullock, of the 2nd battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, together with three officers of his battalion and 40 men, were on the evening of the ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. A RUSSIAN GENERAL.

    It is announced that Count Gourko, the famous Russian general, and late Governor-General of Poland, who greatly distinguished himself in the Russo-Turkish war ...

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  34. ROBERTS AND KITCHENER.

    It was originally arranged that Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener should meet at Madeira on their way from London and Khartoum respectively to South Africa. ...

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  35. LINE REPAIRERS FROM CREWE.

    Orders have been given that 100 skilled line-repairers at Crewe, in Cheshire, the central manufacturing depot of the London and North-Western railway, are to ...

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  36. HORSE SICKNESS.

    Advices received from Natal state that horse sickness has made its appearance in the colony. [Sir Charles Holled-Smith, late military ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. IMPORTANT FRESH DETAILS.

    The latest particulars reveal conspicuous gallantry on the part of all arms—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—under a withering fire from the Boers. ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. TRANSVAAL UITLANDERS.

    A railway pioneer corps of 1,000 men, recruited from the Uitlanders from the Transvaal and others, is being organised in Cape Town. ...

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  39. JOUBERT RECOVERED.

    Several weeks ago General Joubert, the commandant-general of the Boer forces, was obliged through illness to relinquish his duties in Natal to Commandant Schalk ...

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  40. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ESCAPE.

    The account given by Lieutenant Churchill shows that he had a highly adventurous journey, and narrowly escaped detection by the Transvaal authorities. ...

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  41. STATEMENT BY DR. LEYDS.

    In the course of an interview with a press representative, Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Transvaal envoy at Brussels, has given an indication of the terms that will be accepted ...

    Article : 102 words
  42. THE DISASTER TO THE ARTILLERY.

    Then the enemy's sharpshooters opened fire upon the British infantry and the artillery, consisting of the 14th and 56th field batteries and six naval quick-firing ...

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  43. KIMBERLEY IN COMFORT.

    No anxiety is felt as to the safety of Kimberley, which has been besieged for over two months by a strong Boer force. Colonel Kekewich, who commands the ...

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  44. FURTHER CHARTERING.

    The War Office authorities have chartered a fresh batch of vessels for the transport of troops to South Africa. The names of the vessels engaged are— ...

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  45. AMERICAN INQUIRY.

    Colonel John Hay, the American Secretary of State, has ordered an inquiry to be made into the seizure by British warships at Delagoa Bay of several vessels ...

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  46. AFRIKANDER BOND DISLOYAL.

    The war correspondent of "The Times" at Sterkstroom makes an important statement respecting the disaffection prevailing among the Dutch in the Cape Colony. ...

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  47. LADYSMITH SECURE.

    The anxiety that was felt with regard to the safety of Ladysmith has been greatly relieved by the receipt of a message from Sir George White by Sir Redvers Buller. ...

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  48. CAVALRY FROM INDIA.

    In order to strengthen the cavalry arm of the service in South Africa, arrangements have been made with the Indian Government to send a regiment of cavalry ...

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  49. THOUSANDS OF MULES ARRIVING.

    The transports, which are arriving almost daily at Cape Town, are landing thousands of mules for the British army in South Africa. ...

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  50. EULOGISING COLONIAL TROOPS.

    A warm eulogy on the Australian and Canadian troops has been paid by the war correspondent of "The Times" who is with Lord Methuen's forces on the Modder ...

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  51. MAFEKING DEFENCES.

    Not only has Colonel Baden-Powell's force offered a determined resistance to the Boer attacks, but the women and boys in the town have taken part in the defence ...

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  52. SMOKELESS POWDER.

    A factor which largely contributed to Sir Redvers Buffer's reverse was the smokeless powder used by the Boers. The effect of this powder was to render it ...

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  53. LOYALIST PROPERTY SEIZED

    The revolt of the Dutch farmers in the districts of the Cape Colony south of the Orange River is extending. A general rising has taken place in the ...

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  54. CONVERSION OF 12-POUNDERS.

    Great efforts are being made by the War Office to obtain more powerful artillery for South Africa. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and ...

    Article : 62 words
  55. ALMOST A VICTORY.

    A Reuter's telegram states that the Boers admit that if the British artillery fire had been continued they would have been compelled to retreat from the strong ...

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  56. SIR. W. F. GATACRE'S PRECAUTIONS.

    Sir W. F. Gatacre, who has found his movements greatly hampered by the disloyal Dutch farmers, to enable him the better to deal with the disaffection and ...

    Article : 88 words
  57. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 6 words
  58. BAD TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    A shocking instance of Boer brutality to prisoners is reported. At the reverse sustained by Sir W. F. Gatacre, near Stormberg, a fornight ago, ...

    Article : 49 words
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